Smuggling syndicate active around Benapole landport
BENAPOLE, Nov 21: A powerful smuggling syndicate has become active around the country's largest land port, Benapole.Various smuggling goods are being brought to Bangladesh using Indian trucks.According to local traders, several identified Bangladeshi truck drivers from Benapole go to India every day loading export goods.On their way back, Bangladeshi drivers...
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Dupchanchia-Talora connecting road turns into a death trap
BOGURA, Nov 21:To avoid terrible accidents, renovationof Dupchanchia-Talora is urgently needed in Bogura district.The only connector road with district headquarters has turned into a death trap for a long time as no initiative has yet been taken to repair the dilapidated road. Both vehicles and pedestrians are suffering for a...
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Riverbank erosion victims await rehabilitation
KURIGRAM, Nov 21 (UNB): After years of peaceful existence in the house she had built with her husband at Sardob village in Sadar upazila, Mohila Begum saw the local river swallowed it one night.The family now lives in a makeshift plastic shed on the roadside. "I lost my house to...
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Farmers expect better Aman paddy production in Rangpur region
RANGPUR, Nov 21 (BSS): Despite huge damages to Aman rice caused by recent floods, farmers are expecting the crop's better production as its harvesting continues in full swing now in Rangpur agriculture region.Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said farmers have already completed harvesting Aman rice on three...
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Tk 16.2m irrigation structure lying inoperative in Sylhet
OUR CORRESPONDENTSYLHET, Nov 21: The sluice gate constructed at a cost of taka 16.02 million has been lying unused for 05 years in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar district, causing much suffering for the farmers in general. The locals, however, also raised serious allegations against the water resources management society, which...
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