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Berula canal being filled up for construction of four-lane

CUMILLA, Oct 18: Century-old Berula canal in Cumilla is being filled up for construction of the four-lane on the Cumilla-Noakhali highway. Extending over an area of 60 kilometres in length, the canal starts from Fatehpur village of Laksham upazila of Cumilla and runs upto Chaumuhani of Noakhali. The canal had...

Waterlogging from floodwaters

Waterlogging from floodwaters affects many of the fruit-bearing papaya trees at Kolerapara Union at Dhunat Upazila in Bogura district. The photo was taken on Sunday — Focus Bnagla

Brahmanbaria paddy farmers' struggle to protect their land

BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 18 (UNB): The farming community in Brahmanbaria's Bancharampur upazila is at its wit's end. The reason-nearly 300 hectares of agricultural land in the upazila have been rendered uncultivable by a group of "illegal" fish farmers who have erected unauthorised dams to divert water from the Bariadahbeel, thus causing...

Per kg potato retails at Tk 50 in Magura flouting govt directive

MAGURA, Oct 18: In defiance of the government directive, potato is being sold in the retail market of Magura at Tk 50 per kg.Earlier, the Department of Agricultural Marketing had issued a directive to the deputy commissioners to enforce sale of potato in the retail market at Tk 30 per...

Deceased's younger brother put on 5-day remand

SATKHIRA, Oct 18 (UNB): A Satkhira court on Sunday placed Raihanul, the younger brother of Shahinur Rahman who was killed with his wife and two children in Khalsi village of Kolaroaupazila, on a five-day remand. Satkhira judicial magistrate court-2 Senior Judicial Magistrate YeasminNahar passed the order today after hearing a...

VGF rice being distributed to fishermen in Gaibandha

GAIBANDHA, Oct 18 (BSS): Rice under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) activity is being distributed for the last few days to the fishermen who are residing on the bank of the river Brahmaputra and whose families are fully dependent on catching fishes in the river.The government imposed a 22-day ban on...

Two siblings among three killed by train in Netrakona

NETRAKONA, Oct 18 (UNB): Three people, including two siblings, were crushed to death under the wheels of a train at Solpodashal in Barohattaupazila of Netrokona early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Swapan Mia, 22, Ripon Mia, 26, sons of Hekim, and Mukhles, 28, son of Korban Ali of the...

Four held for hilsa fishing during ban in Narail

NARAIL, Oct 18 (UNB): Detectives arrested four people from Narail for catching hilsa during the 22-day ban on fishing. The drive was conducted from Jamrildanga to Baroipara in Kaliaupazila overnight. The arrestees were identified as Tutul Sheikh, 38, Morshekh, 32, Jony Sheikh, 25 and Irfan Sheikh, 22 of Bishnupur village...

Two sisters killed in C’nawabganj road accident

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 18 (UNB): Two sisters were killed after a truck ran over a motorcycle carrying them in the Sonamasjid area of Shibganjupazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Masrufa Begum, 22, wife of Rajab Ali, and Khadiza, 17.

Four injured in Ctg fire

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 18 (UNB): Four people sustained burn injuries in a fire at a building in thePurbaMirpara area of the Chattogram city Sunday. The injured areNazrul Islam Shah, Sabuj Miah, Shah Alam and MdBablu. Farid Ahmed, deputy assistant director of Agrabad Fire Station, said that the fire broke out on...