Volume 4 Number 317 Mon. April 19, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives National Flash floods damage 40 pc paddy in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar Surma, Kushiyara flowing above danger levels: Breaches at many points Flash floods triggered by three days' rain and onrush of water from upper reaches across the border have inundated abut 40 per cent of IRRI-Boro croplands in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Moulvibazar districts. Kobadak dredging enlivens people 15 out of 36 km targeted for current FY dredged, rest to be done by June People, particularly farmers, are happy because their long-cherished desire is going to be fulfilled. Teesta Barrage Illegal extraction of stone stops in river bed, continues in shores Illegal extraction of rocks and sand from the "risky area" of the Teesta river bed has been stopped but it is going on in shore areas and along the embankments.   2 killed in truck plunge Two persons were killed and 12 injured when a loaded truck on which they were travelling fell into a roadside ditch at Palashbari on the Gaibandha-Bogra highway yesterday.   Single-deck launches asked not to ply at night The single deck launch owners have been asked not to ply their vessels at night in the ongoing stormy season.   'Unite to oust BNP-Jamaat govt' Amu tells Mujibnager meet Awami League (AL) presidium member Amir Hossain Amu announced that the movement for ouster of the BNP-Jamaat Government would be intensified in the coming days.     Advertisement