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Manpower, equipment shortage hampers activities of Khulna fire service

KHULNA, Mar 27 (UNB): There are 60 stations under the Khulna Divisional Fire Service and Civil Defense where 223 posts are vacant and most of them do not have necessary equipment to fight fire or any other big disaster.According to fire service personnel, on one hand there is not enough...

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Lightning strikes kill five in Shariatpur, Barishal

Five fishermen including two of a family were killed by lightning strikes in Barishal and Shariatpur districts early Monday and Sunday, reports UNB.In Barishal, a man and his son-in-law were killed when thunderbolt struck them while catching fish in the Gazaria river of Mehendiganj upazila in Barishal district.The deceased were...

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Housewife killed over land dispute in Mymensingh

MYMENSINGH, Mar 27 (bdnews24.com): A housewife has reportedly been beaten to death over a land dispute at Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh district. Police arrested three women who were present at the scene for interrogation.The incident occurred in South Pukhuria village on Sunday morning, said Faruk Ahmed, chief of Gafargaon Police...

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Man sentenced to death for killing wife in Satkhira

SATKHIRA, Mar 27 (BSS): A court here on Monday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Tala upazila of the district in 2009.Satkhira Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge MG Azam pronounced the verdict in the afternoonThe convicted person is Mostafa Biswas, son of Amjed Biswas,...

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