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Teen dies after falling into septic tank

A 13-year-old teenager died after fell into a septic tank at BDR Haat area in Lalmonirhat district town on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was Wajed Islam Tarif, 13, son of Waliur Islam, a resident of the area.According to fire service and locals, Tarif fell into the septic tank after the slab of a...

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Toddler drowns in Lalmonirhat pond

A two-year-old drowned in a pond near his house while playing there in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Tamim Rahman, son of Moshiur Rahman of Mirerchak area of Komolabari union. According to locals, the child was playing beside the pond while his u...

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College student killed in road crash

A college student was killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between a covered van and an auto-rickshaw on the Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway in Kakina Obda Bazar area under Kaliganj upazila of the district Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 25, son of Manowa...

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Pedestrian dies in Lalmonirhat road crash

A man died after a speeding truck ran him over in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat last night.The deceased was Sirajul Islam(37) ,the son of Abdul Miah of Saftibari Chowratari village of the upazila.Aditmari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mahmud-Un-Nabi confirmed the matter, saying that the acciden...

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Body of newborn found in Lalmonirhat corn field

Police on Monday recovered the body of an unidentified newborn from a corn field in Lalmonirhat's Hatibandha upazila.Police said local people spotted the newborn's body in the morning inside a bag in a corn field next to Barakhata Degree College of that upazila.Later, being informed, police ...

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Pineapple farming gets popular in Lalmonirhat

Farmers of Lalmonirhat district are happy with good pineapple yield. They dream of changing their fortunes by pineapple farming. The pineapples of this district are popular almost all over the country because of their taste, aroma and size.Farmers of Lalmonirhat are more inclined towards pineapple c...

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LGED constructs road at Patgram

Lalmonirhat office of Local Government Engineering Department has finished constructing a road in Patgram area of Lamonirhat at a cost of Tk 19 million. Executive Engineer and Patgram Upazila Engineer Mahbub Alam supervised the construction work. Under the supervision of Lalmonirhat LGED, offic...

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Engineer directed to monitor work of Patgram road

The ongoing construction work of Sarkarerhat Bazar road has been inspected on the spot for its implementation with the higher authorities. Engineer Mahbub Alam of Patgram Upazila is supervising the work on the spot, under Lalmonirhat LGED. Upazila Engineer Mahbub Alam said the work of this road...

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Two cops killed in Lalmonirhat road accident

Two police personnel were killed in a road accident in Khaner Bazar area under Hatibanda upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Monday.The accident took place as a truck hit a motorbike of the two policemen they were riding in the afternoon.The deceased were identified as Sub-Inspector (DB) of Hatibanda...

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Lalmonirhat Sadar Thana OC on stand release

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Lalmonirhat Sadar Thana Mahfuz Alam has been on stand release after a video of him accepting a bribe using a sanitizer went viral. The OC used sanitiser in fear of coronavirus. OC has been posted in Dhaka as a tourist police inspector.Lalmonirhat District Superintenden...

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4 killed in Lalmonirhat lightning

Four people were killed and two others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Lalmonirhat today, said police.The injured -- Bachcha Mia (28) and Shafiqul Islam (32) -- have been admitted at a local hospital.The deceased were identified as Jahidul Islam (28), Rakib Hasan (23) from Patg...

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2 jailed for child marriage in Lalmonirhat

A mobile court in Lalmonirhat's Patgram Municipality has sentenced a girl's father and a relative of her to six months in jail for child marriage. The incident took place on Sunday night in Dhabalsati area of Ward 4 of Patgram Municipality.The convicts are the girl's father Bablu Mia (50...

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Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Lalmonirhat

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead an alleged Bangladeshi cattle smuggler at Shamsernagar border under Patgram upazila  in Lalmonirhat early on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Mizanur Rahman, 22, son of Nasim Uddin of Patgram. He was a member of a cattle smuggling g...

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Transport workers stage demo for food aid

Transport workers staged demonstration in Lalmonirhat and Panchagarh on Sunday demanding urgent food aid.The transport workers of Kaliganj upazila gathered near Rawsha Filling Station in Lalmonirhat around 10:30am and blocked the Lalmonirhat-Burimari road for an hour.  Hundreds of vehicles -- i...

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Reinvestigation of mysterious death demanded

A press conference was held demanding justice for the murder of Fatema Begum, 26, a mother of two, of Patgam upazila of Lalmonirhat by the victim’s parents on Sunday.  They demanded a re-examination of the body for proper investigation of their daughter’s murder at their residence i...