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2 Bangladeshis return after serving jail in India

Two Bangladeshi teenagers returned home through Benapole check post on Saturday morning after serving two years’ jail in India.Indian police handed them over to Benapole immigration police at 10.30 am. The arrestees hailed from Kutubdia police station in Cox Bazar District.Ahsan Habib, officer...

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Girl gang raped, 2 held

A young girl was reportedly gang raped at Bakchar Chowdhurypara in Jashore district town on Thursday night. Quoting the victim, police said when the girl was returning home from her relative’s house  around 8 pm from, a group of youths led by one Karim picked up the girl and confined...

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2 dengue patients found in Jashore

Two dengue patients have been identified in Jashore amid the Corona epidemic. They are residents of Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore. Abhaynagar Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr SM Mahmudur Rahman Rizvi confirmed the information on Friday.Dr SM Mahmudur Rahman Rizvi said, a 50-year-ol...

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Miscreants loot journo’s shop in Jashore

The miscreants looted a rice shop at HB Traders owned by journalist Iqbal Hossain at Navaran Satkhira area in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district on early Thursday.  Due to previous enmity, a group of miscreants broke the shutters of the shop on Thursday early and looted cash from the shop alon...

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Robbery on Jashore highway

Highway robbers looted valuables of the passengers of a bus, stanched goods from three    trucks and three locally made three-wheeler on the Chaugachha-Maheshpur highway in Jashore. The incident took place near  GCB Adarsa College on early Tuesday. Passengers said the robbers int...

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Smugglers attack BGB team in Benapole

A group of drug smugglers attacked a team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) during a raid along the Daulatpur border in Jashore’s Benapole on Monday. BGB chased a group of drug smugglers’ in Daulatpur border sand field when they were entering Bangladesh with a large consignment of Ph...

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BGB arrests fake journalist with 96 bottles of phensedyl

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members arrested a fake journalist along with 96 bottles of Phensedyl from Putkhali Bordering area on Saturday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Sheikh Selim, 50, son of late Sheikh Shahjan Ali of Pathbari village under Benapole Port Police Station and &nbs...

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7-yr old child violated in Jashore

A 7-year-old child was raped by a 65-year-old man at Chanchra Raipara village in Sador upazila of Jashore district on Thursday night. The rapist fled from the house after the incident. Police and locals said that Abdus Sattar raped the child on the roof of his house in Chanchra Raipara area of ...

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HSC examinee killed for Tk 50 lakh as ransom

A group of abductors killed a HSC candidate for  a ransom for tk 50 lakh at Purakhali village in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore district on early Thursday. Police recovered his body from Purakhali Baor on Thursday morningThe deceased was identified as Nuruzzaman Babu (18) son of Imran Gazi of Pu...

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2 teenagers electrocuted

Two teenagers were electrocuted in Sharsha and Monirampur Upazila of Jashore district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Hazrat Ali, 15, son of Idris Ali of Basatpur village in Sharsha upazila and Subrata Sarkar, 20, son of late Sukumar Sarkar of Bhabanipur village in Monirampur Upazila.El...

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Two-year-old twins drown in Jashore

Two-year-old twin brothers tragically drowned while playing beside the pond at Siddhipasha village under Siddhipasha union in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Hasan (2) and Hussain (2), sons of Majed Sheikh of Siddhirpasha village.Majid Sheik...

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Record low time for duty assessment

Benapole Customs House has set a new record across the country by reducing the customs duty assessment time by issuing customs delivery orders in just ten minutes and release orders in 9 minutes. Benapole Custom House, the second largest in the country, set the record on Tuesday, in 19 minutes ...

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Workers’ union leader tied up for embezzling money

Sardar Rakib Uddin Naki Mollah, a leader of Benapole land port workers union was tied up with an electric pole in Benapole of Jashore on Monday for embezzling Tk 1.32 crore from the workers. The agitated workers caught Rakib Uddin Naki Mollah and tied him to an electric pole on the side of the ...

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19 Indian truck drivers stranded at Benapole

Nineteen Indian truck drivers stranded at Benapole port terminal for the past one and half month. They want to return home. They don't want help; they just want to return to their country. It is alleged that the Indian authorities are not taking them back. As a result, the truck drivers and...

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Man killed by son with autism

An autistic youth allegedly killed his father at Atghara village under Monirampur upazila of Jashore. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon and the victim succumbed to his injuries early on Thursday. Physically challenged Chayel Gazi, 55, wounded critically as his autistic son Idris Al...

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1,100 Bangladeshis return home in four days

A total of 1,090 Bangladeshis have returned to the country through Benapole International Check Post within last four days. The passengers, who were stranded at various places in India under special management, returned from India.According to the Benapole Immigration Police, 235 Bangladeshis return...

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Rotten beef seized in Benapole

Police seized about one maund of rotten beef while selling in Benapole Bazar in  Ramadan on Saturday.  A syndicate lead by Mizan butchers has been slaughtering dead cows in the middle of the night for a long time and selling it openly in the market. This morning while selling rotten b...

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Jashore board chairman cuts paddy

Chairman of Jashore Education Board prof. Mollah Amir Hossain helped cut the paddy of a sharecropper's land on Tuesday. He was accompanied by 30 teachers and students of Noapara Government College. On the basis of voluntary labour, everyone cut the paddy of one bigha of land belonging to Sh...

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Drug peddler killed in Jashore ‘gunfight’

A drug peddler was killed in a gunfight with police at Sarapole area under Sadar upazila of Jashore district early on Tuesday.The deceased, was identified as Babu Mia, 40, son of Abul Hossain of Mongolgati village of the district. He was accused in 12 cases, including arms, explosive and drugs, file...

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BGB distributes relief in Benapole

 49 BGB officials have distributed relief of Bidyananda Foundation among the unemployed and helpless port workers in Benapole Port terminal area on yesterday (Saturday).The Bidyananda Foundation started distributing relief materials to all these families at home to prevent coronavirus infection...