The highly anticipated 19th BDC-IUB ‘Pre-Worlds’ returns after three-year long hiatus from physical events.

Around 17 participants took centre stage to perform their poetry at the event.

Twenty-three Bangladeshi fishermen rescued by Indian Coast Guard members have been handed over to their families.

Bodies of three other workers, who were missing since October 24 in the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram’s Mirsharai area, were recovered from the sunken dredger this morning (October 27, 2022).

The bodies of four workers, who died after a dredger capsized in the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram’s Mirsharai area during cyclonic storm Sitrang, were buried in Patuakhali this morning (October 27, 2022).

The electricity supply system of Shariatpur Palli Bidyut Samity was severely affected due to Cyclone Sitrang that swept through the country on Monday night (October 24, 2022).

More than 50 buffaloes have washed ashore at Sitakunda in Chittagong this afternoon (October 25, 2022).

No flooding or major damage has been reported so far in the Rohingya camps in Bhasan Char and Cox’s Bazar due to Cyclone Sitrang which made landfall in Bangladesh says the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today (October 25, 2022) said 70 percent power supply of the coastal areas, affected by Cyclone Sitrang was restored this evening and 100 percent will be restored within tomorrow (October 26, 2022) noon.

Several trees collapsed on Dhaka University campus last night (October 24, 2022) due to squally weather caused by Cyclone Sitrang, leaving a person injured.

Body of one of the eight workers who went missing since Monday night (October 24, 2022) in the Sandwip channel of the Bay of Bengal has been recovered, while the seven others remain missing and are feared dead.

The death toll from Cyclone Sitrang rose to 19 after a Myanmar national died after falling form a ship anchored at thr Teknaf port yesterday (October 24, 2022).

Barishal witnessed the highest 324 millimeters (mm) rain due to cyclonic storm Sitrang in the last 24 hours till 6am today (October 25, 2022).  

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today (October 25, 2022) said around 80 lakh subscribers are still out of power across the country since cyclone Sitrang damaged infrastructures.

More than a thousand people of Chattogram fishing village of South Halisahar are living under the open sky after the stormy winds under the influence of Cyclone Sitrang have damaged at least 200 homes.

Members of the Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the Forest Department have rescued 200 birds, injured during the storm in the capital last night (October 24, 2022)

Flight operations have resumed at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport, Cox’s Bazar Airport, and Barishal Airport at 12pm today (October 25, 2022) after 21 hours. 

Launch operations have resumed across the country this morning after 24 hours of suspension due to cyclone Sitrang. 

Uttara Traffic Division this morning (October 25, 2022) asked city dwellers to refrain from traveling on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway unless it is urgent as traffic situation to Gazipur through Khilkhet-Uttara turned very bad.

At least 11 people have died in seven districts of the country due to the impact of Cyclone Sitrang yesterday (October 24, 2022).