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Agitation for power in Sylhet, northern dists
PDB office besieged in Sylhet, indefinite hartal in Haragach from Friday
Frequent power outage triggered off protests in several northern districts and in Sylhet yesterday and he day before.

Breach in Durgabati Embankment
20,000 marooned in Satkhira
At least 20,000 people are marooned in 19 villages in Shyamnagar upazila following a breach in Kholpetua river embankment at Durgabati on Friday.

BNP foils AL pogrammes in Mehendiganj, Agoiljhara
BNP activists attacked and foiled Awami League's mourning day programmes in Mehendiganj and Agoiljhara in Barisal district yesterday. At least 20 AL activists were injured in the incidents.

Youth Murder in Rajshahi
2 killer-suspects, 6 others held
Police last night arrested two killer-suspects and picked up six others from posh Upashahar area after getting the identity of the youth whose decomposed body dumped in a jute sack was recovered on August

Kaptai generates only 160 MW as one unit silent
The Kaptai Hydroelectric Project (KHP) is generating 160 to 170 MW power a day against 230 mw as one of its units is silent.

10 injured as Magura AL factions clash
At lease 10 people were injured, two of them seriously, in Sreepur upazila as rival activists of Awami League (AL) clashed yesterday ahead of observance of national mourning day marking the 31st the death