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Raids in districts continue
Thousands more bags of illegal fertiliser seized
Law enforcement agencies continued their country-wide drive to recover fake and illegally hoarded fertiliser and arrest the dishonest traders.

Rangpur Town To Wear A New Look
Century-old Shyamsundari canal to be excavated
Two non-government organisations with the help of local municipality have taken up a scheme to excavate the century-old Shyamsundari Canal in Rangpur town.

Smuggled medicine, fake C Ds seized
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized huge quantity of smuggled Indian medicine from the city's Heraz Market and arrested one in this connection on Monday night.

Illegal structures demolished as eviction drive on
The joint forces on Monday conducted eviction drives to demolish illegal structures in Kishoreganj, Khulna and Narsingdi districts.

Drug peddler dies in Khulna, torture during interrogation alleged
Drug Pedller Mehedi Hasan, 25, arrested by DB Police on Wednesday in Dumuria upazila, died at 11:30 pm on Monday at the KMCH prison cell. He was shifted to KMCH on Saturday from Khulna Jail Hospital.

Arms reovered, BNP man held in Natore
Joint forces led by army and police on Monday arrested Saiduzzaman Liton, 36, joint secretary of Gopalpur municipal BNP and Mahbub Alam Liton, 35, a resident of Dhupail area under Lalpur upazila.

Freedom fighter des in Chuadanga
M Faizuddin, a valiant freedom fighter, died after prolonged illness at his residence hee on Friday He was 60.