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National Youth Day observed in Faridpur

RAFIDPUR, Nov 3: The National Youth Day-2007 was observed here yesterday amid different programmes befitting to the day. On the occasion of the day, a discussion meeting was held at Faridpur Youth Training Centre here. Deputy Commissioner of the district Yahyah Bhuiyan was present as the chief guest at the function. A total of eight young entrepreneurs in poultry and fisheries sector were given Taka two lakh as loan and 20 youths were given trophies and certificates for their outstanding success in different fields on the occasion, reports BSS.

Body recovered

COMILLA, Nov 3: Police recovered a body of unidentified young man from Baropara area beside Dhaka-Chittagong road in Daudkandi upazila on Thursday. Police said being informed by the local people, they recovered the body of the youth, 30, with injuries on different organs from the area and sent it to the hospital for autopsy. A case was also lodged with local thana in this connection, reports BSS.

Criminals held

RANGPUR, Nov 3: Police arrested 25 persons including suspected criminals from different parts of the district during the past 24 hours till this noon. The arrested persons include thieves, absconding accuseds in different cases, warrantees, drug peddlers and traffickers, suspected criminals and anti-social elements. Police also seized ganja, Phensidyl, locally produced wine, illegal things and recovered stolen goods during the drives, reports BSS.

Training on electoral roll

NARAIL, Nov 3: The training programme for the officials concerned to prepare an electoral roll in the pourasabha with photographs and national identity (ID) card began here on Wednesday. A total of 120 officials have been given training on how to make the electoral roll smoothly in the pourasabha under the supervision of Bangladesh Army, reports BSS.

Urs sharif

BARGUNA, Nov 3: The two-day 24th annual Urs sharif of Waliye Kamel Hazrat Shah Wazid Ali (Ra) will be held on November 4 and 5 at Kazirabad village under Betagi upazila in the district. The programmes of the urs sharif included Khatme Quran, milad mahfil, zikr and waz mahfil. On the concluding day of the urs, munajat will be offered seeking peace for the country and nation as well as salvation of the human world, reports BSS.

DMSDC academic bldag opened

RANGPUR, Nov 3: The newly built academic building of Dhaperhat Monikrisna Sen Degree College (DMSDC) was formally inaugurated at Dhaperhat under Pirganj upazila of the district on Tuesday. The Education Engineering Department (EED) completed the construction works of the academic building at the cost of Taka 39 lakh recently, officials said on Tuesday. Pirganj UNO Rezanur Rahman presided over a simple ceremony organised on the occasion that was attended by Deputy Commissioner of Rangpur Khondker Atiar Rahman as the chief guest, reports BSS.