In Bangladesh, a fishing community lives in a boat village, dissociated from mainland, government assistance – Firstpost

By Md Abdus Salam This river is our life,” said 38-year-old Jobeda Khatun, as she looked at the vast body of water known as the Meghna river. Her boat is also her home, as it floats on a canal connected to the river in an area called Sluice Gate, about seven kilometres south of the district […]

Illegal brick kilns spell doom for ideal agricultural village

A brick kiln operating at full-throttle at Ramnathpur village under Khulna’s Paikgachha upazila Dhaka Tribune Farmers no longer grow any crops here as the land has become barren and locals say their children and senior citizens are constantly ill and suffer from breathing complications Ramnathpur village under Khulna’s Paikgachha upazila was once an ideal village […]