Vol. 4 Num 300 Thu. April 01, 2004    
 
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Rajshahi city protection dam made vulnerable
Sand traders ignore ban, cut it for trucks
Despite a ban, sand traders have cut the Rajshahi town protection dam at more than a dozen points to facilitate trucks to carry sand from the Padma riverbed.
 
Sugar mill lay-off
'Make April 4 Gaibandha hartal a success'
Gaibandha district unit of the Workers and Employees Federation at a meeting in the town on Tuesday called upon the people to make the April 4 hartal programme in the district and the 'grand rally' in
 
REB men flee office seeing angry farmers
Demonstrations, sit-in for smooth power supply for irrigation
Hardly a day passes in the district with farmers' demonstration for smooth power supply for irrigation.
 
Hasina begins Patuakhali tour tomorrow
AL holds first public meeting in Altaf's constituency in two and a half years
Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina arrives here tomorrow on a three-day tour of Patuakhali where hartal called by her party was not observed since BNP came to power.
 
Campaign hot on the heels of polls schedule
Gaibandha, Gobindaganj municipal polls on May 6, 8
The polls are far away, but prospective candidates are on race to reach closer to voters.
 
Big haul of smuggled goods in Pirojpur
Police seized two trucks and one trawler with smuggled Indian goods worth over Tk 55 lakh in Tushkhali under Mathbaria upazila in Pirozpur district yesterday and arrested three persons.
 
Ex- Patuakhali Pourasabha chairman sued for fund scam
A former chairman and three other officials of Patuakhali Pourasabha were charge sheeted for 'misappropriation' of 3 lakh 62 thousand and 339 taka in name of a road repairing project.
 
BNP candidates for Patuakhali Pourasabha polls
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on March 25 declared the names party candidates for contesting in the upcoming Patuakhali Pourashaba election.
 
Strike at Barisal medicine factory
Over 150 employees and workers of Medimate Pharmaceuticals stopped work yesterday demanding provident fund, gratuity and salary hike.
 
5 Indians pushed back by BDR in Panchagarh
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Monday night pushed back five Indian nationals through Pachagarh border.

The five of a family were pushed in by BSF of Beriberi and Tiabari camps in the morning.

 
Khulna AL leader's business office bombed
Chabi Fish Processing Industries at Natun Bazar under Khulna thana owned by city Awami League leader Kazi Abul Kalam Azad alias Biku came under bomb attack Monday night.
 
15 hurt during Rangpur hartal for edn board
At least 15 persons including two photo-journalists were injured in a clash during hartal hours here on Tuesday.
 
New CUJ executives
Mostaq Ahmed of Daily Inqilab and Shahidul Alam of Daily Rupali were re-elected president and general secretary of the Chittagong Union of Journalists (CUJ) for the next one year in an election held at
 
Nor'wester in Netrakona village
Ten persons were injured, three of them seriously, as a nor'wester lashed Batta Banagram village in Kendua upazila on Tuesday.

Forty kutcha houses were also damaged.

 

 
 
   
 
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