UNB, Lalmanirhat :
A court here on Monday sent 50 local leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to jail rejecting their bail prayers in several cases filed for murder and subversive activities during the 10th parliamentary elections.
There were Patgram upazila unit BNP president Mostafa Salauzzaman Opel and general secretary Amir Hamja among the accused.
Court sources said when the 50 BNP leaders and activists surrendered before the court in the afternoon and sought bail, Senior Judicial Magistrate Alamgir Kabir Shipan sent them to jail rejecting the prayer.
Duck rearing creates silent revolution in Satkhira Satkhira, Aug 19 (UNB)-With a large number of people being engaged in rearing ducks, a silent revolution has been created in poultry industry of the south-western district of Satkhira.
Many people are now opting for duck rearing as it brings more profit against low capital.
Contacted, district livestock officer Dr Shishir Kumar Biswas said rearing of cambell ducks on commercial basis has begun in Ashashuni, Kaliganj and Shyamnagar upazilas of the district. Sheikh Sirajul Islam, owner of Bismillah Duck Farm at Lalsa Purbapara in Sadar upazila, said that he set up a farm at his house to rear cattle after retiring from police job.
