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Upazila roundup
faBOntUNJ
Violation of traffic rules rampant
From Our Correspondent
May 3: Bus journey has become risky and hazardous on different routes tn the district due to rampant violation of traffic rules.
Overloading and reckless driving of buses have become a regular feature on the routes.
Due to absence of proper checking by the concerned department, vehicles are seen running at drivers' own whim causing road accidents and suffering to the travelling passengers.
Excessive fares are realised from the passengers leading to frequent altercations with the conductors.
Moreover, the passengers have been facing great inconveniences due to absence of waiting sheds and toilets at the different bus stands. Female passengers are the worst sufferers. Despite repeated appeal, no action has yet been taken by the law enforcing agencies.
Chuadanga
79 intellectuals accorded reception From Our Correspondent
May 3 : Seventynlne intellectuals and personalities of Chuadanga district were rewarded and accorded reception for their outstanding contributions to the society at the local Sree Monto Town Hall recently.
The function was arranged by four organisations of the town like Tohrum-Sarafat 3m-rity Palll. Rabea-Hamider Palll, Fatlma-Shahdat Smrity Palll and Ambia Smrity Library Poll! in cooperation with sociocultural organisation "Forum".
Former MP, Dr Ashab-Ui-Haque presided over the function.
Monsufa Begum. District Education Officer, Chuadanga and Zebunnessa Begum. Headmistress of local Adarsha Girls' 'High School gave away the rewards to the 79 intellectuals and personalities.
Pabna
Removal of DC demanded
May 3 : A cross-section of people today demonstrated In the town demanding Immedl ate removal of the Deputy Commissioner on corruption charges, reports UNB.
Organised by "Swachetan Nagorik Committee" a procession came out from court premises and paraded the main thoroughfares Later, a rally was held In the court premises.
Secretary of the DSA Wajluddln Khan filed on Saturday a case with the Sub Judge Court, charging the DC with embezzlement of DSA's money
Agri-varsity
Minor girl raped
From BAU ( «m*npondent
May 3: A minor girl (7) was raped tn Baluka Upazila Health Complex of the district recently
According to police. Toil Rani (7). daughter of Aumullah Mohan Sarker of Baluka Bazar was raped by one Nazmul Huda Shabuj of village Molllkbart The victim has been sent to the Mymenalngh Medical Collage Hospital for medical lest
Poller arrested two persons in this regard
A case has been lodged with the police.
Another report adds Nokhla police rescued one kidnapped house-wife, Umma Shalma (21) recently
PUka sources aa*d. she was kidnapped from her father s house of village Shaner char under Sadar upazila of the die trlct
Jamalpur
Bidis being sold without bandrolls
May 3;
here without bandroils to evade taxes.
It is reported that all the owners of the bidl factories in 12 upazilas of the district staff of Customs and Excise Dep artment are directly Involved in this malpractice
Bidi. are being sold without band rolls tn aB the areas of the district town. It to learnt that used bandrolls are collected from^some^whole setfers and of production to the customs officials
Local people have urged the concerned authorities to check the tax evasion for the greater interest.
Brahmanbaria
Body recovered
May 3: Police recovered the body of an old man from a paddy field near his house at Pagachong Chandpur in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday. reports UNB.
Hamidul Haque Hamdu (50) was called out of his house by two persons of the same village on Wednesday night ahd he did not return home, family sources said.
Police suspected that he was strangled to death.
The post-mortem of the deceased was performed tn Sadar hospital.
A case was lodged with local police.
Magura
Four cows roasted alive, 2 injured
May 3: Four cows were roasted alive and two people received burn Injuries in a devastating fire at Goalkhall village in Sadar upazila recently. reports UNB.
The fire originated from the cow shed of one Mukul Sen. He was burning straw for smoke inside the cow-shed Just to drive out mosquitoes. Suddenly the flame caught the house and soon engulfed the adjacent dwelling houses
Four houses and property worth about Taka 80,000 were gutted. Local people rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control.
Sherpur
More telephone lines demanded
From Our correspondent
May 3; The existing telephone lines of the district Is quite Inadequate to face the growing demand of over 85,000 town dwellers.
According to the official sources, at present there are only 400 telephone connections in the town while a large number of applications for new connections have been pend tng with the telephone office for a long time.
The demand for new lines has expanded with the upgrn datlon of sub-division to district.
Subscribers have demanded the concerned authorities to take steps for increasing the capacity of the telephone lines Immediately.
Kurigram
One lakh people suffering from Elephantiasis
From Our Correspondent
May 3: Elephantiasis causes in Kurigram. Nllphamari. Ran gpur, Gaibandha. Lahn-anirhat. Psmchaghar. Thak urgaon. Din ■Jpur Chops inawabganj, Nao gaon. Bo-gra and Joypurhat districts of northern region have been swelling day by day
More than one lakh people in these 12 districts have been suffering from this disease whose Bangla name Is "goad roge" (Phyleris) The facilities for detection and treatment of the disease In the region are very meagre The number of Phylerta patients Is increasing day by day Mosquitoes spread this disease. It is gathered.
In the first stage, thia dis ease could not be detected Some days after, some parts of the body of the patients started swelling like tumour and creates hindrances In movement So me times 1'hyle ria attacked patients become disabled and could not even move from one place to another
Rangpur
Cobblers kill cattle, take skin
From Our Correspondent
May 3 The miscreants are slaughtering the cattle and taking skin in Plrgonj and "Mithapukur upazilas for the past few months
According to the aliega Hons, an organised gang of miscreants nave created a havoc in the rural areas In stealing skin of the cattle by slaughtering them at night
The affected farmers In formed that the miscreants taking away their cattle from the cowsheds at night and slaughtering them at lonely places. After fraying of skin, the miscreants disappear with the skin leaving behind the bodies of the slaughtered cat ties on the spot.
This has resulted a grave panic among the farmers of to sleep in the cowshed at night in fear of skin lifters. But yet the miscreants continuing their brutalities unabated tak Ing out the cattles from the sheds at an unguarded mo ment of their masters