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Kalaroa project for arsenic free water fails to take off
A project to supply arsenic-free water is lying unutilised for over a year after completion in Kalaroa municipality, where arsenic contamination of groundwater is much beyond the permissible level.
 
2 Bangla Bhai 'cadres' held on extortion charge
Two young men were arrested on Monday when they went to Nilphamari LGED office to collect toll money, identifying themselves as 'caders' of Bangla Bhai.
They are Rezaul and Azad.

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A victory over recurring floods
33 km dam by UNDP protects crops in 22 Kishoreganj villages
The villagers have named it "Bijoy" (Victory). The Bijoy Bandh (embankment) symbolises their victory over recurring floods.
 
4,000 without power for 3 days
Consumers refuse REB service at Haragachh in Rangpur
About 4000 clients in Haragachh municipality in Kounia upazila are without electricity supply for three days as the Rural Electrification Board (REB) snapped the supply line following accumulation ofhuge
 
52nd RU founding day today
Lacklustre programmes protested
Today is the 52nd founding anniversary of Rajshahi University (RU).
The university authorities have chalked out a day-long programme to mark the day.

 
VGD rice stealing by UP chairman being probed
Chairman of a Union Parishad (UP) in Tarail upazila in Kishoreganj district has misappropriated VGD rice and money from ADP allocation for education programme in 2003-2004 financial year, according to
 
Human chain protesting Tengratila blowout
The Daily Star Readers' Club, Moulvibazar Monday formed a human chain at Chowmuhani Square protesting the recent gas blowout at Tengratila gas field at Chhatak, Sunamganj.
 
A unique way of snatching
An amount of Tk 62,500 was taken away from Islami Bank's Rangpur branch in a unique way on Monday.
Bank employee Saifuzzaman Sohel had kept the money on the counter for disbursement.

 
Ex-UP chairman murdered in Sirajganj
A former chairman of Hatikumrul union was strangled by unidentified assailants at Charia Madhopara near the Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Ullapara upazila on Monday.
 
50 injured in Rangpur clash
At least 50 people were injured, 10 of them seriously, in a clash between two rival groups of villagers in Pirganj upazila over possession of a big government waterbody yesterday.
 
13 Bangladesh bound loaded trucks burnt at Petrapole
Five Indian trucks loaded with goods imported by Bangladeshi importers were burnt at Petrapole on the Indian side of the border yesterday afternoon.
 

 
   
 
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