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Amanur Aman

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No country for bauls

Bauls in the western part of the country continue to live in constant threat of attacks and humiliation as the attackers enjoy complete impunity.
11 March 2023, 18:00 PM
11 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Islamic University halls run by BCL diktat

Islamic University halls run by BCL diktat

It’s the Chhatra League leaders, not the university or the hall administration, who are running the show at the dorms of Islamic University.
26 February 2023, 01:20 AM
26 February 2023, 01:20 AM
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Carew made 21% more in alcohol sales between Jul-Dec '22 compared to year before

The lone state-owned alcohol manufacturer, Carew & Company Bangladesh, has earned about Tk 233 crore in sales in six months from July to December 2022 which is said to be 21 percent higher in comparison to the same period the year before.
24 January 2023, 10:17 AM
24 January 2023, 10:17 AM
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Betel leaf cultivation creeping up as exports expand

Betel leaf grown in Kushtia is not only popular across Bangladesh, but also beyond the country’s borders with increasing exports in the last several years encouraging more farmers to cultivate the crop.
20 December 2022, 02:30 AM
20 December 2022, 02:30 AM
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Carew sees record sales in FY22

The 84-year-old Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Limited, a state-owned distillery located in the Darshana area of Chuadanga’s Damurhuda upazila, registered record sales in fiscal 2021-22 thanks to increased demand for its distillery products.
21 August 2022, 04:00 AM
21 August 2022, 04:00 AM
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Amla: A swimmers’ village without a swimming pool

Amla is a small and tranquil village, akin to many other villages in the country, situated twenty-two kilometres away from the south-western Kushtia district.
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi Begging in Madinah

Bangladeshi hajj pilgrim arrested for “begging” owns land, lost hands “while making bomb”

The story of Matiar Rahman, who was arrested by Saudi police for “begging” in Madinah, has already gone viral on social media. While investigating Matiar’s background, a great deal of information has come to light.
28 June 2022, 07:11 AM
28 June 2022, 07:11 AM
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Sugarcane shortage a concern for Carew

Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd, the country’s sole state-owned distillery, could face a shortage of sugar as sugarcane threshing at its mill in Chuadanga hit an all-time low this season.
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM
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Bauls congregate at Lalon's shrine

A three-day death anniversary programme in memory of mystic poet Lalon Shah ended with speakers calling for a 'Lalon University' to
19 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Extra holiday!

The Alauddin Ahmed Degree College and United High School in Banshgram village of Kushtia's Kumarkhali upazila could be said to be
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Low-cost device for securing homes

Regardless of culture or creed, around the world people commonly share a basic concern: they like to know that when they've gone
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Surprisingly high levels of disability in Kushtia

That disability and poverty reinforce each other is a well-appreciated sociological phenomenon. Thus the results for Kushtia district of
27 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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7-yr-old boy tied to tree, beaten up

Seven-year-old Jewel was screaming for help, repeatedly saying he did not steal the phone.
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Missing teen turned deadly militant

In 2003, Hasan Sheikh, a 19-year-old madrasa student of Sadipur Kablipara village of Kumarkhali in Kushtia, went missing.
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Kushtia bans noncompliant rice millers for two years

Kushtia's local food administration has decided not to buy rice from the noncompliant rice millers for next two years after they failed to deliver the staple food to the government in violation of contracts.
22 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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From Meherpur to Europe

Joy knows no bounds for some 70 mango growers from Meherpur, who would be sending 250 tonnes of the tropical
30 May 2017, 18:00 PM

2 killed in 'gunfight' with police

Two alleged extortionists were killed in a gunfight with police at a brick kiln in Hariadah village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur early Friday.
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Good yield after blast prevention

Wheat farmers in six south-western districts have got a good yield this year, although the cultivation area is much less against the
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Living in fear

Eleven Ahmadiyya Muslim families at Moheshkhola village in the district's Mirpur upazila have been living in insecurity after some local religious fundamentalists ostracised them.
25 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Punishment for low-quality construction

For using substandard materials, a company, which was constructing a school building in Meherpur's Gangni, has been asked to demolish the structure and rebuild the school.
7 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Help or kill them

A man in Meherpur has asked the district administration either to allow euthanising his ailing two sons and grandson or take responsibility for their treatment.
21 January 2017, 18:00 PM

1 polling centre for 1 man

A polling centre has been set up for only one voter in the upcoming district council election in Chuadanga.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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LALON MELA concludes in Kushtia

A two-day Lalon Mela at Fakir Lalon Shah's shrine in Cheuria in Kushtia ended on Friday night, with a call of proper address to hold the intangible unique culture on its own way.
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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The mystic sage’s song from Lalon fest

Thousands of Bauls and Lalon admirers of the country attends the three-day Lalon festival at Lalon Akhra in Kushtia to mark the 126th death anniversary of the mystic sage.
24 October 2016, 09:19 AM
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Three day Lalon death anniversary ends

The three-day death anniversary programme in memory of mystic poet Lalon Shah ended with speakers emphasising the need to harken back to Lalon's philosophy, especially its humanitarian aspect.
19 October 2016, 18:00 PM
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Newborn abandoned at rail station

It was around 12:00pm yesterday when Romecha Begum and Yarun Nesa of Jhajhadanga village, both involved in trading of old clothes, were sitting at a tea stall on the north side of Chuadanga Railway Station.
2 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Doping gangs target cattle traders

Doping gangs and armed robbers have become active targeting cattle traders in different parts of the southwestern region of the
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Cross-border crimes fall after BGB's campaign

Motivational programmes by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) see success in curbing smuggling, human trafficking and other cross-
25 August 2016, 18:00 PM

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