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Saiful Islam, Baufal Correspondent: 8 houses have been burnt to ashes in a fire in Baufal, Patuakhali. Fire service members reached the spot after receiving the news and brought the fire under control. The families have suffered extensive damage. The fire broke out at around 9:30 pm yesterday in the Kazi house adjacent to the Bogha Ferry Ghat area of the upazila. However, the extent of the damage could not be confirmed. Locals said that the fire first started in the kitchen adjacent to the house of the local Athar Kazi. The fire spread in all directions very quickly. Before the people of the house realized anything, the intensity of the fire increased. One by one, 8 houses were burnt to ashes. It was not possible to save any furniture in the damaged houses. Locals believe that an electrical short circuit…

Members of the joint force arrested three extortionists along with Tk 10,940 in extortion money illegally collected from drivers of battery-powered easy bikes and auto rickshaws on the Sherpur-Dhaka highway in the Boyra Paranpur area of Sadar upazila of Sherpur district on Thursday, January 30, at around 12:30 pm. The arrested extortionists are Mohammad Imam Hossain (34), son of Abdur Rashid of Madhya Boyra village of Sherpur Sadar upazila, Mohammad Babul Mia (20), son of Mohammad Mozaffar Hossain of Paschimpara village, and Md. Zahidul Islam (31), son of Mohammad Nabir Uddin of Khunua village of the same upazila. According to police sources, based on a secret tip-off, members of the Bangladesh Army Sherpur Army Camp and Sadar Police Station…

Kushtia Correspondent: Two passengers of a CNG truck were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG truck in Mirpur, Kushtia. Three others were injured in the incident. The accident occurred at around 9:30 am on Friday (January 31) in Ranakharia area of Talbaria union of Mirpur upazila on Kushtia-Iswardi highway. The deceased are Tania Khatun (32). She is the wife of Jahangir Alam of EB police station area. The name of another person could not be known. Police are working to identify her. All the injured were CNG passengers. They are Ahsan Habib, Humayun and Afiza. The injured have been rescued and admitted to Kushtia General Hospital. Kushtia Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Syed Al Mamun said that a CNG truck with some passengers was going from Kushtia to Bheramara…

Staff Reporter: Police have arrested mosque imam Abdul Ahad on charges of raping a 4-year-old child in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur. It is learnt that the incident took place on Thursday (January 30) afternoon at the veranda of a mosque in Ramchandrapur village of Krishnapur union of Sadarpur upazila. The child's family informed that Imam Abdul Ahad lured the child to the veranda of the mosque and raped her there. Hearing the child's screams, her mother came and rescued her. Locals said that Abdul Ahad (42) is the son of the deceased Sharafat Ali of Majhiali village of Banihala union of Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh. He has been leading the prayer in this area for a long time. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sadarpur police station Md. Motaleb…

Md. Nur Alam Gopalpur (Tangail) Representative: After buying seedlings for five taka, spending fertilizer, labor, and sweat, they have to cultivate cauliflower and sell it for two taka. When the farmer goes to buy, he is cheated, and when he goes to sell, he is cheated. In this way, the farmers are completely peaceful. They protested being tied to the agricultural product syndicate and demanded that the syndicate be broken. At the farmers' rally organized by the Hemnagar Union Krishak Dal of Gopalpur Upazila of Tangail. With the aim of organizing the majority farming population of Bangladesh, this rally was held as part of the 3-month-long union-level farmers' rally across the country. During this time, farmers took part in the rally with a procession carrying various materials used in agricultural work. On Thursday (January 30) at 12 noon,…

The Friday prayers of the first phase of the two-phased Bishwa Ijtema of Shuraye Nejam (following Zobayer) were held on the banks of Turag in Tongi, Gazipur with the participation of lakhs of devotees. The Friday prayers began at 1:53 pm. The sermon began at 1:43 pm. Maulana Mohammad Zobayer led the prayers. Today, Friday afternoon, during the Friday prayers, as there was no space in the main Ijtema ground, the devotees offered prayers on the roads, highways and empty spaces adjacent to the ground. After the Fajr prayers, Maulana Zia ul Haq from Pakistan delivered a sermon. Maulana Nurur Rahman immediately translated it into Bengali. At 9:15 pm, the Khitay Khitay Talim was held. Before the Talim, Maulana Jamal Sahib from India conducted the Mozakera (discussion). Apart from this, there were some special…

Chittagong defeated Sylhet by 96 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur today. Batting first, Mithun's team scored 196 runs. Nafe scored 52 runs off 30 balls. Mithun's bat came with 52 runs off 38 balls. In the seventh partnership, Shamim-Khaled added 61 runs off just 30 balls. Shamim contributed 38 runs off 23 balls with 2 sixes and 4 fours and Khaled contributed 25 runs off 13 balls with 2 sixes and 2 fours. Chittagong Kings got a big collection with fifties from Khawaja Nafi and Mohammad Mithun and cameos from Shamim Patwary and Khaled Ahmed. Then Shariful Islam set the ball on fire. Sylhet Strikers were swept away by his pace. In reply, they were bowled out for 100 runs…

The poverty rate in Bangladesh has increased from 18.7 percent to 19.2 percent. While the poverty rate in cities is 16.5 percent, it is more than 20 percent in villages. This information has emerged in the report titled 'Poverty Map of Bangladesh, 2022' of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The Poverty Map release ceremony was organized at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital yesterday. It was jointly organized by BBS, the World Bank and the World Food Program (WFP). The Poverty Map shows that poverty in villages has decreased. The poverty rate in villages was 20.5 percent in the Household Income and Expenditure Survey, which has decreased to 20.3 percent in the Poverty Map of Bangladesh 2022 survey. On the other hand, poverty in urban areas has increased by 1.8 percent. Earlier…

Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the interim government, has spoken openly about receiving the offer to become a chief advisor while he was in a hospital in the French capital, Paris, his phone conversation with protesting student leaders in Dhaka, and his thoughts at that time. The entire nation was waiting for my return flight The chief advisor recently visited Davos, Switzerland, on the occasion of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. At that time, he spoke in a podcast hosted by Gideon Rahman, the chief foreign affairs commentator of the British media outlet Financial Times. The conversation in the podcast program called 'Rahman Review' was published in written form yesterday Thursday. In the conversation, Professor Yunus said, 'When I first received the phone call, I was in a hospital in Paris. My little…