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Strict surveillance to curb Covid spread at Benapole Port

To prevent the spread of Indian Corona variants, Benapole Port Police Station in Jashore has been distributing masks and hand sanitizers among India returnees. They are also alerting the passengers to abide the hygiene rules.Police have stepped up surveillance on Indian truck drivers to prevent them...

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BGB deployed in Benapole to stop  Covid spread

Border guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been deployed in Benapole port area to prevent spread of Covid-19 . BGB 49 Battalion have been keeping a close watch in the border area, including Benapole port, since Wednesday night to prevent further spread of Covid-19. Indian truck drivers are being told to stay...

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2 India returnees detected with Covid-19

Covid-19 (corona virus) has been detected in the bodies of two people in Benapole of Jashore who recently returned from India. The matter was confirmed by the Civil Surgeon's Office on Sunday.While staying in the institutional quarantine in Jashore, they contracted corona. One of them is 20 year...

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3,350 Bangladeshis return thru Benapole

The arrival of Bangladeshi passengers from India through Benapole land port has not decreased. 3,350 Bangladeshi passengers returned from India from Through this land port. Seventeen were Corona positive. Every day a large number of passport passengers are returning from India with the NOC of the De...

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Pregnant woman strangled by husband

A seven-month pregnant housewife, was strangled to death by her husband on early Sunday.The incident took place at Shibnathpur Baropota village under Benapole Port Police Station in Jashore. The deceased was identified as Ruma Khatun, 19 wife of Ariful Islam Tutul of the village. She was the da...

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Imported goods being stolen from Benapole land port

Allegedly Valuable Imported Goods are being stolen from various sheds of country's largest land port, Benapole Land Port in Jashore. As a result, the government is being deprived of a large amount of revenue. The port user organizations have not received any solution even after complaining ...

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Shingjhuli AL leader dies of Corona

A general secretary of Awami League, died of Corona in Chaugacha Upazila of Jashore district on Friday morning in a hospital of Khulna.He was the general secretary of Singhjhuli Union Awami League.According to the locals, Hafizur Rahman Nipu, 65 a resident of Singhajhuli village, was suffering from ...

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Mother fled leaving her child in a tea shop in Benapole

A mother fled leaving her two-year-old child at a tea shop in Benapole Bazar. This incident took place at the tea shop of Tofazzal Hossain in Benapole Bazar around 10.30 pm on Friday night. The mother introduced herself to the tea shop as the child's mother. Benapole Port Police rescued the...

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India gives 109 ambulances to Bangladesh as gift

The Government of India is giving 109 ambulances to Bangladesh as gift on the occasion of birth centenary of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Among them the first ambulance entered Bangladesh through Benapole Land Port in Jashore on Monday morning. The rest of the ambulances will a...

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Onion being imported thru Benapole after long time

42 metric tonnes of onion were imported from India through Benapole port on Thursday night after more than a year.The consignment of onions was delivered on Friday morning after all the formalities of the customs and port authorities.India suspended onion exports to other countries on September 14 i...

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Import-export thru Benapole suspended marking Mujib Year

Import-export trade between Bangladesh and India through Benapole land port in Jashore was suspended on Wednesday, marking the celebration of the birth centenery of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.However, loading and unloading of goods at the port was not suspended. Although ...

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2 killed in Jashore road accident

Two killed and Five people were injured after an Easy Bike collided head on with a Jashore bound Bus at Bhanga gate area in Avoinagor Upazila of Jashore district on Friday morning.The injured passengers were taken to Avoinagor Upazila Health Complex first, but as their condition deteriorated, four o...

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4 held with firearms in Benapole

Police arrested four arms trader along with a 9mm pistol and a magazine from Jashore Municipality Ward No. 7 Councilor Candidate Rabiul Islam Robi's Election Office on Tuesday.The detainees are Shuvo (26), Sabuj (25), Raihan (24) and Himel (20).Inspector Rakibuzzaman of the Chanchra police outpo...

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Sixth-grader raped in Jashore, rapist held

Bagharpara Police have arrested the accused rapist Riaz Hossain and his two accomplices in connection with the rape of a sixth-grade student in Bagharpara upazila of Jashore on Tuesday. They were arrested from different areas within hours after the case was filed on Monday night.Bagharpara Poli...

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UP member killed in accident

An UP member was killed when his motorcycle collided with a tree at Manirampur uapzila in Jashore on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam, 62, son of Aminul Islam of the upazila. He is member of Ward No. 5 of Shyamkur UP and president of the ward unit of Awami League....

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Mother tongue reunites thousands of people in no-man’s land

It was a different nice day in no man’s land at Benapole international Check Post. Thousands of Bangla-speaking people from Bangladesh and India gathered at no-man's land on the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.Carrying banners, festoons and placards, ...

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Cop ‘embezzles’ money in name of sending people abroad

A case has been filed against a police constable for embezzling Tk 25 lakh in the name of sending men to Europe. Rakibul Islam, a resident of Ghop DIG Road in Jashore town, filed the case with a Jasshore court on Thursday. Rakib is a permanent resident of Jogania village in Naragati upazila of ...

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Handmade tiles industry needs support for survival

The famous handmade tiles of Kalaroa, which are exported abroad and sold at different places of the country, is struggling for survival. Kalaroa upazila is next to Sharsha upazila of Jashore district. Local entrepreneurs said that Kalaroa’s potential Tiles industry is now on the verge of ...

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HSC examinee’s body recovered from river

The body of Al Farah Shoaib, a missing college student, has been recovered after he jumped out of a boat with his friends at Jhampa Baor in Manirampur upazila of  Jashore. Fire Service diver Humayun Kabir recovered the body on Friday morning.The deceased Al Farah Shoaib, 18, is son of Shah...

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Wheat cultivation declines in Chowgacha for Covid-19

Wheat cultivation decreased in Chowgacha of Jashore due to virus panic .Wheat has been cultivated in 5 hectares less land in Chaugacha Upazila of Jashore this year as compared to last year. Rice prices are good and wheat cultivation has been reported to be low due to wheat virus.However, the Up...