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Minor boy drowned

RANGPUR, June 12: A minor boy of Rangpur city was drowned in a pond in Polashbari upazila of Gaibandha district on Saturday noon, family and police sources said. Rabi, 8, son of Reju Sarker of Shalbon area in Rangpur went to his maternal grandfather's house in village Giridharipur under Polashbari upazila of Gaibandha along with his mother and two brothers some three days ago. At one stage of playing near a pond at Polashbari Duck Bungalow area with other babies, Rabi suddenly drowned in the pond water when local people rushed there at the shouts of the other babies, reports BSS.

One killed in Kahalu accident

KAHALU, June 12: One person was killed in a road accident at village Kashimala in Kahalu upazila of Bogra district this afternoon, police sources said. The victim was identified as Achir Uddin, 35, son of Siraj Uddin of village Jogarpara in Birkedar UP of the upazila. The accident took place when the victim tried to climb up atop of a brick-laden truck at the point and unluckily crushed under the wheels of the vehicle that caused his death on the spot, the sources said, reports BSS.

61 held in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, June 12: Police in separate drives arrested 61 persons from different places of the city and nine upazilas of the district on Saturday. Police said the 13 were arrested from the city area and rest 48 from nine upazilas. Police also recovered 20 sacks of smuggling urea fertiliser from the possession of an UP member Akbar Ali, reports BSS.

Govt scheme to protect Pura Bazar

CHANDPUR, June 12: Government has undertaken a scheme to protect Chandpur Puran Bazar, important commercial center at a cost of Tk. 4 crore during the current season. Work is going on to protect Puran Bazar from the erosion of the river Meghna by dumping blocks and sandbags, reports BSS.

Cash money

distriuted

RANGPUR, June 12: The joint forces distributed a sum of Taka 42,000 as grants among 71 trainees including women in the BGMEA Training Centre at Begum Rokeya Smriti Kendra (BRSK) in village Pairaband here Sunday. The grants were distributed among the trainees of the current second batch now undergoing their training courses on sewing ready-made garment for becoming experts in the garment sector, officials said, reports BSS.

7 alleged dacoits arrested in Jamalpur

JAMALPUR, June 12: Police arrested seven persons for their alleged involvement in a night coach robbery from a house at Dhanua Kamalpur under Bakshiganj upazila in the early hours of Monday. Acting on a tip off, police arrested them from the house of one Zabed Ali of the area. The arrested were identified as Lal Chan, 45, Nur Jamal, 28, Rahim, 30, Monirul, 30, Mofiz, 27, Nur Islam, 27, and Motaleb, 30, reports BSS.