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Winter vegetables prices up
MANIKGANJ. Dec 26 : Prices of various winter vegetables registered an upward trend in the local markets of the district causing inconveniences to the people, reports UNB
Prices of potato, beans, tomato, cabbage and cauliflower have shot up while the price of turnip, lalshak and spinach remain steady.
A kilogram of potato Is being sold at Tk 14 while beans per kilo at Taka 12 and tomato at Tk 16. A pair of medium sized cauliflower is selling at Taka 20 while cabbage at Taka 20 and a medium size pump klnat Taka 20.
Short supply of the-vegetables is the main cause behind sharp rise In the prices.
Severe cold wave claimed one life al Arlcha ferry terminal here on Tuesday midnight.
The dead was identified as Arzoo Bepari (65) of Lapur In Daulatpur thana of the district.
Scores of poor people in the terminal area have been suffering badly due to biting cold as they cannot afford to buy worm clothes.
Social workers have urged
the authorities to distribute winter clothes among poor and distressed people of the area.
Valuables looted
Valuables worth Taka 1.50 lakh were looted and at least eight passengers Injured tn a bus dacotty near Silampur in
Dhamarai thana on Sunday.
1*01 fee sources said the da-cotts were Inside the Arlcha bound night coach from Dhaka tn the guise of passengers. When the bus reached at the point, the dacoits numbering between 10 and 12 attacked the passengers with deadly weapons.
When some passengers tried to resist, the dacoits beat them mercilessly. The injured were released from the hospital after first aid.
New ferry
A new ferry of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (B1WTC) was commissioned from Arlcha ghat here.
The ferry. Bir Shreshtha Jahangir. was built at Narayanganj with local and Dutch technology at a cost of Taka 28 crore provided by the Dutch government.
The BIWTC sources said the Ro Ro (roll on roll off) ferry can operate in shallow water.
The Bir Shrestha Jahangir started its trial journey from Arlcha to Nagarbari ghat at 2 prn today with 20 trucks and about 900 pasia-ngers aboard