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Youth dies from electrocution in elephant trap

A youth died after being electrocuted in an elephant trap in the hill town of Nakugaon in the Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur recently.The deceased was identified as Usman Ali (23) was living in Nakugaon Village Ashrayan Project.Monirul Alam Bhuiya, Officer-in-Charge of Nalitabari Police Station, conf...

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Truck driver killed in Sherpur road crash

A dump truck driver was killed and another injured in  a head-on collision between a dump truck  and a battery-run easy bike on the  Jamalpur-Bakshiganj  road in Nandir Bazar Majhpara area of Charmocharia union under Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday nightThe deceased wa...

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Grandmother, grandson die in Sherpur house fire

An old woman and her grandson were burned to death in a fire at their house in Paistirchar village of Kamayerchar union under Sadar upazila here early hours of today.The deceased were identified as Firoza Begum, 70, wife of Md. Amanullah Montu of Paistirchar village and her grandson Sharif, 7, son o...

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4 killed in Sherpur road accident

At least four people were killed and another injured in a road accident at Mirzapur area of Sherpur Sadar upazila on Sunday.The accident took in the morning after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw in the area. One of the deceased was identified as Selim Miai, son of late Tayeb Ali from Nalitabari of the ...

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Expansion of zinc-enriched paddy farming stressed

Production of zinc-enriched verities of paddy is needed across the country to meet the nutritional demand as well as to strengthen immunity system.In this regard, a workshop was held on increasing the cultivation of zinc-enriched paddy, wheat and lentils as well as including them in government procu...

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Bus service resumes on Dhaka-Sherpur routes

After remaining closed for four days, long distance bus service from Sherpur as well as bus service on Dhaka-Sherpur route finally resumed on Saturday noon.The decision was taken at a meeting of the district bus coach owners' association. After the meeting, president of the association Sanowar H...

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‘Covid-19 can’t affect economy for PM’s dynamic leadership’

Awami League Presidium Member and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Agriculture Matia Chowdhury, MP, has said that the developed countries of the world were devastated by the Corona pandemic but it did not have much impact on Bangladesh's economy due to Prime Mi...

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Fatema Rani Pilgrimage Festival held

The annual pilgrimage of Fatema Rani has come to an end at Khistdharmapalli of Barmari Sadhu Leo of Nalitabari in Sherpur. Due to the corona, the Roman Catholic festival lasted only six hours on a limited scale. With more than 50,000 pilgrims arriving at the largest pilgrimage site in South Asia eve...

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Army man’s wife murdered at her residence

Miscreants brutally killed the wife of an army member who was on a mission abroad after entering her house in Mollapara area of Sherpur district town.According to locals, Sauravi, daughter of Shafiqul Islam of Charsherpur Nayapara in Sherpur Sadar Upazila, got married to Nazim Uddin, son of Abdul Ha...

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ACC sues UP member, two others for relief scam

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two cases against three people, including a UP member in Sherpur, for embezzling government rice and relief items.Assistant Director of Tangail ACC integrated office Atiqul Alam on Thursday filed the two cases. ACC director and public relations officer ...

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‘Getters don’t get - givers get’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated a piece of land to a beggar who donated Tk 10,000 from his earnings to buy food for the jobless in Shehpur. The PM also ordered the local administration to build a house  on it. The donation came day after the charity of 80-year-old Nazimuddin drew the ...

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Two Covid-19 patients return home after recovering

For the first time in Sherpur, two women returned home eleven days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. The District Health Department made arrangements to send an ambulance home from ward to their district headquarters on Thursday (April 16) at noon.Civil Surgeon Dr AKM Anwarur Rauf said that on...

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Suspected corona patient dies in Sherpur, samples collected

Abdul Awal, a construction worker died of fever and shortness of breath after three days at Dakkhin Palashikura village of Nalitabari upazila in Sherpur on Sunday night.The administration has locked down at least ten houses in that area after the incident. Meanwhile, villagers speculate that the dec...

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13 in home quarantine, 150 beds ready in Sherpur

Within the last 24 hours four new patients have been set in home quarantine in Sherpur with this the total number of home quarantine is now 13. Among them 3 came back from Italy, 1 from China, 1 from Singapore, 5 from India, 1 from Malaysian and 2 from Saudi Arabia.District Civil Surgeon Dr Anwarul ...

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6 students hospitalised for sudden sickness in Sherpur

Six female students of the same school in Sherpur were admitted to hospital on Sunday following sudden illness. The incident took place at Charsherpur Kabi Nazrul Academy in Sherpur.  The sick students are identified as Kalpana of class-9, Bilkis, Seema, Purnima, Sathi of class-8 and Deepa of c...

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100 species of saplings planted in Sherpur marking Mujib Barsho

One hundred native and foreign species of fruit and medicinal saplings were planted to inaugurate Bangabandhu Uddyan in Sherpur’s Lachmanpur Land Office premises on Wednesday marking Mujib Barsho. Deputy Commissioner of Sherpur Anar Koli Mahbub inaugurated the Uddyan at Lachmanpur Land Office ...

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ASA arranges conference on drop-out students

ASA, a leading NGO, arranged a conference and workshop at District Shilpakala Academy in Sherpur on Monday aiming to provide help to poor children and reduce drop-out rate in primary schools. Additional district magistrate Nomita Dey spoke at the event as the chief guest with joint assistant di...

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2 school students killed in Sherpur road crash

Two schoolboys were killed after a truck rammed the motorbike they were riding on  in Baromaisa area in Nokla upazila in Sherpur on Friday. The deceased were identified as seventh grader Maruf Mia, 13, son of Abdul Hakim, and eighth grader Hamidul Islam, 15, son of Selim Mia of the upazila.&nbs...

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Health assistants boycott training

Members of Bangladesh Health Assistant Association boycott all types of training until their technical scale and designation are fixed in Sherpur.  As a result, an uncertainty has arisen about the vaccination for measles-rubella which is going to be held on 29th February. Health Inspector,...

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BD Clean conducts cleanliness drive

With the slogan "Dream of a clean Bangladesh" members of voluntary organisation BD Clean conducted a cleanliness drive at New BusTerminal areas of Sherpur on Friday afternoon.  Humayun Kabir Ruman, Chairman of Sherpur Zila Parishad inaugurated the cleanliness drive. At the inaugu...