Volume 4 Number 93 Wed. August 27, 2003    
 
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Hold mid-term polls, AL leader Nasim demands
Influential Awami League leader and former minister Mohammad Nasim has demanded mid-term election, alleging government's failure.
 
Gram Sarkar
49 injured in clashes in Gaibandha, Kushtia
Police fire blank shots in Kushtia, process postponed at three places]
At last 49 people were injured in clashes over formation of Gram Sarkar in Gaibandha and Kushtia on Monday.
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Prompt action by police
13 dacoits arrested during robbery at B'baria village
At least nine persons were injured and 13 dacoits were arrested as police went into action during a dacoity at a house at Krisanagor village in Nabinagar upazila in the early hours of yesterday.
 
Result debacle
Showcause on 30 schools in Rangamati
Thirty schools in the district have been served with show cause notices for their poor result in the Secondary School Certificate Examination this year, official sources said.
 
15 feared drowned in Padma boat tragedy
At least four persons including two children drowned and eleven others were missing when a mechanised boat drowned in Padma river near Rajshahi city on Monday.

Forty-five people were rescued.

 
Faridpur town faces erosion threat
40,000 families made homeless in five days
With the rise in water level once again, erosion by the Padma river has taken a serious turn rendering 1500 families homeless in Decreer Char Union under the Sadar upazila in the last five days sinceThursday.
 
Withdrawal of BRTC service protested
People barricade Barisal city road
People put up road barricades in the city on Monday protesting withdrawal of BRTC double-decker bus service in the city.

Two double-decker buses plied in the divisional headquarter.

 
Closure of jute purchase centres a boon to brokers
Following the closure of government purchase centres in the region price of jute has come down in different hats and bazaars due to shortage of buyers.
 

 
   
 
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