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Interim councils take over in three hill dists
Chairmen and members of three interim hill district councils in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), selected by the caretaker government, took over yesterday in Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari districts.

Mindless sand lifting threatens Hardinge Bridge Guide Dump
Protests by locals, environmentalists go unheeded
Indiscriminate sand lifting from mighty Padma at Paksey in Ishwardi upazilla is threatening the guide embankment of Hardinge Bridge and the railway station.

Zia Fertiliser to Undergo Repair Again
BMRE plan overturned for unknown reasons
Deviating from an earlier plan for BMRE (Balancing Modernisation Rehabilitation and Expansion) of Ashuganj Zia Fertiliser Company Limited (ZFCL), its authorities are going ahead with plan for repairing

Medicine 'Scam' in Magura
DG health unhappy, warns of action
Director General (DG) of Health Directorate (HD) Dr Md Shahjahan Biswas paid a surprise visit to Magura civil surgeon's office, district reserve store (DRS) and the Sadar Hospital Saturday afternoon.

Kailashtila Well 6
Gas production to start shortly
Production will begin in the newly drilled sixth well in Kailashtila gas field in a day or two.

Election goes, pre-poll pledge goes with it
A bridge at Khodra remains a dream
An election pledge to construct a bridge on Kabodak river at Khordo made by political leaders on several occasions is yet to be fulfilled.

BSF kills cattle smuggler, abducts three
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday gunned down an Indian cattle smuggler near Satkhira border and abducted three Bangladeshi stone lifters from Laurergarh border in Sunamganj.

Jute worker in Khulna now begs
Arjan Ali (50), a worker of closed state-owned Peoples Jute Mill came to Khulna Press Cat 11-30 am yesterday to beg alms from journalists. "I have no money to buy food to feed members of my family.

3 front ranking Bagerhat BNP leaders sued for extortion
Three top Bagerhat BNP leaders have been named as accused in an FIR of extortion case filed by a front ranking leader of the party's woman's front.

Expatriate's wife killed, farmer injured in bomb attack
An expatriate's housewife was killed allegedly after rape in Kushtia and a farmer was injured when fleeing 'abductors' threw bombs at him in Meherpur Friday night, police said.