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320 people die every year Measures to prevent lightning stressed

On an average, 320 people die every year by lightning in our country. That is more than any other country in the world. According to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, 2164 people had died by lightning in the country from 2011 to 2020. Publicity and Publication secretary of Faridpu...

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Gold ornaments, cash worth 26 lakh looted in Faridpur

A theft was committed at the house of one Salam Mandal of No. 1 Habeli Gopalpur of Ward No. 23 of Faridpur Municipal Area on Monday. Golam Rabbani, the eldest son of the house, filed a case with local police alleging that cash and goods worth Tk 26 lakh  were looted from that house.Accordi...

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Training, cash assistance provided to repatriated migrant workers

In Faridpur, under the initiative of Caritas Bangladesh, Barisal region, migrant workers who have returned home from abroad have been provided with certificates and cash assistance after training for various duration under the rehabilitation support projects.Bishop of The Barisal Catholic Diocese Em...

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Uncle-nephew killed in Faridpur road mishap

A young man and his nephew were killed in a head-on collision between a pickup and a motorcycle in Faridpur's Boalmari upazila on Tuesday.The accident took place around 6:30 am on the Mazkandi-Bhatiapara regional highway in Billahuri area of the upazila.The deceased were Imran Sheikh, 29, son of...

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Female entrepreneur alleges harassment by extortionists

Shanta Islam, the owner of Young Life Aesthetic and Laser Center in Faridpur arranged a press conference to protest against defaming the reputation of the organisation by spreading false propaganda. He also alleged that local terrorists are demanding illegal subscriptions and harassing her and her s...

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Bus-motorcycle collision leaves one dead

A motorcyclist killed and another person was injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle on the Faridpur-Bhanga Highway in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur on Friday.The incident happened as the Dhaka-bound Golden Line bus collided head-on with the motorcycle coming from the other si...

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Housewife ‘kills self’ in Faridpur

A  housewife reportedly committed suicide in Faridpur's Saltha upazila on Thursday.The dead was identified as Nasima Begum, 35, wife of Akkas Ali, a resident of Char Bangrail village under Sonapur union of the upazila.According to police, the woman took poison following a dispute over famil...

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Fisheries Minister accorded reception in Faridpur

The newly-elected MP from Faridpur-1 Constituency and Minister for Fisheries and Animal Resources Abdur Rahman has been accorded a public reception in Faridpur.On behalf of the district Awami League, a gold Boat weighing three and a half ‘bharis’ and the mayor also handed over a golden k...

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AK Azad men burn 11 camps of AL candidate

Awami League candidate of Faridpur-3 (Sadar Upazilla) Shamim Haque has alleged that on Thursday night 11 election camps of AL were burnt by some unknown miscreants.In a crowded press conference held at Faridpur Press Club, Shamim Haque said that the Independent candidate AK Azad with Eagle symbol ha...

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Annual Urs of Chandrapara Darbar Sharif held

The annual Urs of Chandrapara Pak Darbar Sharif was held in Faridpur Sadar Upazila on Wednesday. Thousands of devotees from home and abroad attended the programme and prayed for salvation of the departed soul of Sufi Syed Fazal Sultan Ahmed Chandrapuri Nokshibondi Mozadehdi (RA), the founder of...

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Three killed in Faridpur road crash

At least three people including two members of a family were killed in a road accident. The people were killed when a bus hit a motorbike at Mansurabad in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Mohammad Moin Uddin Sheikh, 35, his daughter Tabassum, 10 and ...

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Bus service in 21 dists to be halted if two-point demand not met

The leaders of bus owners and labor unions of 21 districts of the southwestern region have announced a two-point movement demanding the suspension of BRTC bus movement at the upazila level and the banning of dangerous three-wheelers, Nachiman, Karimon, Bhatvti on the highway. For this purpose, they ...

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Youth of Faridpur trafficked, tortured for ransom

Johnny Molya, a young man from Madhukhali Upazila of Faridpur, went to Libya to return his fortune and fell into the clutches of human traffickers. The parents are being shown the scenes of beating and torturing him daily on video calls demanding ransom. Despite sending the ransom money to save the ...

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Conservation of native fishes, snails emphasised

A meeting was held in Faridpur under the project of conservation and development of native species of fish and snails.The meeting was organized by the district fisheries department on Monday morning in the conference room of the deputy commissioner's office.Deputy Commissioner Atul Sarkar addres...

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Jute mill catches fire in Faridpur

A devastating fire broke out at two warehouses of Karim Jute Mill in Faridpur at around 1:30pm on Tuesday. Initially it has been assumed that the fire might have been originated from an electric short circuit in the mill.According to the mill authorities, about 200 bales of jute stored in the w...

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8 killed in Faridpur road accidents

At least eight people were killed and 11 others injured in two separate road accidents at Madhukhali and Bhanga upazilas in Faridpur on Sunday.At Madhukhali upazila, six people, including a woman and a child, were killed when a truck hit a microbus on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Majhkandi area of the up...

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Distressed people get cheque in Faridpur

Officials of Faridpur district administration has distributed donation cheques among distressed locals of nine upazilas of the district. Faridpur Deputy Commissioner Atul Sarker as the chief guest distributed taka 50,000 each to 150 people on Sunday. A total of tk 7.5 million was distributed. A...

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BADC likely to export 5,000 tonnes of potato

Bangladesh Agriculture Develop­ment Corporation (BADC) has been able to produce 1-lakh metric tonnes of potato seed potato and they are expecting to export 5,000 metric tonnes of potato this year after meeting local demand. The BADC officials said these at the inaugural ceremony of a two-da...

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Mobile court operation at Faridpur sawmills

Faridpur Sadar Upazila Administration and the Officer-in-Charge of Purbagangabardi SFSTC jointly conducted a mobile court drive at various sawmills in Badarpur and Gangabardi areas under the extended municipal area of Faridpur on Wednesday morning.During the operation led by Faridpur Sadar Upazila N...

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500 poor families get quilts

A private development agency named Faridpur Development Agency (FDA) distributed quilts among 500 poor families of the river erosion prone Char areas of Padma River under Faridpur Sadar Upazila on Wednesday morning.Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Faridpur Md. Aslam Mollah handed over the qui...