Volume 4 Number 182 Tue. November 25, 2003    
 
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Heyday for ticket touts in Rajshahi
Bus-train tickets sold at double the fares in black market
"All seats booked", reads the notice hung in front of most of the ticket counters. Nearby, touts sell tickets at almost double the actual fares.
 
Panic in Satkhira
Outlaws' letters for toll, many leave homes
Panic has gripped the people of Assassuni upazila as outlaws have demanded toll to so many through letters and threatened with death for non-compliance.
 
Police on high alert in Barisal division
Leave cancelled apprehending "sabotage"
Police are on high alert in Barisal division in apprehension of "sabotage" by criminals against the backdrop of a law and order situation.
 
Frequent change in rules hinders local govt strengthening
Local government rules are frequently changed through ordinances, which is the main obstacle to strengthen local bodies.
 
BADC 'deceives' farmers
Farmers who bought BADC Boro-IRI seeds have been deceived as about 80 per cent of the seeds did not sprout, many farmers alleged.
 
Moulvibazar Shilpakala Academy body formed without election
A new executive committee of Shilpakola Academy here has been formed without election.

Local members of the ruling party have captured all the seats of the executive body, sources claimed.

 
Mob damages police microbus in Barisal
Mob damaged a hired microbus of police for hitting a cyclist named Md Mohiuddin, 17, who was rushed to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital with critical head injuries on Sunday noon.
 
4 held with fake notes in Gaibandha
Palashbari police recovered 36 fake notes of 100 taka denomination and arrested four persons including a head master of a primary school in this connection.
 
KSM to face production setback
Production at Kushtia Sugar Mills (KSM) may suffer a setback this season because of a sugarcane supply deficit like in the past.
 
Journalist beaten for news against traffickers
A local journalist was injured when beaten by some BNP activists on Saturday at Jhowdahga bazaar in the Sadar upazila for publishing a news against women and children traffickers.
 
375 MT VGF rice for Narsingdi during Eid
The government is distributing 375 metric tons (MTs) of rice among distressed people in Narsingdi ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme.
 

 
   
 
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