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54 kg seized ‘heroin’ undergoes test
Police suspect that the 53.5 kilograms of 'white powder' seized from a truck along with other goods in Gournadi on Sunday may be heroin.

Arrested Postal Employees Disclose to Police
High postal, audit officials involved in scam
Some high officials of the postal department in Northern districts and of government's audit department in Dhaka were involved in the postal scam in which depositors were swindled of crores of taka, according

Dinajpur Medical College shut for 10 days
About 300 students of Dinajpur Medical College (DMC) are on indefinite strike since April 8.
They were demanding fulfillment of their 5-point demand.

Power crisis in eight northern districts
154 mw supplied against demand for 235
Severe power crisis and frequent load shedding in eight Northern districts have added to people's sufferings in the ongoing sultry summer.

Ahmadiyya Mosque Siege in Satkhira
Admin, police slated for backing bigots
Workers' Party (WP) leaders in a statement here yesterday condemned the fixing of a signboard by bigots with the help of police on the wall of Ahmadiyya Mosque at Sundarban Bazaar in Shyamnagar upazila.

10 out of 14 UP chairmen boycott Jamaat MP in Satkhira
A Jamaat lawmaker faces no-confidence from 10 out of 14 Union Parishad (UP) chairmen in Sadar upazila for his alleged involvement in corruption and nepotism.