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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...

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Five drug dealers held with Phensidyl in Benapole

Police arrested five drug dealers along with 250 bottles of Phensidyl from Daulatpur border in Benapole on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the value of the seized Phensidyl is about Tk. 250,000.The arrested drug dealers are Biplob Hossain, 33, son of Rabiul Islam of Gatipara village in Benapole Port ...

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Manirampur UZ Vice Chairman sent to jail over rice scam

A Jashore court has sent Uttam Chakraborty Bachchu, vice-chairman of Manirampur Upazila Parishad, to jail in connection with the theft of 549 sacks of relief rice.When he surrendered before the Jashore District and Sessions Judge's Court on Sunday afternoon, Judge Ikhtiyarul Islam Mallick ordere...

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Adulterated honey, confectionery makers fined in Jashore

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) unearthed adulterated honey, biscuit and cake factories on Saturday.  At that time, the mobile court of RAB fined of Tk. 4 lakh 40 thousand. Executive Magistrate Ranjit Kumar Mallick of RAB-6's headquarters conducted the operation. Mahbub Islam Madhu, ...

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Housewife violated at gunpoint

A housewife was allegedly violated at gunpoint at Madhu village under Dakshinpara area in Jashore Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The victim filed a case in this connection on Wednesday night. Police arrested the accused from Bosudia area in the night.  The accused is Sabdar Hossain, son of Abder H...

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Export-import thru Benapole suspended for second day

Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through Benapole land port remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Monday (February 1).The strike was called by the Indian Petrapole Bandor Jibon Jibika Bachao Committee to press home their five-point demand, including an end to hara...

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Import-export thru’ Benapole suspended

Import-export trade between Bangladesh and India through Benapole port has been suspended since Sunday morning The strike was called by the Petrapole Port Life and Livelihood Protection Committee of India. They demanded stopping of harassment of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in the imp...

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Int’l Customs Day observed

The International Customs Day-2021 was celebrated at the Benapole Custom House on Tuesday. On the occasion, Benapole Customs House has been decorated. Seminar and discussion were also held there. The events were orgnaised in a limited scale this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Customs Commi...

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Madrasa teacher held for ‘violating’ 7-yr-old girl

Police arrested a madrasa teacher for allegedly violating a 7-year-old girl at Bhaberber village of Benopole port Police Station on Monday. The child was sent to Jashore General Hospital for treatment in a bloody condition. The father of the child said that his child daughter went to study at B...

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Drug dealer held with 1,190 bottles of Phensidyl in Jashore

BGB arrested a drug dealer along with 1,190 bottles of Phensidyl at  Salkona border village in Sharsha Upazila of Jashore district on Monday noon. The arrestee drug dealer is  Shaheen Hossain  35 son of Yanur Rahman of Raghunathpur village of the Upazila.49 BGB Commanding Officer...

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Stolen kid rescued from Satkhira

Police have rescued two-year old child Tasin from Sonabaria village in Kolaroa Upazila of Satkhira district after three days ,who was stolen from Bagachra three days ago. Two people were arrested in connection with the theft of child.After the rescue, the child was returned to his parents. Uttam Kum...

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Four hundi traders held with US dollars

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel on Friday detained four international hundi traders with USD. 1 lakh 90 Thousand (Tk 1.61 crore) from Hamidpur Area of Jashore town. The detainees are Mithu Mandal, 26, son of Saleman Mandal of Gatipara village in Sharsha upazila of Jashore, Shahidul Isla...

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Illegal clinic sealed in Jashore

A mobile court sealed an illegal clinic at Bagaachra Bazar in Sharsha Upazila of Jashore on charges of various irregularities on Tuesday midnight. At the time, the clinic owner Abdul Majid was also fined Tk 1 lakh. Sharsha Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Rasna Sha...