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National
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Water bodies disappearing fast in Khagrachhari
Most grabbers belong to political parties
Natural lakes, canals and other water bodies in picturesque Khagrachhari town are disappearing as land grabbers are illegally filling up those and constructing buildings and makeshift structures.
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Park gobbled up for nursery business
Rangamati Poura Park, the lone park in the hill town, has virtually fallen to nursery business.
 
Court records plaintiff's deposition
Deposition of the complainant in the much talked about extortion case against former BNP lawmaker Naser Rahman was recorded yesterday in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge-III, Sylhet.
 
Misappropriation Of 200 Mt Wheat
Probe body finds charges against ex-whip correct
An investigation committee has detected misappropriation of 200 metric tons (MT) of rice sanctioned for relief work in five unions of Banaripara upazila by former whip and BNP lawmaker Shahidul Huq Jamal.
 
Voter roll work begins in Khulna city Aug 19
Voter registration with photographs and preparation of national identity cards will begin in 31 wards of Khulna city on August 19.
 
More 592 jute workers get arrears
More 592 retrenched workers of closed People Jute Mills were paid their arrear wages yesterday.
 
Jhalakathi poura chairman gets 10 yrs' RI
A court here yesterday sentenced expelled BNP leader and Jhalakati municipality chairman Abdul Halim Gazi to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for posseing illegal arms.
 
EC to prepare correct voter list: Sahul
Election Commissioner Muhammad Sahul Hussain yesterday said here that the prime object of the Election Commission (EC) is to conduct a fair and neutral election by presenting the nation a sound and correct
 
Unscreened blood trader's den busted in Rajshahi
Joint forces yesterday seized 15 bags of unscreened blood and other equipment from a house of an illegal blood trader here.
 
NGO trains jute workers' families
Jagarani Chakra Foundation (JCF), a local NGO, has taken up a programme to help needy workers of state-round Jessore Jute Industries (JJI) at Rajghat.
 
Date-expired soft drinks recovered
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 4,220 cans of date-expired Crown drinks packed in 120 cartoons from a wholesale rice shop at Fariapotty in Barisal city in the early hou4s of yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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