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Import of Indian goods through Benapole port suspended for second day

Five Port users organizations for the second day have suspended imported Indian goods through Benapole port on Thursday in protest against India' refusal to accept Bangladeshi export goods.As a result, hundreds of trucks loaded with goods are stuck at the Indian Petrapole port. 5 organizations o...

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Youth killed by elder brother in Jashore

A younger brother was killed by his elder brother at Ghoshnagar village in Bagharpara Upzail of Jashore district on early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Ripon Hossain, 30 son of Hormuz Ali of Ghoshnagar village in Basuari union of the upazila.Police arrested killer Biplob Hossain, 35 son of ...

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Elderly man killed by younger brother in Jashore

An elderly man was stabbed to dead by his younger brother at Deyapara village under Jashore Sador Upazila on Friday morning. He came under attack by his younger brother over land-related dispute. The deceased was identified as Kazi Nazrul Islam, 60, son of late Kazi Abdul Gani of Deyapara villa...

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Man held with 1,335 pieces of Yaba tablets in Benapole

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a yaba dealer along with 1,335  pieces of yaba tablets at Agrovulote Border area at Sharsha upazila of Jashore district on Friday morning. The arrestee is Abu Syed 24 son of Abul Kalam of Agrovulote border village of the upazila. Mamun Hossain , ...

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Part of Benapole town goes under lockdown

Lockdown has been imposed on Ward No. 3 of Bahadurpur Road in Benapole Municipality of Jashore from Sunday due to the alarming ascent of Covid-19 cases in the area. Shops and markets in the area declared a ‘red zone’ have been closed. Police patrol is going on in full swing.Sharsha Upazi...

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Benapole customs authorities take steps to stop revenue evasion

Benapole Customs Authorities have taken a strict stand against the revenue evasion in Benapole Customs House and Port as to how to increase import and export trade between the two countries, and speedy unloading goods from trucks and rail Cargo. Benapole Customs House Commissioner Belal Hossain...

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Miscreants cut down 42 Jujube trees in Benapole

Unidentified miscreants on Saturday night felled 42 Jujube (Kul) plants on one and a half bighas of land belonged to Rezaul Islam son of Hossain Ali of Goyra village under Benapole Port police station.Rezaul Islam has filed general diary Benapole police station in this connection. Rezaul Islam ...

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9 UP members, wood trader sued for felling roadside trees

A case was filed against 9 UP members and a wood trader of Narikelbaria Union Parishad for illegally cutting  down the roadside trees  in Bagharpara Upazila of Jashore district on Thursday night. Syed Al Mamun officer in charge of Bagharpara Police Station said that Md. Ashrafuzzaman,...

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Trade thru Benapole port to continue on holidays

In order to increase the revenue collection in the corona situation, it has been decided to continue the import and export activities through Benapole land port on Friday holiday as on other days of the week.The decision was taken at a joint meeting of India-Bangladesh customs ports and traders at t...

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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...