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Dry fish traders cry for storage facilities
Huge quantity of fish get damaged every year in Teknaf and Moheshkhali
A huge quantity of dry fish get damaged here every year due to lack of storage facilities in Moheshkhali and Teknaf, the two main hubs of dry fish trading.

Saturday's Storm in Bay
26 fishing trawlers with over 300 still missing
At least 26 fishing trawlers with 335 crew members and fishermen are still missing in the Bay of Bengal yesterday.

Sylhet-Dhaka regional highway remains a distant reality
A proposal for Sylhet-Dhaka regional highway via Sylhet-Fenchuganj-Jagadishpur-Moulvibazar remained a distant reality for the last 33 years.

40 Days into Abduction
Mohalchhari UP chairman, 2 others still untraced
Abducted Mohalchhari Sadar Union Parishad (UP) chairman Arkimidis Chakma and his two companions are yet to be traced after 40 days of the incident.

Bridge on Dakatia awaits opening
Construction of the much awaited bridge over Dakatia river connecting old and new parts of Chandpur town has been completed.

A unique day for Satkhira villagers
It was a unique day for villagers in Romjan Nagar union in Shyamnagar upazila close to the Sundarbans.

2 electrocuted in Katiadi
Two youths were electrocuted while repairing the electric line of a rice mill at Baliagaon under Katiadi Upazila of the district on Sunday.

Killing of Sechhasebak League leader protested
Two units of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) here yesterday held a joint rally at Shaheb Bazer in Rajshahi protesting killing of Sechhasebak League leader Golam Mostafa Milon during Sunday's blockadeprogramme.

Tk 1.20 crore Faridganj poura budget
The newly-created Faridganj Pourasabha announced its first budget on Friday at the office of its administrator Manjil Hossain.

Two drown in Cox's Bazar
Two children drowned while diving in the Bakkhali river here Sunday.

Hashish seized in Jessore, Jhenaidah
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 900 grams of hashish and arrested two persons from separate places in this connection on Sunday.

Youth beaten to death in Pabna
A young man was beaten to death in Bera upazila Saturday midnight.