Vol. 5 Num 192 Tue. December 07, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives National Human trafficking on alarming rise thru' 14 border points of 6 dists 700 smuggled out in 15 months KUSHTIA: Incidents of trafficking of women and children rose alarmingly through 14 border points of six districts in southwestern region recently. 5,000 indigenous people in 2 Netrakona UZs have no access to pure water Prevalence of intestinal and water-borne diseases in the border areas round the year About 5,000 indigenous people residing in two border upazilas (UZs) of Kalmakanda and Durgapur suffer a lot due to lack of pure drinking water.   Police-villagers clash Male residents of 11 Magura villages flee homes to evade arrest Male inhabitants in 11 villages fled from their homes in a bid to evade arrest after a police-villagers clash on November 20.   Jatiya Party biennial council held in Magura The biennial council of Magura district unit of Ershad led Jatiya Party was held at Asaduzzaman Auditorium here on Friday.   Tk 85 cr scheme to protect Bhola from erosion The government has taken up a Tk 85 crore scheme to protect Bhola from erosion by the Meghna and the Tetulia.   Move to check erosion at Kuakata beach Tk 28.75 cr BWDB project proposal awaits ministry's approval A Tk 28.75 crore project proposal aiming at protecting Kuakata sea beach from erosion was sent to Water Resources Ministry for approval on November 20.   Two brothers get life for killing child in Jamalpur A court here on Monday sentenced two brothers to life term rigorous imprisonment (RI) for killing a child.     Advertisement