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Police-villagers clash leaves 30 injured atRajshahi village
At least 30 people were injured in police-villagers clash at Darshanpara in Mohonpur upazila in Rajshahi yesterday.

ASF Survey Reveals
2,526 fall victims to acid violence in eight years
About 2,526 people fell victim to acid violence across the country during a period from May 1999 to June 2007. This was revealed at a press conference held here on Wednesday.

Ex- Jhenidah lawmaker faces 2 more extortion cases
Two more extortion cases have been filed against former lawmaker Shahidul Islam Master, elected from Jhenidah-3 constituency and his 21 close associates.

Satkhira villagers remove silt from Betna river on self-help basis
It was a different day for people at Shalley village in Sadar upazila when hundreds of villagers in seven adjoining villages joined hands to remove silt from the riverbed of the Betna on Thursday.

BDR, BSF trade gunshots on Dinajpur, Satkhira borders
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday traded heavy gunshots on Dinajpur and Satkhira borders.

Fund Crisis
1,400 LGED project staff not getting salaries
Over 1,400 staff of the Rural Infrastructure Development Project -26 under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) are not getting salaries for about one and a half years due to fund constraint,

Reception to GPA-5 achievers
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Conscious Citizens Committee gave a reception to 50 students of Jhenidah sadar upazila on Wednesday for getting GPA-5 in the SSC examinations.

Job opportunities to be created for youths
Joint forces have taken up a training programme for unemployed youths of the district on urgent basis aimed at eliminating 'monga' (poverty like situation) through creation of job opportunities.