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Indian drugs, goods seized by BGB

Members of Joypurhat Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-20 conducting separate operations recovered cows, drugs and Indian goods on Wednesday.According to the intelligence sources, BGB members recovered three Indian Boulder cows from in front of the Mission School on Joypurhat-Panchbibi road. In ano...

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4 arrested with arms, cannabis in Joypurhat

Members of RAB 5, Joypurhat camp conducted separate raids on the basis of secret information and arrested four persons from Bottali Bazar and Bhadsha areas of sadar upazila of the district with foreign revolvers and huge quantity of cannabis.MM Mohaimenur Rashid, commander of Joypurhat RAB-5 camp, l...

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3-day training workshop for drivers begins in Joypurhat

A three-day training workshop for three-wheeler drivers began at the auditorium of Joupurhat Sadar Upazila Parishad on Sunday (January 17). Joypurhat district police arranged the training workshop in a bid to build up awareness about the Road Transport Act-2018. Police Super Mohammad Salam...

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Phensedyl, Hilsa recovered from smugglers

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-20 conducted an anti-smuggling operation near Koya Border at Panchbibi Upazila of Joypurhat on Saturday (January 16) and recovered a large quantity of Phensidyls and Hilsha fish during smuggling to India.The rescued Phensidyl was deposited in the battalion&rs...

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23 BNP men held in Joypurhat

Police arrested 23 BNP leaders and activists, including the convener of Joypurhat district unit of BNP Shamsul Haque, from the district town on Wednesday noon.On information, a team of police conducted a raid at the office of Samsul Haque and arrested all of them when they were holding a secret meet...

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Blankets distributed among ethnic people

Blankets were distributed among more than seven hundred ethnic people in Joypurhat. Joypurhat district and sadar upazila administration arranged the distribution ceremony on the Mohammadad UP Complex premises in Joypurhat sadar upazila on Saturday.Before blankets distribution, a meeting was held wit...

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‘Prevent unplanned pregnancy during Covid-19’

An advocacy meeting was held at conference room of Family Planning Office in Joypurhat on Monday (December 7) to celebrate Family Welfare Service and Promotion Week.Shariful Islam, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Joypurhat was present as the chief guest with Dr Kazi Zobair Galib, deputy director of fami...

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2 terrorists arrested with foreign pistol in Joypurhat

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested a top terrorist with his associate from Shanti Nagar area of Joypurhat district town on Monday morning.The RAB members also recovered a foreign pistol, five rounds of ammunition and one magazine from their possession. The arrestees were identified a...

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3 held for forcing women into prostitution

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 Joypurhat camp members detained three members of a fraud ring for forcing young women into prostitution, from Professor Para area of Joypurhat town at dead of night on Saturday. At that time, RAB members also rescued three young women. The detained were ident...

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Anti-drug drive: 2,673 held in Joypurhat in 15 months

Police in Joypurhat have arrested 2,673 people and recovered a huge quantity of drugs from different parts of the district between July 2019 and September this year.The arrests and seizures have been made following the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s announcement on zero tolerance policy to dru...

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Farmers eye benefit from fish farming in cages

Farmers in Joypurhat are eyeing to benefit from fish farming in cages in the Chhoto Jamuna river in Panchbibi upazila of district due to its low cost and easy maintenance.Two local fishermen, Saiful Islam and Alam Hossain had recently started fish farming in cages on the river flows on the western s...

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‘Traders usually sell potato’

The owners and managers of the district's cold storages organised a press conference at Joypurhat Press Club to protest against the publication of news containing misinformation about potato stores in various cold storages in Joypurhat district. They claimed that the reputation of the owner...

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Top arms trader held

Members of RAB-5 arrested a top arms trader from Ratanpur area of Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat district on Wednesday morning.At that time, RAB also recovered one foreign pistol, one shotgun, five rounds of ammunition and two magazines  from his possession. The arrested arms trader was id...

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4 arrested in Joypurhat murder case

Detective Police (DB) arrested 4 accused in connection with the murder of auto rickshaw van peddler Abul Hossain of Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat district from Barsao area of Gobindgonj on Sunday. Police Super Mohammad Salam Kabir told reporters at a press conference in his office.The arrestees were ...

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Beat policing rally held in Joypurhat

A beat policing rally against rape and torture was held at Joypurhat Poura Community Center in Joypurhat on Monday with the slogan of ‘Your police are with you’.Joypurhat Police Super Salam Kabir PPM addressed the rally as chief guest.  The meeting was also addressed, among others, ...

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Grants distributed among 178 Mandaps

Advocate Shamsul Alam Dudu, MP from Joypurhat-1 constituency, distributed a grant of Tk 5,34,000 to 178 Puja Mandaps in Joypurhat on the occasion of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of Hindu religion community.On the occasion of grant distribution, a function was organised by Joypurhat Sad...

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World White Stick Day observed

With the theme of improving the white stick for the progress of visually impaired persons, World White Stick Day was celebrated in Joypurhat on Saturday. To mark the day a discussion meeting was held at Joypurhat Deputy Commissioner’s conference room. Joypurhat Deputy Commissioner Sharifu...

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Youth gets life for rape in Joypurhat

A court in Joypurhat sentenced a youth to life imprisonment in for raping a woman in Madhupur village of the district’s Sadar upazila.Judge Mohammad Rustam Ali passed the verdict in Joypurhat’s Women and Children Repression Tribunal in absentia on Thursday.The convicted was identified as...

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Action against Joypurhat PBS GM demanded

A group of Palli Bidyut Samity’s(PBS) subscribers have demanded action against Robiul Haque, general manager (GM) of the district’s PBS for carrying out irregularities, arbitrariness and abuse of power.They placed the demand at a media briefing at Joypurhat Press Clubon Thursday.Abdul Go...

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Student donates scholarship money to PM’s relief fund

Fear around the global pandemic coronavirus can bring out the worst in people, but it can also provide inspiring examples of people choosing to be kind and help needy corona-affected people. A madrasa student from Joypurhat, Takibur Rahman Nahin has set an example of humanity and donated his sc...