The corruption of Khaleda Zia's Home Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury and Barisal City Mayor Mujibur Rahman Sarwar reached beyond the borders of the country and abroad. Bangladesh became the world champion in corruption five times in a row from 2001 to 2006 thanks to the unbridled corruption and money laundering by the BNP-Jamaat alliance and the then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's family members. The media started publishing reports about the anomalies after the caretaker government began a crackdown against corruption in 2007.
Fishers in the coastal district of Patuakhali are yet to get any support from the government’s Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme even though eight days have passed since the 22-day ban on catching hilsa began on October 7.
A total of 20.45 kilometres of flood-control embankments have been damaged in eight upazilas of Patuakhali due to downpour and tidal surge, triggered by depression over the Bay.
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