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Man held for violating housewife in Jashore

A housewife, 35, has been raped at Keshabpur upazila in Jashore.  Police arrested accused Abu Syed, 33, son of Abdul Hannan Sardar of Vaina village, on Monday night. The incident took place at Verchi village of the upazila on Sunday night. The victim filed a case against four people with K...

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8 mounds of guava stolen, orchard trees cut in Jashore

Miscreants have stolen eight mounds of guava from a farmer’s orchard and cut all the trees of the garden at Bhadra village of Chaugachha upazila of Jashore district. The incident took place on Thursday night.  The farmer’s orchard was situated on a total of 25 katha of land. Th...

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Tenant arrested for ‘violating’ girl

Police arrested a man on charge of violating a 12-year old Madrasa girl at Khaldhar Road area of Jashore district town on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Faruk Hossain, 35, son of Joynal Mollah of Lakhoati village under Dighalia upazila of Khulna. At present, he lives in Ismail Hossain&#...

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Trade thru Benapole remain suspended on Sunday

Import and export countries through Benapole port remained suspended due to Kali Puja, a religious festival of the Hindu community, on SundayPort cargo handling and delivery and passenger crossings between Bangladesh and India were normal during that time.Kartik Chakraborty, general secretary of Pet...

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4 held with Phensidyl

BGB members arrested four drug dealers with 1,500 bottles of Phensidyl from the Sadipur border in Benapole Port police station on Sunday morning. Lt. Col. Selim Reza, Commanding Officer, 49 BGB Battalion, said that a large quantity of Phensidyl from India was smuggled across the Sadipur border ...

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19 tonnes padlock, rexine seized at Benapole port

Customs officials seized a large consignment of padlock and rexine weighing nearly 19 tonnes at Benapole port on charges of evading Tk 1.2 crore tariff after those were imported from India under false declaration.Officials briefed the media on the seizure on Saturday two days after a team led by Cus...

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Driver killed in Jashore road accident

A pickup driver was killed and five people were injured in a head-on collision between a pickup and a bus at Bhatar Amatla area at Bagharpara upazila of Jashore on Saturday. The deceased  was identified as Arifur Rahman, 28, of Satkhira.The injured were rescued and admitted to Jashore General H...

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30 teens return after serving 3-year jail term in India

Indian police on Friday evening handed over 30 Bangladeshi teenagers including three children to Bangladesh through Benapole checkpost after 3 years imprisonment in India. Benapole Checkpost  Immigration Police officially received them from the Indian Police. Indian BSF and BGB members wer...

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Graves of five FFs still now neglected

The Ujjalpur Martyr Day was observed at Ujjalpur village under Bankra union of Jhikargachha upazila in Jashore on Friday in a befitting manner.On the occasion, a discussion and special prayers were held at noon. Ujjwalpur Muktijoddha Dakhil Madrasa's President Abdul Aziz presided over the event ...

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Extortion money demanded from 10 top govt officials

Members of the ‘Sarbohara Party’ have demanded Tk 50 thousand to Tk. 50 lakh over mobile phones from 10 top government officials of Jashore district, including Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Jashore, superintendent of police (SP) and civil surgeon.Civil Surgeon Sheikh Abu Shaheen filed...

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Two killed in Jashore road crash

Two people including a teenage girl were killed and two other schoolgirls were injured when a truck hit them on their way to school on Navaran-Satkhira highway in Jashore on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Samia Islam, 13, daughter of Samiul Islam of Kathuria village under Sharsha upazila a...

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Tk 2cr Indian saris seized in Benapole

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized a truck loaded Indian saris worth Tk 2 crore from a consignment of chocolates imported from India with false declaration in Jashaore on Wednesday.The customs authorities suspended the licence of a clearing and forwarding (C&F) agent for processing s...

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Indian sandalwood worth Tk 1.56cr seized in Jashore

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized a truck laden with Indian sandalwood worth Tk. 1.5 crore from Navaran Satkhira intersection at Sharsha upazila of Jashore district early on Wednesday. Lt Colonel Selim Reza, Commanding Officer of 49 BGB, said that a large quantity of Indian sandalwoo...

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Throat-slit body recovered from paddy field in Jashore

Police have recovered a throat slit body from a paddy field at Dakshin Kayarpara village under Chaugachha upazila of Jashore district on Monday.  Miscreants hacked him to death with a sharp weapon, later the body was covered with a paddy tree (bichali) in the paddy field.The deceased was identi...

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Four Bangladeshis return home from Indian jail

Four Bangladeshis returned home on Monday after serving five months in a jail in India.The Petrapole Immigration Police of India handed them over to the Benapole Checkpost Immigration Police in Jashore after completing the legal process on Monday morning.The returnees are Liton Mia, 32, son of Motah...

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Man held with 11.5kg silver in Jashore

Police in Jashore arrested a smuggler in possession of with 11.5 kgs of silver near the Bagachara border of district’s Sharsha upazila on Sunday.The arrestee was identified Ali Hossain, 35, son of Abdul Khaleq from Jafarpur Tulshidanga village in Kalaroar upazila of Satkhira district.Uttam Kum...

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Youth becomes self-reliant by rearing goat

Once unemployed, Iqbal Hasan Tutul from Jashore’s Sharsha upazila have now self-reliant by farming goat commercially.Tutul started rearing four goats eight years ago. Later, he has set up his goat farm next to his house in Bagamchara area of upazila where there are more than 300 goats worth ab...

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Passenger movement thru Benapole port gets back to normal

Passengers movement through the country’s largest land port in Jashaore ‘s Benapole have returned to normal with 265 Bangladeshis entering India and 43 Indians coming to Bangladesh on Wednesday.Bangladeshis started traveling to India with new medical visas and old business visas in addit...

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4 Bangladeshis return home from India jail

Four Bangladeshis have returned to Bangladesh through Benapole check post after serving three years in a jail in India. Petrapole Immigration Police of India handed them over to the Benapole Immigration Police on Thursday through a travel permit.Ahsan Habib, officer-in-charge, Benapole Immigrat...

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Woman burnt to death, husband held

A housewife sustained burn injuries and died as her husband set fire to her body. The incident took place at Kaunia Das Para area under Rajapur union at Jhikargacha upazila in Jashore in the early hours on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Putul Rani, 19, wife of Pradep Kumar, 24, of th...