Thirteen people were killed and 20 others critically injured in lightning strike when they were offering prayers at a makeshift mosque in Dharmapasha of Sunamganj on Friday night. The lightning struck a group of locals who were offering tarabi prayers at about 9:00pm in a tin-and-thatch structure in the remote Sarswati village in rough weather, ... Read more
Sunamganj
Migratory birds vanish gradually
Pashua Haor in Sunamganj Migratory birds vanish gradually The number of migratory birds visiting the Pashua haor in Sunamganj has drastically fallen from four lakh to four thousand a year over the last eight years as the haor is losing its ecological balance. “The ecosystem here is greatly hampered by indiscriminate collection of plants and ... Read more