Erosion devours Kushiyara banks on Sylhet-Assam border
Serious erosion has been taking place at various points of Kushiyara riverbanks along Sylhet-Assam frontier for the last few weeks.Due to heavy downpour and incessant rainfalls for the past few days, four roads in Matlab Dakhshin upazila of Chandpur district have collapsed.Our Sylhet correspondent says that Water Development Board (PDB)...
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Kushtia college student dies after being thrown off four-story hostel
KUSHTIA, Oct 02 (UNB): A college student was allegedly murdered after being thrown from the rooftop of a four-story dormitory in Kushtia town on Tuesday night.Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle), Abu Russell, confirmed the matter.The deceased was identified as Rubel Hossain, 22, son of Shahidul Islam from Mirzapur village...
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One killed in Jatrabari-Bhanga expressway mishap
MADARIPUR, Oct 02 (BSS): A man was killed and 15 others were injured as a bus hit another bus on the Jatrabari-Bhanga expressway in Shibchar upazila of the district o Wednesday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Highway police said the accident occurred around 11:30 am in Surjanagar...
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Train service resumes on Dhaka-Mymensingh route after 8 hrs
MYMENSINGH, Oct 02 (UNB): Train services on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route resumed on Wednesday at 6:00 am after being suspended for over 8 hours due to a derailment.The incident occurred at the Dhala Railway Station in Trishal, Mymensingh.Station Master Rayhan Chowdhury of Balipara Railway Station said that the Brahmaputra Express, coming...
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