Body recovered

UNB, Bagerhat

The body of an unidentified man was recovered from Kendua beel, a water body, in Mollahat upazila on Friday night.

Police said the assailants shot the middle-aged man dead and left the body in the beel. Police suspected that he might be killed due to previous enmity.

Dacoity at

Laxmipur

UNB, Laxmipur

Dacoits looted cash and valuables worth over Tk 1.50 lakh from a house at Abirnagar-Ramgati road in the town on Friday.

Police and witnesses said a gang of robbers numbering 20/22 swooped on the house of rice trader Amol Chandra Shaha. They looted Tk 8,000 in cash, 14 tolas of gold and other valuables fastening the family members.They also injured Amol Chandra and his wife Anjana Rani Shaha when they tried to resist them. Police visited the spot.

Wheat for uplift schemes

BSS, Bheramara

Relief and Rehabilitation Department has taken up a plan to implement 195 schemes in six upazilas and five municipalities of Kushtia district during the current fiscal.

Some 336 tons of wheat have been allocated for execution of the schemes. The upazilas are Kushtia Sadar, Mirpur, Khoksha, Kumarkhali, Daulatpur and Beramara. The municipalities are Bheramara, Kushtia, Kumarkhali, Mirpur and Khoksha. Of the total, 63 tons of wheat have been allocated to implement 31 schemes in Kushtia Sadar upazila, 75 tons for 40 schemes in Daulatpur, 38 tons for 25 schemes in Beramara, 56 tons for 37 schemes in Mirpur upazila.