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Tk 181cr bank loan disbursed in Chandpur

A total of Tk 181 crore was disbursed as bank loan in Chandpur district, for agricultural development and poverty alleviation. In the fiscal year 2019-2020, till June, public and private banks in Chandpur disbursed Tk. 181.75 crore in the field of agricultural credit and for poverty alleviation...

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Dipu Moni distributes PM’s incentive cheques among journos

Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust has stood by the journalists of Chandpur as well as the whole country during the Corona period. The trust has provided grants to journalists in Chandpur on Monday.This is the grant promised by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as an incentive for journalists in the Cor...

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High school-cum-cyclone centre washed away in Chandpur

Rajrajeshwar Union is located on the other side of the Meghna River in the far west of Chandpur Sadar Upazila. Mostly this union is lost in the river Padma and Meghna. About 42,394 people live in the area. Most of the people in the union work in agriculture fields and maintain their livelihood ...

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Illegal current net worth Tk 7cr seized in Chandpur

The Coast Guard Chandpur has seized 20 lakh 50 thousand meters of illegal current nets by conducting a raid in Puranbazar of Chandpur city. The estimated value is 7 crore 18 lakh rupees.A huge quantity of illegal current nets was recovered from 2 godowns and 3 shops in jugipatti and Balaka lanes on ...

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Central Oxygen Supply Plant inaugurated at Chandpur hospital

A Central Oxygen Supply Plant was inaugurated at the 250-bed Chandpur General Hospital on Saturday. Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni inaugurated it from Dhaka through video conference with Zoom app.Her elder brother Dr. JR  Wadud Tipu was present as the representative of the Education Minister ...

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49 new Covid-19 cases in Chandpur

A total of 49 more persons identified in Chandpur district as corona infected. Currently the total number of corona positive in Chadpur rises to 800.  The Civil Surgeon’s Office revealed this information  on Saturday.According to the sources, 100 reports came on this day. Of these, 4...

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3 die with Covid-19 symptoms in Chandpur

The number of deaths with Covid-19-like symptoms is increasing in Bangladesh as treatment refusal and inadequate test facility continue to trouble the health sector. Now, 3 more people died in Chandpur and Haziganj due to fever, cold and shortness of breath. The deceased were 3 elderly men. The...

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183 corona patients in Chandpur

The total number of corona patients in Chandpur district with 3 new ones is 183 and out of the new 3 persons included 2 staff of ICDDRB hospital. The other one is an old man from Matlab North.The information was revealed by the Civil Surgeon’s Office on Sunday afternoon, May 31.According to th...

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AL leader stabbed to death in Chandpur

A local Awami League leader was stabbed to death by miscreants in Chandpur Sadar upazila.  The incident took place at about 11:00 pm on Monday at Kumardugi village in Shahmahmudpur union of the upazila.The deceased was identified as Azizur Rahman Bhutto, former vice-president of Shahmahmudpur U...

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Highest alert in 3 Chandpur upazilas for cyclone Amphan

Highest alert in three upazilas of Chandpur has been sounded. In this connection an emergency meeting of the Chandpur District Disaster Management Committee was held on Sunday evening, May 17. The official in charge of the Chandpur Meteorological Office told in the meeting that there was no sep...

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Two more test Covid-19 positive in Chandpur

Two more people, including a child, were diagnosed with coronavirus on Monday, taking the total number of infected people in the district to 12.Civil Surgeon of Chandpur Dr Md Sakhawat Ullah said a 65-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl were found infected by the virus in test reports of the Institu...

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Worker pushed into Dakatia River drowns

A worker of a cargo ship, drowned in the Dakatia River after being pushed off by a fellow worker over a dispute in Balumohal of Hajiganj upazila in Chandpur on Thursday.  The deceased was identified as Md Jahid Hasan, 30, son of Md Alauddin of Hathazari village of Kamalnagar.Officer-in-charge o...

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Body recovered from Meghna

Police recovered the body of a man, who fell into the Meghna River on Thursday night, from Chandpur Launch Ghat area of the river on Friday. The deceased was identified as Deen Islam, 28 of Tilabari in the district town.Abu Taher Khan, officer-in-charge of River Police Station, said that Deen Islam ...

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Chandpur municipality announces budget

The annual budget of Chandpur municipality for 2019-20 fiscal year was announced on Thursday. Municipal Mayor Nasir Uddin Ahmed announced the budget of Tk 91 crore at Chandpur Press Club.District Awami League General Secretary Abu Nayeem Patwari Dulal, Vice President Dr JR Wadud Tipu were present th...

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Stress on media role to protect Hilsa

Dr Yahia Mahmud, Director General of Fisheries Research Institute of Chandpur, has said that currently there is a big challenge to keep the production rate of the Hilsa. Because of climate change, filling the waterbody and meeting the needs of protein of the growing population, the demand for fish i...

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Village court should be active to settle dispute

Shirin Akhter, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of  Shahrasti in Chandpur, formally handed over 21 kinds of government forms and registers for use at village courts to the chairmen and panel chairmen of 10 unions at a function. The UNO chaired the funciton held on Thursday. Md. Farid Ullah Ch...

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Uncle, niece killed in Chandpur road accident

A man and his 10-year old niece were killed and two others were injured in a road accident in Chandpur on Tuesday. The accident took place at Gabtoli area under Ashkati union in Sadar upazila in the morning. The deceased were identified as Emran Hossian, 34, son of Tazul Islam and officer of Gazipur...

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5 stabbed in Chandpur

Five people who filed complaints against drug peddlers at Kachua in Chandpur have been attacked and stabbed by assailants. The injured are chairman of community police Md Mofizull Islam, 60, Shariful Islam, 24, Md Shakil, 19, Imam Hossain, 35, and Mostakim Hossain Miraz, 40. All of them are now unde...

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‘Cancel extra 4% cut from teachers’ salary’

Bangladesh Non–Government Teachers and Employees Association formed a human chain in Chandpur on Sunday demanding cancelation of the order additional 4% cut from the salary of teachers and employees.President of association in Chandpur Md. Bilal Hossain presided over the program, while General...

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‘Progress in every sector’

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni MP said that progression has touched every sector of the country.  “Our per capita income is now about two thousand dollar. All of us have to work from their respective positions for the country,” she said. She said these while speaking at the in...