The forest department has completed nylon net fencing of 40 kilometers area of Sundarbans, the world largest mangrove forest, to help the conservation of tigers and protect local people from the attack of this ferocious animal, an official said.
The forest authorities will start fencing more 20 kilometers soon.
The move is part of the Bangladesh Forest Department three-year Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project, launched in March 2022 and will end in March 2025, forest officials said.
Indian-administered Kashmir elected Tuesday its first government since the restive Himalayan territory was brought under New Delhi direct control, as voters backed opposition parties to lead its regional assembly.
Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi government cancelled Kashmir partial autonomy to control its affairs in 2019, a sudden decision accompanied by mass arrests and a months-long communications blackout.
Since then, the Muslim-majority territory of some 12 million people -- divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both in full -- has not had an elected local government.
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will be celebrated at 31,461 puja mandaps across the country including 252 in the capital.
This information was disclosed at a press conference at Dhakeshwari National Temple in the capital this morning.
President of Dhaka Mahanagar Puja Committee Jayanta Kumar Deb read out the written statement. Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad (BPUP) President Basudeb Dhar and General Secretary Santosh Sharma, Mahanagar Puja Committee General Secretary Dr Tapash Chandra Paul were present, among others.
Italy has assured Bangladesh that it will clear 20,000 pending visa applications for Bangladeshi nationals by December, said Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain here today.
"As many as 20000 (visa) cases were cleared from Rome but the pace of issuing those (in Dhaka) is slow. I spoke with the Italian ambassador (in Dhaka) .. he promised me that they will issue all 20,000 visas by December," he said.
The foreign adviser shared the updates with reporters following a meeting with a delegation of Italian visa seekers at the foreign ministry.
Touhid said apart from the cleared 20,000, they are also working on the remaining applications and will see how much progress can be made.