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4 BCL men held over 'attacking police' at Victory Day parade

By MR Alam

Bangladesh Chhatra League activists allegedly attacked police members when they were performing their duties at the Victory Day parade at Meherpur Stadium on Sunday, leaving three including two cops injured.Sheikh Mustafizur Rahman, additional superintendent of Meherpur police, said police first detained BCL man Ibrahim Hossain from the stadium ground around 11am when he was beating ...

Day labourer found dead

By MR Alam

Police recovered the body of a day labourer from Gangni upazila of Meherpur district on Monday.Deceased Abdul Mazid alias Fahim,30, son of late Ishaq Pramanik, hailed from Manikdia Madrasa Para in the upazila.Local people spotted the body at a field of Manikdia this morning and informed police.Gangni police OC Harendranath Sarkar confirmed the matter.Family members ...

Two children drown

By MR Alam

Two children drowned in the Mathabhanga River in Gangni upazila of Meherpur on Monday morning.Deceased Nusrat, 4, was the daughter of Mokbul Hossain and Tripti, 3, was the daughter of Ariful Islam. They both hailed from Bholadanga village.Local people said the kids drowned while taking a bath in the river at about 9:30am.Later, the family ...

Water treatment plant opens to fight arsenic

By MR Alam

An Arsenic Treatment Plant has been set up at Alampur village in Sadar upazila of Meherpur recently with the financial assistance by Australia with an aim to providing safe drinking water to the arsenic-prone villages. On the occasion, non-government organisation Manab Unnoyon Kendra (MUK) has arranged a discussion at the village. Chaired by advocate Abdus ...

Child killed in road crash

By MR Alam

A child was killed in a road accident in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district on Sunday noon.Deceased Rumi Khatun, 3, was the daughter of Faisal Hossain, a resident in the upazila.A speeding truck hit a battery-run easy bike in Terail Bilpar area at noon, leaving the latter's passenger Rumi dead on the spot and his ...

Truck driver killed in road accident

By MR Alam

A truck driver was killed and his assistant injured critically in a road accident on the Meherpur-Chuadanga road on Friday.The deceased was identified as Sumon Mridha,44, hailed from Bindaria village in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur.Baradi police camp in-charge M Babul Mia said a cement-laden truck hit hard a roadside tree in Rajnagar area at about ...

Jubo Dal leader held with firearm

By MR Alam

Detectives held Meherpur district Jubo Dal joint general secretary Rajon Ahmed from the district town on Sunday night alongwith a firearm. Rajon is an accused in seven cases including of attack on police. Acting on a tip off, police raided College intersection and held the youth leader from there, said officer-in-charge of Meherpur Detective Branch ...

4 awarded life term in panel mayor murder case

By MR Alam

A court in Meherpur on Monday convicted four persons and awarded them life term imprisonment in a case filed for the killing of Meherpur Municipality panel mayor Mizanur Rahman Ripon. The lifers are : Akali Mia, Abdul Halim, Laltu Miah and Masud Rana. Akali Mia and Abdul Halim are non in jail while rest two ...

Jute farmers frustrated over price fall in Meherpur

MR Alam

MEHERPUR, June 27: The local jute farmers are frustrated for price fall of jute for the last two years. The target of jute cultivation was not achieved in the immediate past season. Nearly two lakh maunds of jute have been lying unsold in stores and farmers' houses for long. According to the Department of Agricultural ...

School headmaster dies in road accident

By MR Alam

A headmaster of a high school was killed in a road accident in Sadar upazila of Meherpur on Monday afternoon.Deceased Meer Mahbubur Rahman, 45, was the headmaster of Mominpur High School in Sadar upazila.Police said a cattle-laden power trolley smashed a motorcyle carrying the teacher at Baradi Bazar in the afternoon, leaving him critically injured.Mahbubur ...