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2 arrested with BADC seeds

SHERPUR, Nov 9: Two van peddlers were arrested along with 20 sacks of BADC's Boro seeds from Bhayadanga Bazar in Sribordi Upazila on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, Assistant Commissioner (Land) held Alamin, 38, and Imam Miah, 32, from in front of the local food godown and recovered the BR-28 seed. They were later handed them over to the police. When produced on Tuesday the court sent them to jail hajat rejecting their bail prayers, reports UNB.

Farmers gherao agriculture office for fertilizer in Barguna

BARGUNA, Nov 9: Farmers gheraoed agriculture office in the town and staged demonstration on Tuesday demanding supply of fertiliser during the current peak season. Sources said acute scarcity of TSP and MP fertilisers has been prevailing for the last few days in the district as some dishonest traders creating artificial scarcity are selling fertiliser at high prices. A 50-kg bag of TSP fertiliser is now being sold between Tk 1300 and Tk 1400 in the local markets against the government rate of Tk 950. They said the agriculture office introduced a token system to benefit the maximum number of farmers. But when the farmers rushed to the dealers' shops they have to return empty handed as the dealers told them that the stock already has exhausted. Finding alternative, more than a hundred farmers' gheraoed the agriculture office. At one stage, they went to local army camp and complained of acute fertiliser crisis hampering their farming. Later, Navy forces picked up fertiliser traders Abdul Aziz and Mantu and took them to their camp for interrogation, reports UNB.

Body recovered

DINAJPUR, Nov 9: Body of a fish trader was recovered from a paddy field at Bherveri village in Khansama Upazila on Monday morning. The dead was identified as Rabbani, 35, son of Liakat Ali, of Monishapara village in Nilphamari district. Police said local people found the body in the paddy field and informed them. Later, they recovered the body that bore several injury marks and sent it to the hospital morgue for autopsy. Some fish sales slips and Tk 585 in cash were found in his pocket. The reason behind the killing could not be known. A UD case was filed. UNB Nilphamary correspondent adds: Body of an unidentified man was recovered from Tongua Dalbari bridge on Nilphamari-Khansama road on Monday morning, reports UNB.

Bicycle parts seized

BENAPOLE (Jessore), Nov 9: Customs officials and joint forces in a joint raid on Tuesday seized a consignment of bicycle accessories here while the importers were trying to release the consignment evading import duty. Customs sources said Khan Enterprise, a dealer of bicycle accessories of Dhaka, imported a consignment of 107 mts of accessories on October 29. Being tipped off that the importer imported the consignment concealing the actual quantity of the goods it mentioned in the bills of lading submitted to the customs house, joint forces and customs officials seized the consignment in the morning, reports UNB.

Sexagenarian woman killed

JHALAKATI, Nov 9: A sexagenarian woman was killed in a tragic road accident at Rother crossing in Kathalia Upazila on Kathalia-Bhandaria road Tuesday. Witnesses said a speedy motorcycle hit Amirun Begum, 65, wife of late Hasan Commander of Koikhali village in the Upazila, while she was crossing the road at about 10:30 AM, injuring her critically. Local people rushed her to Kathalia Hospital where she died at about 12 noon. A case was filed with the local thana. Another report from Sherpur adds: A housewife was killed when a mud wall collapsed on her at Chhitpara Mohalla in Nalitabari Poura area on Sunday, reports UNB.