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7 sent to jail for bid to occupy Barguna Press Club

A  court here on Thursday sent seven people to jail in a case filed with the Speedy Trial Court over an attempt to occupy the Barguna Press Club.Barguna Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Harunor Rashid sent them to jail after rejecting their bail pleas on Thursday afternoon.Advocate Golam...

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Barguna farmers to get stimuli for crop farming

A good number of small and marginal farmers in Amtali upazila of the district will get seeds and fertilizers free of cost as agriculture incentive under the incentive and rehabilitation programme for the cultivation of maize, mustard, sunflower, groundnut, mung bean and khesari dal in the Rabi seaso...

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270 stores gutted in fire at Barguna supermarket

At least 270 businesses were gutted in a devastating fire at a supermarket in Barguna Municipality.  The fire broke out around 11 pm on Tuesday (May 18).Local traders said the fire started at around 11pm from a clothing and net shop in the market.  At that moment, it spread to the surround...

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Barguna Press Club committee formed

Election of 2022 executive committee of Barguna Press Club has been completed.   district representative of Bangladesh Post Advocate  Sanjib Das has been elected unopposed as president and Sohail Hafeez, Barguna district representative of NTV and Daily Sun, as general secretary.The 43rd An...

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Patharghata UNO survives launch fire mishap

Patharghata Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Hossain Mohammad Al Mujahid escaped unhurt after a fire broke out on the Barguna-bound MV Ovijan 10 launch that left Dhaka.He was a passenger in the launch's VIP cabin.  His wife, Ummul Warra, broke her right leg while trying to escape from the laun...

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Son killed by father in Barguna

Md. Sumon (14), a ninth grade student, was killed by his father Asadul Khan while trying to protect his mother. Amtali police recovered the body of the deceased and sent it to Barguna morgue for autopsy. Father Asadul Khan left the body of Sumon at Amtali Hospital and fled away.The death of school s...

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179 families get new homes in Barguna

179 families of Barguna got the house gifted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina officially inaugurated the house at around 10.30 am and handed over the keys of the virtual house.After the inauguration by the Prime Minister, Advocate Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu, Member of Parliament for Barguna-1, Chairma...

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Diarrhoea rages in Barguna, 300 hospitalised in 24 hours

More than three hundred Diarrhea patients have been admitted to hospitals in Barguna in the last 24 hours. So far 4 people have died.  Many have taken shelter on the floor as the hospitals do not have the required number of beds.  The health department is struggling to cope with the shorta...

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Twins born with conjoined chest-abdomen

Two babies with conjoined chest-abdomen were born at Pathar­ghata in Bar­guna. A housewife named Sukhi Akhter gave birth to the conjoined twins at a private clinic without operation at around 5:30 pm on Saturday.  The manager of the hospital Moniruzzaman informed that the twins died bef...

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Two juvenile held for attempted violation

Police arrested two 13-year-old juvenile of eighth grade for trying to violate a 10-year-old girl studying in fifth grade in Barguna on Friday.According to the victim's family, the girl was playing near her house on Wednesday (February 16) afternoon.  In the middle of the game, the accused ...

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Journo killed in Barguna road accident

KM Mustafizur Rahman Jitu, Patharghata Correspondent of Dhaka Pratidin, was killed when his motorcycle was hit by a pickup van in Patharghata Upazila of the district on Sunday noon.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Patharghata police station Syed Ahmed said the accident occurred this noon in Bienchotki area...

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Bangabandhu’s memoir published in Barguna

The Barguna district administration has unveiled the cover of a book ‘Mujib in Centenary’, a biography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The book was published on the occasion of the birth centenary of Bangabandhu. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Barguna Mustain...

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Robbery at deep sea, 9 held from Patharghata

Detective Branch of Police arrested nine people in a raid in Patharghata of Barguna on Monday afternoon on charges of robbery in the deep sea.Barguna Additional Superintendent of Police Muharram Ali led the operation. He arrested them and handed them over to Patharghata Police Station.Halim Biswas, ...

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Sidr victims remembered

Sidr Day was observed in Barguna on Saturday (November 15) in memory of those killed in the Super Cyclone Sidr.On the occasion, Barguna district administration and the press club laid wreaths and offered prayers in memory of the victims at the mass grave memorial of the deceased at Gorjaniyagram in ...

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Barguna fishermen ready for hilsa fishing

A festive mood prevails among 38,000 fishermen in Barguna as they are now ready to catch hilsa as the government lifted the ban on hilsa fishing on Wednesday.Hundreds of fishing trawlers that remained anchored on the rivers across the district due to the 22-day ban, will now began fishing on the riv...

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Minni shifted to Kashimpur jail

Ayesha Siddique Minni, who was sentenced to death in the much-discussed Rifat Sharif murder case in Barguna, has been sent to Kashimpur Women's Central Jail.  She was shifted from Barguna District Jail to Kashimpur on Thursday.  Super of Barguna District Jail Md. Anwar Hossain confirme...