Farmers in Jashore's Harina Beel are facing uncertainty over Boro paddy cultivation on 300 bighas of land due to severe waterlogging caused by the closure of drainage in the Mukteshwari River.

So far, the highest rise has been in the London borough of Newham, which has hiked its council tax up by almost 10 percent (9.99 percent, to be precise). It asked the government for special ...