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Suffering of Chandpur's common people intensifies

CHANDPUR, Sept 11: A century-old charitable dispensary run by the Chandpur Municipality has remained closed for over a month due to the absence of doctors, leaving hundreds of residents in the Puranbazar area of the district deprived of low-cost healthcare.The dispensary, which has been providing basic treatment and medicines at...

Rangpur agricultural region surpasses target for Aman rice cultivation

RANGPUR, Sept 11 (BSS): Despite facing drought-like conditions caused by low rainfall during the early stages of seedling transplantation, farmers in the Rangpur agricultural region have surpassed the target for Aman rice cultivation by 0.04 per cent. According to officials from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), transplantation of Aman...

RMG workers block Dhaka- Mymensingh highway

GAZIPUR, Sept 11 (UNB): Traffic on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway was disrupted for nearly an hour on Wednesday morning after workers of a garment factory blocked the road demanding their August salaries.Around 150-200 workers of Bulbul Knitting and Sewing Ltd staged the protest at Dighirpar in Bason area at around 07:00...

One held with 17 gold bars in Jashore

JASHORE, Sept 11 (BSS): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in a drive, arrested a man with 17 gold bars worth over Tk 38 million (3.8 crore) from Darajhat area on the Jashore-Narail highway on Thursday. The arrested was Sanjay Sarkar, 37, son of Akhil Sarkar of Dhuljhora village under Boalmari upazila...

Sugarcane cultivation in Manikganj exceeds target

MANIKGANJ, Sept 11 (BSS): Sugarcane cultivation in Manikganj district has exceeded the target set for the current season, according to sources at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).DAE officials said the target was set to bring 510 hectares of land under sugarcane cultivation with an estimated production target of 25,245...

Mother killed 'by son' in Manikganj

MANIKGANJ, Sept 11 (UNB): A 62-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her son over a property dispute in Daulatpur upazila of Manikganj district early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Karuna Rani Bhadra, wife of late Fotik Chandra Bhadra.Locals said Ravi Chandra Bhadra, 42, attacked his mother Karuna with a sharp...

Tourist goes missing at Jaflong

SYLHET, Sept 11 (BSS): Tourist went missing on Wednesday while taking a bath in the river at Jaflong in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet District.The missing has been identified as Abu Sufian (26), son of Abdul Haque of Shingpur village in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet district.He was a computer mechanic by...