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Indiscriminate sand lifting from the Ramnabad river poses threat to agricultural lands, flood control embankments and dwelling houses in Char Joybangla area under Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali.
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Thousands of new houses are suddenly springing up in the middle of farmlands in nine mouzas of Kalapara upazila where the authorities recently issued acquisition notices to land owners for Payra sea port project.
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The two attackers, who hacked Barguna youth Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife in broad daylight, are listed drug peddlers and accused in multiple narcotics and mugging cases.
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Services in ten government offices at newly formed Rangabali upazila are greatly hampered due to acute shortage of manpower.
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Health service in Patuakhali is limping amid severe manpower crisis as 69 doctors are presently working against 228 posts at different health institutions including hospital, health complex and health centres in the district’s eight upazilas.
