Prices of essential products including dry food and drinking water have shot up in the flood-hit districts as traders increased their prices with the rise in the demand for relief materials.
Millions of people in 11 districts including Feni, Lakshmipur, Comilla, and Noakhali have been stranded due to flash floods.
Various organizations, associations, university students, private institutions and individuals have started relief activities to help the flood victims.
Demand for products such as Chira, Muri, Jaggery, Biscuits, Candles, Matches, Orsaline, Bottled water, and life jackets has increased for three days to help the flood victims.
Many alleged that unscrupulous traders hiked the prices of goods taking the opportunity of this.
Transport Lock, a part of the nuclear fuel handling system for unit 2 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), has been delivered to the construction site.
According to Rosatom, the Russian contractor of the nuclear power plant, the transport lock will soon be installed at the reactor building which is highly accurate and most labour-intensive work.
The transport lock is cylindrical and weighs 235 tons. It is 12.7 m long and is 10 m in diameter.
The main function of transport lock is to ensure retention of radioactive substances within the containment, as well as fire protection.
Residents of Chattogram, Coxs Bazar, and the Chattogram Hill Tracts have been deprived of their daily newspapers for the past two days as flooding has disrupted transportation on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
According to the Chattogram Hawkers Association, around 80,000 to 100,000 copies of various national dailies typically arrive in the early morning on 7-10 buses from Dhaka, using the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
However, due to the highway submersion by floodwaters on the Feni-Cumilla stretch, traffic has been suspended since Thursday evening.
Daud Uddin, president of the association, told The Shuttle Times, "The buses departed from the capital on Thursday night. They reached Cumilla early on Friday, but had to return as traffic was suspended on the highway."
"With traffic still suspended, authorities decided not to send newspapers from Dhaka on Friday night," he added.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded full disclosure of information about secret detention cells called "Aynaghar," including their current status, the identities of its administrators, and those responsible for establishing them.
In a press release, the NHRC today said that The Shuttle Times August 21 report titled "Inside the Aynaghar," along with similar reports from various media outlets, has drawn its attention.
The NHRC expressed serious concerns and has taken suo motu (self-initiated) action, calling for comprehensive information about the Aynaghar.
These secret detention cells, infamously known as "Aynaghar," (house of mirrors), where victims of enforced disappearance were held for days, months and even years in inhuman conditions during Sheikh Hasina 16-year regime. These facilities are notorious for their complete isolation, with detainees unable to see any light from the outside world.