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Bumper IRRI-Boro output
JOYPURHAT. Juh 1: ; Bumper production of IRRI-Boro has been achieved here during the current season, reports UNB.
Local Agriculture Extension Department sources said farmers brought 63.450 hectares of land under IRRI-Boro farming setting the production target at over 2.63 lakh metric tons In five upazllas. But much to their expectation a total of over 3.23 lakh metric tons of paddy have been produced exceeding the production target. An AED official also said the bumper production of paddy has been achieved owing to favorable weather condition.
Boy killed in road incident
PANCHAGARH. July l _. A boy was killed in a road incident near Boda Bazar in Boda-Deblganj road on Wednesday morning, reports BSS.
Police and eyewitnesses said a Boda-bound truck knocked the boy down. The boy died on the spot. The dead body was sent to the Sadar Hospital for autopsy. The boy was Identified as Preanath Barman, 14. a student of class nine of Boda Pilot High School. Truck driver managed to escape with the truck.
Two extortionists caught
K1SHOREGANJ. July 1: Local traders caught two alleged extortionists red-handed from Baro Bazar in the town on Wednesday. reports UNB.
The arrested were identified as Mamun and Noman of new town area. Police said local people caught them while they demanded Tk 20.000 from a shopkeeper. Another extortionist managed to escape the scene. They were later handed over to the police.
Pabna Municipality looted
PABNA. July I: : Armed dacoits looted Tk 29.000 and damaged documents of the municipality here on Tuesday night, reports UNB.
Municipality chairman said about 15 armed masked men entered into the office at about 2 am fastening the two night guards. During the robbery, they broke locks of 20 rooms and 40 almlrahs. A general diary has been filed with local police.
Unnatural deaths up
PATUAKHALI. July 1: : Unnatural deaths marked a sharp rise here recently due to various reasons including family feuds, reports UNB.
According to police record a total of 17 people including six women and two babies died in various incidents in last two months. Of the total, five were killed by thunderbolt, three by snake-bite, three committed suicide, two babies drowned and four others died for unknown reasons.
Life term for two killers
KISHOREGANJ. July 1: After long 24 years of a sensational double murder, a court here on Monday sentenced two people to life term Jail in the case, reports UNB.
The convicts are Khoka and Gias Uddin. The court also fined them Tk 5000 each, in default to suffer six months rigorous imprisonment more. Three accused in the case already died. The Additional District and Sessions Judge acquitted eight other accused from the charge. According to the prosecution, the convicts killed Sakir Uddin and Altaf Uddin of Sreeramdi village in Pakundia Upazila on March 28. 1976. Court sources said the Additional District and Sessions Judge of Mymensingh acquitted all 13 accused in the case on October 30. 1976. Later, a criminal revision was filed with the High Court against the verdict and the case was sent to KishoreganJ District Judge Court.
Tubewells installation project
P1ROJPUR, duly 1: Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has started implementing a project of installing 200 new tube-wells here to provide safe water to the people, reports UNB. a
The tube-wells were supplied by DAN1DA for Sadar. Swamp-khathl, Mathbaria and Bhandaris upazllas. Each of these four Y-upazllas will have 50 new tube-wells. PHED sources said. About 60 per cent work of the project has already been finished and It Is likely to be completed by August this year, officials said
Workshop
HABIGANJ, dl>ly E A three-day workshop for journalists on democracy and human rights issues concluded at local Press Club on Wednesday, reports UNB.
Twenty-seven local correspondents of national dailies and news agencies took part in the workshop, organised by News Network, a news feature agency. Dhaka Bureau Chief of AP Farid Hossain, Special Correspondent of Ittefaq Hassan Shahriar, Special Correspondent of BSS Jaglul A Chowdhury and News Network Editor Shahiduzzaman conducted the workshop. On the concluding day, local municipality chairman Shahid Chowdhury distributed certificates among the participants.
War memorial in Thakurgaon
THAKURGAON. Juh’ L Minister for Civil Aviation. Tourism. Housing and Public Works Eng Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said a memorial would be constructed next year at Jathibhanga under sadar thana in memory of a large number of freedom fighters of the War of Liberation, reports BSS.
Replying to an urgent call attention notice from Ramesh Chandra Sen of Awami League from Thakurgaon in the Jatiya Sangsad. he said the construction work of this project would be undertaken soon after the completion of its feasibility study by the Public Works Department. In his notice. Sen said around 2.000 innocent rural people were brutally killed by the Pak-iMani Anny at Jathibhanga under Shukhanpukur Union of s.ular thana.
Coastal NGO network on radio links
BARISAL. July I The major NGOs, working in the coastal areas of the country, formed a network titled as Bangladesh Coastal NGO Network on Radio Communications (BCNNRC) recently. reports BSS.