Volume 4 Number 271 Mon. March 01, 2004    
 
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Self-help is the best help
People volunteer to build a dam to protect Fulchhari upazila headquarters from Jamuna erosion
It is unbelievable. Shaking off social ranks and burying political affiliations, people are cutting earth together with spades to build a dam on self-help basis to protect the Fulchhari upazila headquarters.
 
5 abducted for ransom in Rangamati
Gunmen wearing dresses like army kidnapped six road construction workers from remote Bijanondaram hilly area in Sazek union under Baghaichhari upazila on Wednesday night, according to a delayed message
 
Rangamati fire kills one, injures 15
230 houses, shops gutted: 115 families homeless
An elderly man was killed and 15 others injured in a devastating fire that also gutted 230 dwellings and shop at a market in remote Rajostholi upazila in the district in the early hours of Sunday, police
 
No govt vehicle on Barisal city streets yesterday, rally held
3-hr strike on Wednesday, half-day on Mar 14-16 for city allowance
No government vehicle plied streets in Barisal city yesterday.

All high officials based in Barisal and the planning secretary now on a visit here had to use private vehicles and motor cars.

 
Attack on leader's house
JP blames ruling party
Nilphamari Jatiya Party held a rally on its office premises Saturday evening protesting Friday night's attack on the houses of its central Joint Secretary General Joynal Abed in in town, allegedly byChattra
 
Akhaura to be a modern land port
25 acres of land acquired to build infrastructure facilities
Akaura check post is being developed into a land port with required infrastructure facilities.
 
Pirates loot 7 trawlers, toss 5 crew into sea
Armed pirates looted fish and equipment worth about Tk 30 lakh from seven trawlers and threw five fishermen into the sea off the Patharghata coast on Friday.
 
Rape, murder of 8-yr-old girl
All 3 suspects held
All the three accused of gang-rape and murder of eight-year-old schoolgirl Usha at Tilahari village in Kakonhat municipality of Godagari upazila have been arrested by police.
 
JP divided over Rangpur Pourasabha polls
Ershad's Jatiya Party is divided over chairman candidature in Rangpur Pourasabha election scheduled to be held in April.
 
CID gives final report in Satkhira Gur Pukur Mela bomb blasts
Political pressure alleged
Police have submitted final report in last year's Gur Pukur Mela bomb blast incidents without accusing any body, saying that those could be the outcome of rivalry between ruling party activists over leasing
 
Justice not delayed...
Piara Begum was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for keeping phensidyl but the judge freed her as she already passed the sentence period behind bars for her trial.
 
Anti-drug meeting held at B'baria
An anti-drug meeting was held at North Mourail here on Saturday.
 
Sit-in in front of Rangpur Sugar Mills
Cane growers, workers and employees of Rangpur Sugar Mills staged a sit-in demonstration in front of the mills gate protesting lay-off the industrial unit on Sunday.
 
Madrassah teachers sent to jail hajat for 'rape'
A court here rejected the bail prayer of a madrassah superintendent and assistant teacher, two accused in a rape and blackmailing case.

They were sent to Rangpur jail hajat on Sunday.

 

 
   
 
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