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Shrimps on 2,500 hectares swept away, 5km dams damaged
236 mm rainfall in two days after last week's tidal surge in Cox's Bazar
The tidal surge that swept the coast last week washed away shrimps from farms covering about 2500 hectares and damaged five kilometers of Water Development Board (WDB) embankment in Cox's Bazar, according

Attack on Minority Community in Agailjhora
Police finally accept case, arrest 3 JCD men
At last police Sunday night recorded a case in connection with alleged attacks on minority community people in Askor-Dusmi village in Agoiljhora by JCD activists after several hundred people brought out

Jadid al-qaeda suspect held in Barisal
Sent to Dhaka for JIC quizzing
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Extortion case against former BNP MP
An extortion case was filed yesterday against former BNP lawmaker from Meherpur-2 constituency Abdul Ghani.

Arms recovered in Khagrachhari
2 toll collector held
Army recovered more arms and ammunition from Hazachhara area under Dighinala upazila in Khagrachhari yesterday Acting on a tip-off, army raided Hazachhara, a remote area of Dighinala upazila and recovered

20 hurt as train derails in Lalmonirhat
At least 20 passengers were injured when a Lalmonirhat bound train derailed at Votmari under Kaligonj upazila yesterday.

Outlaw held in Sirajganj
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested cadre of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) along with a pipe gun and four sharp weapons from Charmalshapara in Sirajganj town early yesterday.