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Vehicle handing over ceremony held  
Bagerhat Correspondent  
Rampal 1320 Mega Watt Maitry Super Power Project ‘s Pandey PD (Project Director) of Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt.) Ltd ceremonially handed over a pickup van to Pankaj Chandra Roy, Police Super of Bagerhat in a ceremony held in the office of the Police Super on Tuesday in presence of a distinguished gathering. It was addressed among others by Tapan Kumar Biswas, DC, Bagerhat Police Super Pankaj Chandra Roy, S C Pandey, Project Director of Rampal Maitry Super Power Plant Project, Md. Rezaul Karim, Deputy Director of the same and Anowarul Azim, Manager (Public Relations). While Police Super Pankaj Chandra Roy was delivering his presidential speech he told, the number of vehicles of Bagerhat police department is insufficient as per the requirements. This new vehicle will be able to meet up the requirements to some extent and consequently, police will be able to discharge their patrol duties properly.

Kali idols vandalized in two Sherpur temples

SHERPUR: Unidentified miscreants damaged idols of Hindu goddess Kali in two separate temples at Khaldanga and Palpara in Nalitabari upazila on Monday. Locals said some miscreants broke the Palpara Kali Temple’s idols with sticks that were pushed in through the windows in the morning, since the door was found locked. Meanwhile another group entered into the Khaldanga Kali Temple after breaking the door around noon when worshippers went to take bath at nearby river and came back to find the idol damaged. It’s a planned incident in a bid to destroy communal harmony, they alleged. On information, police rushed in and assured the temple authorities of taking necessary action against the culprits, said Sub-inspector Md Nazrul Islam of Nalitabari Police Station, reports UNB.

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