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Import through Benapole port using railway boon for traders

Importers are benefiting financially by importing goods using railway through Benapole port in Jashore. Goods are being imported quickly by railway without extortion.Earlier, it used to take 15 days to import goods through Benapole port by road, now it takes only 4 days due to using railway.As a res...

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BGB seizes over 11 maunds of Hilsa from Goga border

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 11 maunds and a half tonnes of hilsa fish from Goga border while smuggling to India, in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district on Tuesday night. The value of the seized hilsa fish was Tk 4 lakh 60 thousand, said BGB.Lt Col. Manzur Elahi, commanding o...

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8 police constables indicted in Jashore

Charge sheet has been filed against eight police constables in Jashore for taking a police job by showing fake freedom fighter's certificate. Investigating Officer of the case of Sub-inspector (SI) of Jashore Kotwali Model Police Station Sekendar Abu Jafar submitted the charge sheet to the ...

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500 stranded Indian nationals return home

About 500 Indian nationals stranded in Bangladesh due to corona lockdown have returned to their homeland through Jashore’s Benapole check post after about 5 months on Friday.Meanwhile, 12 Bangladeshi citizens have returned to the country from India on Friday. On the first day, a huge crowd of ...

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Jashore schoolgirl ‘violated’, neighbour arrested

A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by one of her neighbours at Purbapara of Bashuari village under Abhaynagar upazila in Jashore on Wednesday night. The girl is a Class Eight at a local school,Mother of the victim girl filed a case with Abhaynagar Police Station accusing . Shamim Hasan, 18 , son of Sh...

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Three children of Jashore CDC die from serious head injuries

Three children of Jashore Child Development Centre (CDC) died of serious injuries. This has been mentioned in the autopsy report of their bodies. Jashore General Hospital caretaker Dilip Kumar Roy said that the bodies of three teenagers were found with injuries on their legs, back and head. The...

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Extensive crop fields submerged in Sharsha

Extensive crop fields have been submerged by the water of the Indian Ichhamati River in the southern part of the Sharsha upazila bordering area of Jashore district. The vegetable crops including Aush Aman have been submerged under water. Locals said the water level in the Ichhamati River in Ind...

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Import-export suspended thru Benapole port

Import-export trade through Benapole port between the two countries has been suspended since morning of Tuesday. Import-export has been stopped on the occasion of Happy Janmashtami of sree Krishna, the traditional religions. However, goods delivery activities are also stopped at Benapole port.The Be...

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Housewife dies of Covid-19 in Jashore

A housewife died of coronavirus in Jashore on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nurunnahar, 42, wife of Ajibor Rahman of Chormara Dighirpar area  in Jashore district town. Nurunnahar died at the isolation ward of Chest Disease Hospital in Jashore in the early hours on Sunday. This inf...

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BGB on alert toprevent rawhide smuggling

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) issued a warning at the Benapole border to prevent rawhidesmuggling to India deploying more personnel at various points of the border amid the fall of rawhide.The BGB stepped up surveillance on land and railways, including the port area.According to BGB sources, securit...

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Man killed in ‘gunfight’ in Jashore

A man was killed in a gunfight in Keshabpur upazila of Jashore district on Monday.The incident took place around 5 am on Monday near Dormutia brick kiln in Keshabpur upazila.The deceased was identified as Moniruzaman, 30, son of late Jamal Uddin of Dormutia village in Keshabpur upazila.Police said t...

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Six-lane on Benapole-Jashore Asian Highway demanded

Benapole C&F Agents Association, including five port users' organisations demanded six lane on Benapole-Jashore Asian Highway and cutting down dangerous valueless trees beside the highway.A press conference was held in this regard at the C&F Agents Association auditorium on Monday. ...

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Madrasa teacher ‘violates’ student

Abdul Gafur, assistant superintendent of Gopalpur Ichapur Aminia Dakhil Madrasa under Sharsha Upazila of Jashore, has been accused of violating a madrasa student. The incident allegedly took place in the madrasa room on Thursday. The incident was suppressed for a day under the pressure of influ...

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Couple die of Covid-19 in Jashore

Husband Ali Hossain  Sardar 65 of Chaugachha upazila of Jashore district, died with corona symptoms then his wife  Sufia Khatun also died with corona symptoms  four days  later on Friday. The corona sample report came positive 4 days after the death of Ali Hossain. Ali Hossa...

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3 customs officers suspended over tax evasion

Three customs officers of Benapole Customs House have been suspended for allegedly collaborating in tax evasion worth about Tk.30 lakh. Two C&F licenses companies have also been suspend due to their involvement in revenue evasion on Monday.Commissioner Belal Hossain chowdhury of Benapole Customs...

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Leader of banned group shot dead

The leader of regional commander of the banned Communist Party of East Bengal (CPEB) was shot to death by some miscreants in daylight at Hajirhat area in Monirampur Upazila of Jashore on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 55, son of late Amarot Ali of Modhupur village o...

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Benapole municipality announces budget

Benapole municipality yesterday announced a proposed budget of Tk 54 crore 40 lakh for the fiscal year 2020-2021. Benapole Customs Commissioner Belal Hossain Chowdhury was the chief guest in the budget meeting. Announcing the proposed budget at the municipality auditorium, Mayor Asraful Alam Li...

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UP member on list of govt aid seekers

Amid the outbreak of coronavirus, there are allegations of massive irregularities in the list of names of providing financial assistance to the unemployed, destitute people from the Prime Minister's fund under the humanitarian aid program in Sharsha upazila of Jashore. The Sharsha Upazila a...

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Export thru Benapole port resumes after 4 months

Finally, after 105 days of agitation, Bangladeshi goods started being exported to India through Benapole-Petrapole land port on Sunday.At the same time, after remaining closed for 5 days, the import activities of the port became normal. On the first day of restarting export activities, 5 Bangladeshi...

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Physician dies of Covid-19 in Benapole

Dr. Amjad Hossain, 62, died in Dhaka Regent hospital on Saturday night after he had been infected with corona virus. He is survived with his wife, a son and a daughter. He was buried at Benapole Bhabarber graveyard on Sunday noon in collaboration with the administration.Dr. Yousuf Ali , residential ...