report in Prothom Alo, July 4, 2023 A total of 39 leaders-activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have been contesting for councilor post in Sylhet city corporation election defying the party’s decision to boycott the polls. BNP insiders said the party is likely to take disciplinary action against these leaders soon as they continue to run in the election. BNP decided to boycott the polls for mayor and councilor posts in five city corporations as…
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by Dipankar Roy in The Daily Star, Mar 22, 2023Waking up before dawn, Dipali Mondal takes a three-km walk every day to collect drinking water from a pond for her five-member family in Channirchak village of Khulna’s Dakop upazila. She needs to walk through a bumpy road to the pond. “I have to cross a big canal on the way to fetch pond water. On a sunny day, I cannot walk much at a stretch.…
by Dipankar Roy/Jagaran Chakma in The Daily Star, Feb 20, 2023Tomato farmers, particularly those in the southwest division of Khulna, are facing steep losses as prices for the fruit have come down drastically due to oversupply, as is the case around this time each year. As a result, many growers are being forced to sell their tomatoes for less than Tk 2 per kilogramme (kg) at the field level while the crop is going for…