Volume 4 Number 316 Sun. April 18, 2004    
 
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Trump card in last week of month, Jalil tells Chuadanga AL council
Govt urged to step down before "mass movement" launched
Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil urged the BNP-Jamaat government to step down or to face a "mass movement".
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Let it be called a DPHE monument
Water leaks from overhead talks and at least 50 points in the underground pipeline: Old asbestos pipes used instead of PVC pipes
A water supply project in Rangpur town is lying unused for the last two years allegedly due to faulty construction.
 
Electricity: Barisal gets one third of demand
The Power Development Board (PDB) supplies only about one-third of the demanded for electricity in Barisal region, seriously disrupting

normal life.

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Illegal Dam in Buri River in B'baria
25,000 acres of Boro lands affected
An unauthorised dam on the Buri river is affecting irrigation of about 25,000 acres of IRRI-Boro lands in three unions under Nabinagar upazila in the district.
 
Commercial farming promises prosperity
Howlader earns Tk 3 lakh from watermelon: many in Patuakhali village change their lot
Abdul Karim Howlader, 70, is a successful farmer. He earned about Tk three lakh so far by cultivating watermelon on two acres of land and expects to earn more Tk 50,000 from the harvested crop.
 
JCD rivals' clash leaves 10 injured in Barisal
At least 10 persons were injured, six of them critically, in a clash between two rival groups of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) here yesterday.
 
Havilder murder: PBCP claims responsibility
The Janajuddho faction of PBCP (Purba Banglar Communist Party) has claimed responsibility for Havilder Akram Hossain's murder.
 
Transport strike in Gaibandha today
Gaibandha motor owners' association and Gaibandha motor truck workers' union jointly gave an ultimatum to go on transport strike from today if the BRTC coaches are not stopped from plying along the Panchpir-Chittagong
 
Abducted college girl yet to be rescued
A college girl is yet to be rescued from the clutch of her abductors after several days of her missing.
 
Paddy-loaded truck yet to be recovered
A paddy-loaded truck is yet to be rescued after being hijacked by armed miscreants from Sathibari on the Rangpur-Bogra Highway on April 14.
 
Barisal Mayor lays war memorial foundation anew
After publication of the news of removal of the Liberation War foundation stone from the court area, Barisal City Corporation Mayor Majibur Rahman Sarwar on Friday laid another foundation at a little
 

 
   
 
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