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I pressed play on Coke Studio Bangla's latest release, Baaji. The first notes of Marma music filled me with pride. Here was a piece of my heritage on a prominent stage! But as the video unravelled, a ...
This video shows aerial views of Kaptai Lake and infrastructure in Bangladesh in 4K with background music and no narration.
Earlier this year, the Trump administration’s defunding of USAID brought an abrupt halt to hundreds of global health programs, including those targeting tuberculosis. The disease kills more ...
Kaptai Dam. File Photo: UNB After seven days of release, all 16 spillway gates of the Kaptai Dam in Rangamati were closed this (12 August) morning as water levels in Kaptai Lake returned to a ...
Dead fish, puddles and weeds are all that’s left of Alice Lake after a pipe, which was unable to close, pushed all of the water into the St. Croix River.
To address this, embracing EVs becomes essential, although it strains the existing electrical energy supply in Bangladesh. To tackle the energy demand associated with EVs, a study explores a solution: ...
Continuous rainfall over the past week, along with water flowing from upstream, has caused a sharp rise in water levels in Kaptai Lake, leaving 18,000 people stranded in Rangamati who are now ...
For the second time, the 16 gates of the Kaptai Karnaphuli Hydroelectric Power Station in Rangamati have been closed. Confirming the matter, Mahmud Hasan, managing engineer of the hydro power station, ...
All 16 floodgates of the Kaptai dam were opened early this morning (5 August) to reduce rising water pressure in Kaptai Lake, with around 9,000 cusecs of water being released into the Karnaphuli River ...
In July and August of 2024 in Bangladesh, student protesters' push for change drove the authoritarian prime minister out of power. Hundreds of demonstrators were killed.