Vol. 5 Num 238 Tue. January 25, 2005       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business 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 Learning, loan and health tips for women at doorsteps Once illiterate Mita, 22, can read and write now. She also gets micro credit and health tips. But she is not required to go out of her house to avail the facilities.   Tengratila Blowout Probe extended by 10 days, proper compensation demanded The high level body probing the Tengratila gas field blowout has been given a ten-day extension to complete its work. It was to submit its report by January 20.   A union fully sanitised in 20 days Joint efforts by UNO, public representatives and a local NGO Rangpur: Boravhita, a union in Fulbari upzila in Kurigram district, has been brought under cent percent sanitation coverage in only 20 days.   2 shrimp enclosures 'occupied' in Satkhira Two shrimp enclosures covering about 123 bighas of land have been forcibly occupied in Kaligonj and Assassuni upazilas.   Modhu Mela begins at Sagardari today A seven-day Modhu Mela, begins at Sagardari village today, marking the 181st birth anniversary of great poet Michael Modhusudan Dutta.   Eid congregation on highway Mill workers protest non-payment of bonus, salary About 5,000 employees and workers of Jessore Jute Mills and Carpeting Mills near Noapara industrial area offered their Eid-ul-Azha prayers on the JessoreKhulna highway protesting non-payment of arrears   11 trawlers looted in Bay: 2 fishermen missing, 27 hurt At least 27 fishermen were injured and two are missing as armed pirates looted over Tk 20 lakh in cash fish and equipment from 11 trawlers in the Bay of Bengal in two days during Eid-ul Azha.   Rotary eye care project opens at Gaibandha The Rotary Eye Care Project was inaugurated at Gaibandha Karmir Hath Eye Hospital recently.   2 journos honoured at Gaibandha Gaibandha Press Club on Monday accorded reception to local journalists for their outstanding professional work.   Journos assaulted in Satkhira Four journalists were assaulted by a group of people at Shyamnagar upazila headquarters recently as they protested alleged looting materials kept for construction of a building for Shyamnagar Press Club.   Outlaw held in Satkhira An alleged outlawed--Kartik Rishi--was arrested on Wednesday from his village home at Amanullahpur in Tala upazila.   Boro farming on 3.20 lakh hectares in Barisal A total of 3,19,844 hectares of land are being brought under IRRI-Boro cultivation in 11 districts under BADC's Barisal Zone this year with a production target of 10,32,708 tonnes of rice.   Fertiliser for free distribution recovered from BNP leader's godown Hizla police have recovered 47 bags of chemical fertiliser, meant for free distribution among flood affected people, from the godown of Hizla upazila BNP secretary Mezbahuddin Chowdhury Apu.   Work on Dapdapia bridge begins Apr 15 Construction of Dapdapia bridge across Kirtonkhola river will begin on April 15. The bridge will cost Tk 223 crore including a foreign exchange component of Tk 175 crore.     Advertisement