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Online ambulance service launched in Lakshmipur

An online ambulance service and apps called 'Swapna Jatra' have been launched in Lakshmipur to ensure rural health services. The event was officially inaugurated by Lakshmipur Deputy Commissioner Md Anwar Hossain Akand on Monday evening at a local restaurant in Charbadam Union in the coastal...

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E-traffic will reduce hassles of drivers

Chattogram Range DIG Anwar Hossain said that e-traffic prosecution will be able to get updated information of any vehicle immediately, to prevent wastage of time and also to reduce corruption. What was previously planned for the metropolitan police is now part of the plan to introduce it in the dist...

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Incentives distributed in Lakshmipur

Small entrepreneurs of Raipur upazila have received incentives from Raipur upazila administration and Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) in Lakshmipur district. 12 entrepreneurs on Thursday received a total of 12.5 lakh Tk under the incentive package of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the sm...

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Coast Guard detains 7 bandits in Lakhmipur

Contingent Raypur unit of Bangladesh Cost Guard detained seven bandits along with local weapons including Chinese axe, machetes in a raid operated at the Old Berighat area of Raipurupazila in Lakshmipur in the early hours on Friday.Lt Commander Amirul Haque, media officer of the force’s headqu...

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Lakshmipur leaders mourn ZH Sikder’s death

Various organisations and political leaders from Lakshmipur have mourned for the death of Sikder Group chairman Zainul Haque Sikder, a valiant freedom fighter, social worker and industrial entrepreneur of his era. They expressed their deep on Saturday. In separate condolence messages, they pray...

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Blankets distributed among cold-hit people in Ramganj

Winter blankets and sweaters were distributed among the victims as a gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Laxmipur’s Ramganj on Wednesday. Lakshmipur-1 MP, Dr. Anwar Hossain Khan distributed these winter clothes among the cold-hit people as the chief guest on the premises of Karpara ...

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New Lakshmipur DC exchanges views with journalists

New Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Lakshmipur Anwar Hossain Akand exchanged views with local journalists on Wednesday evening. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC-general) Mohammad Safiuzzaman Bhuiyan presided over the meeting, while Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC-revenue) Mohammad Shahidul I...

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Construction work on Tk 16-cr bridge begins

AKM Shahjahan Kamal, MP from Laxmipur-3 constituency and former Civil Aviation Minister, has inaugurated the construction work of Terbeki Bridge over Rahmat Khal, a canal at Terbeki Bazaar area in Lakshmipur.  AKM Shahjahan laid the foundation stone of the bridge at a function as the chief gues...

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FFs’ children protest vandalism of sculpture

A human chain and protest rally was organised by Muktijoddha Sangsad Command Children in Lakshmipur on Sunday to protest against the demolition and desecration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s sculpture.The hour-long human chain programme was held in front of the in ...

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Lakshmipur Free Day celebrated

Freedom fighters held a victory rally with the new generation in Lakshmipur on Friday marking Lakshmipur Free Day. They rallied from the Government Samad High School premises and held a brief human chain-assembly at the Press Club premises after parading the main roads.Under the banner of &lsqu...

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Protest in Lakshmipur over opposition to Bangabandhu sculpture

The Laxmipur district unit of Juba League, youth front of Awami League staged demonstration protesting the opposition to installing the sculptures of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by the Islamicists groups.Leaders and activists of Juba League, led by the district unit Presid...

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Opposition to Bangabandhu’s sculpture protested

A human chain and protest rally was held in Lakshmipur and Thakurgaon on Sunday, to protest against the misinterpretation of the sculpture of Father of the Nation by the extremist fundamentalist group and the insulting remarks about Bangabandhu.In Lakshmipur, the protest was organized under the bann...

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Two held for gang rape in Kamalnagar

Police have arrested two persons in connection with the gang-rape of a woman, abandoned by her husband at Charfalkon area in Kamalnagar of Lakshmipur. The woman after being rescued lodged a complaint with the police station on Monday night. Later, police arrested Chagir, 50, son of Samsul Haque...

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DC, family members infected with Covid-19

Lakshmipur Deputy Commissioner Anjan Chandra Paul has been infected with Corona virus. At the same time, his wife Smriti Pal, their two school-going sons and daughters, and two other employees, including a cook, have been tested positive for Covid-19. All of them are being treated at home.Their...

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Workshop on measles, rubella vaccination campaign held

On the occasion of the measles and rubella vaccination campaign for children, a day-long workshop for physicians was held in the meeting room of the Civil Surgeon's Office in Lakshmipur on Wednesday at the initiative of the World Health Organisation. Civil Surgeon of Lakhmipur Dr Abdul Ghaf...

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Shyama Puja celebrated

 Lohagara Correspondents Shyama Puja, a religious festival of the Hindu community, was celebrated in Lakshmipur, Narail and other districts on Saturday night. In Lakshmipur, on the occasion, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Lakshmipur Anjan Chandra Pal attended a programme as the chief gue...

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Teenager violated in Lakshmipur

A teenager (15) was raped by sexagenarian at Raipur under Lakshmipur district on Saturday noon.The rapist has been identified as Abul Kashem (65) of Rakhaila village of Raipur. Police arrested the rapist from the village. On Duty Officer ASI Salah Uddin of Raipur police station informed, the in...

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Lakshmipur journos get PM’s aid

From the special fund of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Tk 330,000 were distributed among the journalists of Lakshmipur as financial assistance on Thursday.In order to deal with the Corona situation, a total of 33 journalists were given a cheque of Tk 10,000 each in the first phase of the distributio...

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‘Everyone should be vigilant against yellow journalism’

Justice Mohammad Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed, Chairman of Bangladesh Press Council, has said that the journalists now a days enjoy more freedom and benefits. He made this remark as the chief guest at an exchange of views and book distribution programme organised by Bangladesh Press Council with the part...

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Housewife’s wrist, fingers severed by miscreants

Maryam Begum, 40, wife of Nabi Ullah, an expatriate of Bashikpur under Chandraganj police station of Lakshmipur and her daughter Razia Sultana, 7, were seriously injured in a miscreants attack on Saturday night.Maryam's head was severely injured in the sharp chisel blow while her right wrist and...