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Train fare to rise by 7.8pc next month

The Railways ministry wants to increase fares for passengers and freight by 7.8 percent from next month to cut down losses.

Smugglers find easy route

“For each phensedyl bottle we carry over the border,” says drug mule Robiul Islam, 24, of Lalmonirhat sadar upazila's Mogholhat, “we are paid 20 taka.”