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Elephant electrocuted at tobacco field trap in Chakaria

Cox’s Baza’ar Correspondent: Forest Department on Wednesday recovered the body of an elephant from the Ghunia area of the Phansiakhali union of Chakaria upazila, as it died possibly after being

Stone looters on the prowl at Sharpin Tila in Sylhet

Sylhet Correspondent: An organised gang has been actively involved in illegal extraction of stones from the remote reserved site at Sharpin Tila on the Companiganj border for a long time

Locals vandalise police station over ‘inaction in tracing missing boy’

Munshiganj Correspondent: Local people have vanalised Sirajdikhan police station in Munshiganj alleging police inaction to trace a schoolboy who has been missing for nearly 23 days. Sirajdikhan Upazila Nirbahi Officer

8 July uprising martyr’s families get financial aid in Natore

Natore Correspondent: Natore zila parishad distributes donation cheques to the families of eight martyrs of July-August uprising on Tuesday. The zila parishad provided assistance of Taka 2 lakh each to

Onion, garlic cultivation gathers pace in Chandpur

Chandpur Correspondent: Cultivation of onion and garlic has got under way in full swing marking enormous exuberance among the farmers in eight upazilas of Chandpur district this season. Sources at

‘Arakan Army’ abducts 4 Bangladeshi fishermen from Naf River

TDS Desk: Individuals, believed to be the Arakan Army, have allegedly abducted four Bangladeshi fishermen at gunpoint, along with their trawler, from an area near the Naf River estuary in