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Ex-BNP lawmaker Amzad Hossain Sarkar sued
Misappropriation of funds from colleges, development projects in Nilphamari alleged
A case has been filed with Saidpur police station against former BNP lawmaker from Nilphamari-4 constituency Amzad Hossain Sarkar and five others for alleged misappropriation of Tk 50 crore in the name

8 hurt in police action as farmers block highway for urea in Gournadi
At least eight people were injured in police action to disperse farmers who blocked the Barisal-Dhaka highways near Mahilara bus stand in Gournadi upazila yesterday demanding adequate supply of fertiliser.

Virus attack damages Tk 1500 shrimps in Satkhira a year
Shrimps worth over Tk 1500 crore are damaged every year in Satkhira district due to virus attack, which can be checked with little government initiative.

Mongla port Channel Dredging
Saifur 'help up' Tk 58 cr approved by ECNEC
Khulna development action committee alleges
Former finance minister M Saifur Rahman was allegedly reluctant to release Tk 58 crore funds dredging of Mongla port cnahhel allocated by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) at

Fresh probe into journo Harun murder demanded
Speakers at a discussion meeting at Khulna Press Club yesterday demanded fresh investigation into the murder of journalist Shaikh Harun-ar-Rashid Khokon to punish the killers who were dropped from the

'Sealed' diagnostic labs operating in Khagrachhari
Two 'illegal' pathological laboratories, sealed by a mobile court on February 27, is operating again in Khagrachhari town.

BCL Activist Murder
21 dropped from charge sheet
Twenty-one accused has been dropped from charge sheet in Banglsdesh Chatra League (BCL) activist Nuruzzaman murder case in Kuakata.

Lalon festival begins in Kushtia
A three-day Lalon festival styled Dol Purnima, marking the 115 th birth anniversary of the mystic poet and spiritual personality, began yesterday at his shrine at Cheuria.

Donation for cultural activity
The Isamoti Samaj Unnyan Uddog, (ISUG), a local socio-cultural organization in Debhata in Satkhira district, donated Tk 46,000 to the Upazila Shilpakala Academy recently to purchase musical instruments