Green chilli goes hot in Rangpur
Rangpur Correspondent
The price of green chilli has shot up abnormally at different kitchen markets in the district, causing utter sufferings to the common consumers. Traders attributed the situation to scanty supply in wholesale markets. Presently one kg of green chilli is being sold at Tk 100 to Tk 120 in retail outlets although it was sold for Tk 50 to Tk 60 before. Mokles, a large wholesaler of Rangpur city bazar claimed the prices of chilli soared up due to the inadequate supply. Incessant rain during last couple of weeks seriously hampered production of chilli, causing a drastic fall in supply in wholesale markets which caused price hike of chilli. However, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said, the recent rainfall did not cause much damage to chilli and so there is no logical reason for its soaring price. A section of dishonest traders might have increased its prices in order to earn more profit, sources added.
1,743 bottles of phensidyl seized in Rajshahi
Rajshahi Correspondent
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 1,743 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Padma River near Alaipur BGB camp in Bagha upazila early Friday. Tipped off that a gang of smugglers were carrying a consignment of Phensidyl to the country from India through the Padma River, a team of BGB took their position near the bank of the river in the wee hours of Friday, said Hasan Ali, assistant director of Mirganj camp of BGB-37 .Sensing the presence of the border guards, the smugglers fled the scene leaving behind the Phensidyl consignment. Later the BGB men seized 1,743 bottles of Phensidyl from the spot. None was arrested in this connection.
Journalist orientation course at Kishoreganj
Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj
Peoples Oriented Pragram Implementation (POPI) , an NGO and Oxfam International U.K. based donor agency jointly organised a training for journalists to bring the humanitarian issues held at POPI- House conference room on Saturday noon. Oxfam H.C.B Project Manger Md. Emdadul Haque presided over the training course. It was addressed among others by Md. Saiful Quddess of POPI, District Press Club President Mostafa Kamal, Senior Journalist Subir Basak, Senior journalist Alam Sarowar Tito, Ex. Press Club President A.K. Nasim Khan, Journalist Nur Mohammad, Ashraful Islam and Mozzamal Hossain of POPI.
Two students stabbed in Sylhet
Sylhet Correspondent
Two students of Scholars’ Home School & College were stabbed alleged by two other students of the same institution in Baluchar area of the city on Thursday night as they had refused to join a faction of local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit. The victims were identified as Jahan, 14, son of Emadur Rahman, and Shayek, 15, son of Jahangir Chawdhury, both residents of south Baluchar area of the city. They are students of class IX and X respectively of Scholars’ Home School & College. Local sources said HSC students Nazmul and Shahed of the college section of the same institution had earlier forced Jahan and Shayek to join the BCL faction they belong to. But as the duo refused, Nazmul and Shahed swooped on them and stabbed them at 8.00pm, reports UNB.
Rangpur Correspondent
The price of green chilli has shot up abnormally at different kitchen markets in the district, causing utter sufferings to the common consumers. Traders attributed the situation to scanty supply in wholesale markets. Presently one kg of green chilli is being sold at Tk 100 to Tk 120 in retail outlets although it was sold for Tk 50 to Tk 60 before. Mokles, a large wholesaler of Rangpur city bazar claimed the prices of chilli soared up due to the inadequate supply. Incessant rain during last couple of weeks seriously hampered production of chilli, causing a drastic fall in supply in wholesale markets which caused price hike of chilli. However, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said, the recent rainfall did not cause much damage to chilli and so there is no logical reason for its soaring price. A section of dishonest traders might have increased its prices in order to earn more profit, sources added.
1,743 bottles of phensidyl seized in Rajshahi
Rajshahi Correspondent
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 1,743 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Padma River near Alaipur BGB camp in Bagha upazila early Friday. Tipped off that a gang of smugglers were carrying a consignment of Phensidyl to the country from India through the Padma River, a team of BGB took their position near the bank of the river in the wee hours of Friday, said Hasan Ali, assistant director of Mirganj camp of BGB-37 .Sensing the presence of the border guards, the smugglers fled the scene leaving behind the Phensidyl consignment. Later the BGB men seized 1,743 bottles of Phensidyl from the spot. None was arrested in this connection.
Journalist orientation course at Kishoreganj
Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj
Peoples Oriented Pragram Implementation (POPI) , an NGO and Oxfam International U.K. based donor agency jointly organised a training for journalists to bring the humanitarian issues held at POPI- House conference room on Saturday noon. Oxfam H.C.B Project Manger Md. Emdadul Haque presided over the training course. It was addressed among others by Md. Saiful Quddess of POPI, District Press Club President Mostafa Kamal, Senior Journalist Subir Basak, Senior journalist Alam Sarowar Tito, Ex. Press Club President A.K. Nasim Khan, Journalist Nur Mohammad, Ashraful Islam and Mozzamal Hossain of POPI.
Two students stabbed in Sylhet
Sylhet Correspondent
Two students of Scholars’ Home School & College were stabbed alleged by two other students of the same institution in Baluchar area of the city on Thursday night as they had refused to join a faction of local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit. The victims were identified as Jahan, 14, son of Emadur Rahman, and Shayek, 15, son of Jahangir Chawdhury, both residents of south Baluchar area of the city. They are students of class IX and X respectively of Scholars’ Home School & College. Local sources said HSC students Nazmul and Shahed of the college section of the same institution had earlier forced Jahan and Shayek to join the BCL faction they belong to. But as the duo refused, Nazmul and Shahed swooped on them and stabbed them at 8.00pm, reports UNB.
