State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Mohibbur Rahman on Sunday said the losses caused by Cyclone Remal was estimated at 6,880 crore by his ministry.
The state minister said this after an inter-ministerial meeting held at the secretariat on the overall issue of the cyclone.
Another inter-ministerial meeting will be held on June 9 to assess the overall damages caused by the cyclone, he said.
“We will finalise the list of losses of all ministries by holding another inter-ministerial meeting on June 9. It will then be handed over to the prime minister,” he said.
Evaly Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Rassel and his wife, Evaly Chairman Shamima Nasrin, were sentenced to one year in jail in a cheque dishonour case.
The couple has also been fined Tk1,80,000.
Joint District and Sessions Judge of Chattogram Md. Mohiuddin handed down the imprisonment in the case filed in 2021 by a customer of the scam-tainted e-commerce platform.
A moderate earthquake jolted parts of Bangladesh including Dhaka on Sunday.
The earthquake, measuring 5 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was felt at 2:44pm which lasted for a few seconds, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
The earthquake jolted Dhaka, Rangamati, Cumilla, Coxs Bazar and Khagrachhari districts, said Farzana Sultana, assistant meteorologist of BMD.
Commercial beef cattle farming has gained prominence in the country targeting the Muslim Eid festival.
The country cattle farming went through a boom after the supply of cows from India dried up following stringent moves led by the Indian government in recent years.
This has created an ample opportunity for cattle farmers in Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan from where Bangladeshis bring cows through formal and informal channels to meet the demand for Eid-ul-Adha.
With the largest Eid-ul-Adha, the festival of animal sacrifice just around the corner, local beef cattle farmers are now extremely busy.