Two people have died and three others sustained burn injuries in a devastating fire in Bhuluar Dighir Par area of the port city of Chattogram, said Fire Service on Monday morning. The identities of the casualties could not be known yet.

In Chakaria Upazila of Cox`s Bazar district, tobacco companies are actively encouraging farmers to cultivate tobacco in various ways. As a result, many farmers, along with their families, are turning to tobacco cultivation. Despite discouragement from the Department of Agriculture, tobacco cultivation is not decreasing. Farmers say that they are producing tobacco even knowing the risks of respiratory problems and various other diseases. This is because this crop can be produced in three months, and selling tobacco is very easy with the help of tobacco companies. They also earn more profit from it.

A Chattogram court has placed former Awami League lawmaker from Chattogram-15 constituency Abu Reza Mohammad Nezamuddin Nadvi on a two-day remand in a murder case. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Bakar Siddique passed the order on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, he was produced before the court in the morning amid tight security. He was later taken back to prison.

An artificial fertilizer crisis has emerged in Meherpur due to manipulation by dealers, leaving farmers without adequate supplies of TSP and DAP fertilizers. According to farmers, they can only get fertilizer if they pay higher prices. Dealers and sub-dealers are secretly raising fertilizer prices, causing a daily increase in costs. As a result, farmers are facing severe hardships.