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Violence against women rises in 10 SW districts
82 killed, 90 commit suicide in last six months
Violence against women has increased in ten southwestern districts, claiming at least 82 lives in last six months.

College teachers hunt for admission seekers
Fallout of mushrooming colleges in Patuakhali
Teachers of non-government colleges in Patuakhali are moving door to door for students because of crisis of admission seekers this year.

Stop land grabbing, harassment
Indigenous people in Dinajpur submit memo to DC
Several thousand indigenous people from Chirirbandar upazila, including women, yesterday brought a procession protesting the alleged false cases and repression on them by hired musclemen backed by some

Storm victims' bodies still floating on coastal waters
Fishermen who returned home say
Some fishermen who returned to Galachipa from the Bay yesterday said they saw bodies of many storm victims still floating on coastal waters.

Election officials take their share!
Election officials in the district are illegally deducting money from the remuneration of voter enumerators. The allegation was made by some enumerators while talking to this correspondent.

BSF injures two, kidnaps another in Sharsha
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire injuring two Bangladeshis on Sharsha border and kidnapped another youth from the spot Sunday evening.

Owners in Discord
Buses go off 8 routes in Tangail, Mymensingh
Buses are not plying on eight routs from Tangail and Mymensingh for four days since Thursday due to rivalry between bus owners in the two districts, causing sufferings to passengers.

Hunger strike in Srimongal for student's release, OC's removal
Student activists belonging to Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, Chhatra League and other parties, joined by cross-sections of people, began a mass hunger strike here for release of madrasa student Omar Faruk

Prisoner dies at hospital
A convicted prisoner of Dinajpur Jail died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) Sunday night. Md Ripon, serving rigorous imprisonment for one year for drug peddling, fell sick Saturday afternoon.