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Sewing machines distributed to 74 helpless women

Mayor of Mymensingh City Corporation (MOSIC) and Metropolitan Awami League President Md Ikramul Haque Titu has recently distributed free sewing machines to 74 helpless poor women to make them self-reliant.On Tuesday (January 16) afternoon, Mayor Titu distributed the sewing machines as the chief gues...

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Prisoner dies in Narayanganj

A prisoner of Narayanganj District Jail died recently.Deceased Kala Chan was the accused in a murder case filed with Fatulla Model Police Station in 2006. He was the son of Ajmat Ullah of Protapnagar Village.Superintend of Narayanganj District Jail Mokammel Hossain said, Kala Chan had been in the ja...

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Bus set on fire in Dinajpur

Some unidentified miscreants set fire to a parked bus in Dinajpuron late night Monday. The incident occurred in Mirzapur Central Bus Terminal. Police source said that the miscreant fled away after setting fire to a standing bus of HA Plus Paribahan that was parked in the Central Terminal. Later...

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Jibannagar Free Day observed

Jibannagar Free Day was observed on Monday. On this day in 1971, Jibannagar Upazila of Chuadanga district, bordering the India, was freed from the invaders. In the face of fierce resistance from the freedom fighters and the Indian allied forces, the Pakistani forces left Jibannagar and fled towards ...

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15 candidates declared valid in Jamalpur

The District Returning Officer cancelled the nomination papers of 5 more people in two constituencies in Jamalpur.  The nomination papers of 15 people have been declared valid.Jamalpur-4 Sarishabari Constituency: Awami League candidate Mahbubur Rahman, independent candidate former state informa...

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24 nominations valid in 3 constituencies of Munshiganj

24 candidates have been declared valid in 3 constituencies of Munshiganj for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections. On the other hand, the nomination of 8 candidates has been cancelled. After selecting the nominations of 32 candidates, District Returning Officer Md. Abuzafar Ripon BPAA disclos...

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730,500 farmers receive agri incentive for Boro farming

A total of 73,500 farmers in Gopalganj and Pabna have received agricultural incentives for Boro (paddy) farming recently.Our Gopalganj Correspondent reports, 70,000 small and marginal farmers in five upazilas of Gopalganj district were provided seeds and fertilizers as agricultural incentives under ...

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AL brings changes for 6 seets in Sirajganj

The ruling Awami League has brought three changes in the party's candidacies for six parliamentary seats in Sirajganj to contest the 12th parliamentary election slated for January 7.According to the list of candidates announced by the Awami League today, engineer Tanvir Shakil Joy got the ticket...

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Farmer’s body recovered in Jamalpur

The police recovered the body of a farmer named Shafiqul Islam Shafi Molla (35) from a wood garden in Shitalkusha Nayapara of Sharif Pur Union in Jamalpur Sadar UpazilaHis body was recovered from a forest in Nayapara of Shitakursha village of Sharifpur Union of Jamalpur Sadar Upazila early on Wednes...

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Dry fish farmers facing huge loss in Sarankhola

Some two hundreds dry fish preserve houses and hundreds of shops with their belongings have been totally damaged due to cyclone Midhili. The estimate cost of the loss is about three crore.  Fishermen and traders are in great agony as the big loss incurred at the beginning of the season.  B...

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Wheat-laden truck set ablaze

Miscreants set a wheat truck on fire on the Sirajganj Highway late on the first day of the second phase of hartal called by BNP and like-minded parties on Sunday . The miscreants set fire to the truck going from Dhaka to North Bengal in the Konabari area of Bangabandhu Bridge West Highway and escape...

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Binadhan-17 wins trust of Nabinagar farmers

Binadhan-17 has been quite popular in the Nabinagar Upazila. The Upazila Agriculture Office and Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), Cumilla, made a joint venture on Binadhan-17 plantation in 60 bighas of land.Simultaneously planting of all varieties of rice reduces diseases, and mutu...

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Memorial meeting held at Chuadanga Press Club

A memorial meeting on deceased of Chuadanga  was held at Chuadanga Press  Club on Saturday. The late journalists are -- Atiar Rahman, Mohammad Ali, Daud Hossain, AKM Musa, Firoz Khan, Wasiqur Rahman Joarder Belal, Saiful Islam Pinu, Roni and Mokbular Rahman. The meeting was presi...

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Bogura well-known for tasty ‘Paniphal’

The farming cultivation of water chestnut locally known as ‘paniphal’ has increased in Bogura. It is usually grown in normal water bodies and low land as a seasonal fruit.  The fruit looks like a ‘singara’ , a very popular snack. So people in the urban area called it wat...

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Bumper production expected in Manikganj

The cultivation of Black Gram is going to be ended expecting a bumper production exceeding its fixed target, the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said here recently.The government has distributed adequate incentives among 3850 poor and marginal cultivators for boosting the cultivati...

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Diwali observesd in Chuadanga

Diwali, a festival of Hindu community was observed with festive mood in Chuadanga on  Sunday.All buildings of Maruary community and their business establishment were decorated with flowers and lightings. Ritual formalities were observed at temples, houses  and business centres. The Goddess...

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15-point demand placed for dev of Railway services in Mymensingh

‘Jano Udyog,’ a civic society of Mymensingh city organized a press conference at the local Press Club in the morning of Saturday last in support of their 15-point demand that includes keeping starting point of Bijoy Express bound for Chattogram at Mymensingh junction as earlier. Con...

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Public buses ply normally on Jashore, Jhenaidah, Kushtia routes

Defying the nation-wide blockade programme called by BNP transport leaders continued to operate transports, including running inter-city-buses.The scene was visible since early morning on Thursday, the last day of two-day blockade.Mahmud Hossain, a businessman of Satkhira when asked at Chanchra bus ...

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Two killed in Rangamati road crash

Two people were killed and four others injured in a collision between a bus and an autorickshaw in the Bhedbhedi area of the district town Sunday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Pinto Chakma, 22, and Gormila Chakma, 45.Officer-in-Charge of Rangamati Sadar Thana Ariful Amin said autoricksha...

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Mother, son get life for killing woman

A Natore court on Sunday sentenced a man and his mother to life term in jail in a case over killing his wife for dowry in Singra upazila of the district around 13 years back.The convicts are Dulal Chandra Mahanta and his mother Geeta Rani Mahanta, residents of Pakuria village in the Singra upazila.&...