River eats up land, homes in Kurigram
Piyara Begum once had a happy life in Garuhara village by the Brahmaputra River in northern Bangladesh, but worsening erosion of the river banks has displaced her family seven times.
Now Piyara, 30, has taken shelter in Panchgachi village, 8 kilometres away in the same sub-district of Kurigram Sadar.
“I am always concerned about where Piyara and her three children are living, and how she manages her family expenses, as she has lost everything due to erosion,” said her uncle, Abdul Majid, who still lives in Garuhara village.
The loss of Piyara’s home is taking a toll on her mental and physical health, he added.
Riverbank erosion is a common problem along the mighty Brahmaputra during the monsoon,
Lightning strikes a disaster as deaths surge
Bangladesh has seen a near-record number of deaths this year from a phenomenon that appears to be worsening with climate change: lightning strikes.
So far this year, 261 people have died from lightning in the country, putting the South Asian nation on track to beat last year’s 265 deaths. Most lightning deaths usually occur during the warm months of March to July.
India has seen a similar surge in lightning deaths, with 93 people killed just in the past two days, officials said.
The problem has prompted Bangladesh’s government to add lightning strikes to the country’s
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Contract with FireEye unlikely to extend
Bangladesh Bank is unlikely to extend the contract of U.S. cyber security firm FireEye to investigate the electronic theft of $81 million of its money, sources at the bank said on Wednesday, citing high costs as one of the factors.
The move comes as law enforcement in Bangladesh and the United States have reported little progress in identifying the criminals more than four months after one of the biggest cyber heists to date.
FireEye’s Mandiant forensics division was hired by Bangladesh Bank weeks after the cyber heist in early February. It said in an interim report that hackers took control of the bank’s network, 
Robi Hire Purchase Scheme for LG smartphones
Global brand LG smartphones in different price range, including LG’s flagship smartphone LG G5 are now available for Robi subscribers with Hire Purchase Scheme (HPS). The HPS scheme has been offered for the first time in the country’s telco industry.
This unique offer allows Robi users to avail these quality handsets with Equated Monthly Instalment (EMI) even without using credit cards. These offers will be available at all the LG-Butterfly authorized stores across the country.
Robi and LG Butterfly Marketing Ltd. have recently signed an exclusive deal in this regard at the mobile phone operator’s corporate office. Robi’s Managing Director and CEO, Supun ![]()
Climate displacing coastal residents: Kholiquzzaman
Bangladesh is vulnerable to climate change and many people are getting displaced because of it in the coastal areas, says noted economist Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, who was Bangladesh’s lead negotiator in the Paris climate conference.
In an interview to IANS, Ahmad also said that even though Bangladesh hardly contributed to climate change, this riverine South Asian nation is reeling under the impact of change in rainfall pattern, rise in sea level and resultant salinity in water.
“It is known that Bangladesh has not contributed to the climate change at all. But climate change is posing a massive threat to our country, more than those nations that had a major
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Radio channel for Bangladesh in India, plans joint content
A Bangla radio service, launched in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation Movement and discontinued in 2010, will again go on air on June 28. Officials said that once India restarts the service in its new avatar, Akashvani Maitree, it would be a unique broadcast service in which two nations would jointly create content.
The Special Bangla Service of All India Radio had been launched in the wake of the Bangladesh Liberation Movement and played a key role during the war, broadcasting Indian news bulletins 
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