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TV Journalist Forum formed in Kurigram

ABDUL WAHED, Kurigram:

Executive committee of Television Journalist Forum yesterday (January 2) was formed in Kurigram. In the executive committee Baishakhi Channel correspondent Md. Younus Ali and Channel Eye correspondent Shamol Bhaumik were selected as President and General Secretary.
The committee was formed in its office in Kurigram Paura Bazar area at the afternoon. Among [...]

3 killed in N’ganj slum fire

Three members of a family were burned alive and 44 shanties gutted as fire broke out at a slum in Narayanganj town early Thursday.
Locals said the fire originated from a mosquito coil at the house of Mono Rani at about 3:00am and engulfed the adjacent shanties of Tanbazar Rally Bagan slum.
Mono Rani, 60, her daughter [...]

Cop sent to jail on fraud allegation

An assistant sub-inspector of Bogra Sadar Police Station was sent to jail few hours after his arrest in connection with a fraud case on Thursday.
Police arrested ASI Mizanur Rahman after duty officer Sub-Inspector Roksana of the police station filed the case, reports our staff correspondent in Bogra. Later, he was sent to jail.
Sources said one [...]

Outlaw killed in Chuadanga

The bisected body of a top outlaw was found on a railway truck in Alamganga upazila of Chuadanga district Friday afternoon.
The outlaw was identified as Saiful Islam Saban alias Sabai, 36, son of late Wazi Uddin of Bhangbaria village in Almadanga, reports our Kushtia correspondent.
Saban was a regional leader of Lal Pataka, one of the [...]

7 killed in Ctg bus crashes