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National

1.5 lakh marooned in five Sirajganj upazilas
Tk 1cr fishes washed away in Patuakhali as rains continue
Rains in last three days and onrush of water from the upstream have swelled the Jamuna further, inundating more about 150 villages in five upazilas of Sirajganj district.

Former Satkhira BNP lawmaker sued for extortion
An extortion case was filed yesterday with Kalaroa police station against former BNP lawmaker Habibul Islam Habib and five others.

2 boys fleeing forced labour in Dublar Char rescued
Coastguard personnel rescued two minor boys Thursday evening from Passur river. The two boys were identified as Monir Gharami, 12 and Shahidul Islam, 11 of Pirojpur district.

Joint forces seize 68 sacks fertiliser, one arrested
Joint forces in a drive on Thursday night seized 68 sacks of fertiliser from the godown of a dealer at Kamorpur Bazar in Gobindagnaj upazila for selling the fertiliser at higher price.

Kushtia trader abducted for ransom
Criminals yesterday abducted a businessman for Tk 2 lakh ransom in Meherpur and killed another one in Kushtia Thursday.

Fisheries Technology Fair-2007 begins
Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) Prof. Dr. Musharraf Hossain Miah yesterday said all out efforts should be made to protect fish varieties now becoming extinct in the country.

Boat Capsize in Tahirpur
Two bodies recovered
Bodies of two persons, who were missing after the boat capsize in Labor Haor in Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj Wednesday were recovered yesterday.