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Residents panic-stricken as erosion hits Khulna villages

KHULNA, Oct 03 (UNB): Panic has gripped residents of Khulna's Dacope upazila as erosion hit hard the riverside villages, including the road adjacent to Botbunia Bazar under Tildanga union.According to locals, due to heavy downpour in the past few days and rising tides in various rivers in the area on...

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Bina Dhan-25 raises new hope for Jashore farmers

BENAPOLE, Oct 03: Jashore district for the first time has witnessed cultivation of the newly-developed high-yielding paddy variety Bina Dhan-25.The paddy was cultivated on about three acres of land in the eight upazilas of Jashore on an experimental basis. Cultivating the new variety, the farmers witnessed a good yield of...

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Summer cabbage farming gains popularity in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, Oct 03 (BSS): Summer cabbage farming has b gained popularity as many people are cultivating the high-value crop commercially in the region, including its vast Barind tract, during the last couple of years. The unseasonal vegetable crop is seen selling in both the wholesale and retail markets at exorbitant...

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Fugitive convict held in Fatikchhari

LAKSHMIPUR, Oct 03 (BSS): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a fugitive convict from Fatikchhari upazila in Chattogram district on Tuesday. The convict, Ibrahim Khalil (40), hailed from Charlakshmi village in Ramgati upazila.Lieutenant Commander Mahmudul Hasan of RAB-11 said, being informed, they conducted a raid in...

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College student stabbed by mugger in Rajshahi dies

RAJSHAHI, Oct 03 (UNB): A college student who was injured in an attack by snatcher on September 17 succumbed to his injuries at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Tuesday.The dead, Nishad Akram (24), was a third-year student of Statistics Department of Rajshahi College. He hailed from Niamatpur upazila of...

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Man gets life in drug case in Joypurhat

JOYPURHAT, Oct 03 (BSS): A court has sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment in a drug case filed with Panchbibi thana of the district in 2021.The convict is to Harunur Rashid Tutul (42), hailing from Bogura Sadar upazila Judge of District Special Tribunal-5 Md Abbas Uddin handed down the verdict...

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