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Boy electrocuted
BOGRA. Juh 9 A 12-year-old boy was electrocuted at Bera-bala village In Shlbganj upazila on Sunday. reports UNB.
Mustafizur Rahman, son of Dudu Mian, died instantly when he tried to cut a live electric wire by his teeth, family sources said.
Joyous rally in Barisal
BAR1SAL. July 9: A colourful rally was brought out in the city on Friday morning from the Central Shaheed Minar premises to express joy for Bangladesh getting the test status in cricket, reports BSS. । _
Chief Whip Abul Hasanat Abdullah led the rally. A large number of students of different schools and colleges, clubs, Muktijodda Sangsad. government officials and other organisations took part in the rally. All vehicles of the city roads came to a halt for about two hours due to this rally Tens of thousands of the people standing by two sides of the road welcomed the processionists by clapping with Joy and chanting different slogans. Earlier. Chief Whip Abul Hasanat Abdullah inaugurated the rally as the chief guest. M Alauddin. Deputy Commission. Barlsal. presided over the inaugural function. Yeahlea Mollah. Divisional Commissioner and Gazi Abdur Rahman. D1GP were present In the function as the special guests.
Vulnerable rail road
SYLHET, July 9: A 180-km rail road under Sylhet-Akhaura section has become vulnerable to mishap for lack of maintenance. reports UNB.
According to police records, eight mishaps took place in the area from March 1 7 to May 28 this year, disrupting train services for about 70 hours. Boggy derailment in between Sylhet and SayestaganJ has become too common these days due to shabby condition of the rail tracks. Senior officials said the government after the country's liberation had taken an initiative to repair the Sylhet-Akhaura route, but the plan could not be implemented for reasons unknown.
Edn instts facing problem
BRAHMANBARIA, July 9: Education in most of the non-gov-ernment high schools and colleges in all eight upazilas here including Brahmanbaria Municipality are being hampered as those educational Institutions have been facing manifold problems, reports BSS.
The problems include fund constraints, shortage of teachers, educational appliances and furniture, absence of library, common rooms, play grounds, laboratory and hostel for the students. According to District Education Office sources, there are 137 non-government high schools and 25 colleges here. Most of the high schools and colleges are running with snortage of teachers. 60 per cent schools have no play ground for students. 35 per cent schools have no library’. Only a few schools and colleges have good stock of books in their libraries, but those can not be Issued for want of librarians. A good number of schools and colleges do not have sufficient scientific apparatus causing problems for the science students. Most of the schools and colleges face accommodation problem and shortage of furniture. There is no sport teacher in 35 per cent schools. At least 70 per cent schools and colleges are facing fund constraints. Many schools are housed in dilapidated buildings causing problems for the students and teachers. Scarcity of pure drinking water has t>een prevailing in most of the schools as tube-wells of those schools are out of order.
Killer gets 7-yr RI
BOGRA. July 9: A man was sentenced to seven years rlgor->us imprisonment (RI) by a court here for killing his mother, re-jorts UNB.
The court also fined Abdur Rashid of village Bera In Dupchachia upazila with Tk 5,000. in default, to suffer six nonths more RI. The brief case history is that Abdur Rashid lit his mother Khodeza. 40. with a sharp weapon causing her nstantaneous death following a family feud In 1996. After ‘xamining the witnesses and evidences the Additional District md Sessions Judge delivered the judgement on Thursday.
Timbers seized
RANGAMATI, July 9: Valuable timbers worth Tk 60 lakh vere seized while being smuggled out of the district through arious river routes and roads during the last 15 days, reports JNB. ’
The seized timbers included 8.000 sqft Begun and 19.000 qft other varieties. Chittagong South Forest Department ources said these timbers were seized from seven engine-driven >oats and two trucks in Kaptai. Bilaichhori and remote areas >f Borkol upazilas. The forest authorities arrested seven people md seized the vehicle during the drives. The department also lied 55 cases during the last tortnight in connection with timber muggllng.
Acid victim s hospitalised
CHANDPUR. July 9 An old woman and her granddaughter .offered burn injuries as hoodlums threw acid on them at iameshpur village in HaJiganJ upazila recently, reports UNB.
The victims, identified as Rokeya Begum. 65. and her granddaughter Hasiua Akter. 15, were rushed to Chandpur Jadar Hospital. Police and family sources said Zahed, son of 'ofazzal of the same village and his accomplices threw acid on he victims. A case was filed with the police in this regard ndletlug four jx'ople.
Construction work in progress
PANCHAGARH. July 9. The construction of two bridges under 'lood Damaged Bridge Culvert Construction programme by toads and Highways Department is in full swing, reports BSS.
The bridges are: Dahuk over the river Dahuk on Pancha-'arh-Tetulia road and another bridge at Panishala on Boda-)ebiganj road. The construction of the bridges costs Taka two rore. About 20 per cent work has already been completed and he rest will be done by next December.