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Two
killed by road accident
July
12, 2000
Gopalganj,
July 12 (UNB)- Two people were killed on the spot and seven others wounded
in a road accident near the police line adjacent to the town here on early
Monday.
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Robber
sentenced 10 years imprisonment
July
5, 2000
Gopalganj,
July 4 (UNB) – A man was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment
by a court here recently in a robbery case.
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Tungipara
municipal budget announced
July
3, 2000
Gopalganj,
July 2 (UNB) – Tungipara Pourasava has announced a Tk 6.15 crore
budget for fiscal 2000-2001 without imposing any new tax.
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Wife
and daughters murdered by a brute
June
29, 2000
Gopalganj,
June 28 (UNB)- A woman and her two daughters were chopped to death by
her husband at Charbhatpara village in Kashiani upazila on Sunday
night.
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Extensive
cultivation scheme
June
15, 2000
Gopalganj,
June 14 (UNB) – An extensive Aus and transplanted Aman cultivation
scheme in 33,000 hectares of land has been undertaken in five upazilas
of the district in the current season.
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Road
mishaps killed a bicyclist
June
9, 2000
Gopalganj,
June 8 (UNB)- A bicyclist was killed and his co-rider wounded when a
bus dashed the cycle on Kashiani-Gopalganj road Wednesday night.
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Construction
work hampered due to soaring price of cement
April
25, 2000
Gopalganj,
Apr 24 (UNB) – Construction works on various development projects in
the district are seriously being hampered due to soaring price of
cement.
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Program has been taken up for groundnut cultivation
April
16, 2000
Gopalganj,
Apr 15 (UNB)- A massive program has been taken up for groundnut
cultivation in all thanas of the district this season.
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Vehicles plying
in Gopalganj have no fitness certificate
April
14, 2000
Gopalganj,
Apr 13 (UNB) – Most vehicles plying on various roads and highways of
the district have no fitness certificate, giving a rise to traffic
mishap and causing damage to the environment.
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Females
come to sell their Labors
April
13, 2000
Gopalganj,
Apr 12 (UNB)- Frequent natural calamities like flood, cyclone and
river erosion forced many women in the district to sell their labors
for survival.
In
recent times a large number of unmarried girls and divorced women laborers
are working in rice mills, brick fields, construction farms causing
concern among the social welfare organizations.
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Low
quality jute seeds flooded the markets
April
12, 2000
Gopalganj,
Apr 11 (UNB) – Ahead of the jute cultivation this season, smuggled
low quality jute seeds have flooded the markets of the district that
forebodes ill for the growers.
Several
thousand maunds of Indian jute seeds coming through Satkhira, Benapole
and Kaliganj borders are being sold in the rural hats and bazars of
Mollarhat Muksudpur, Gazarampur and Kashiani areas.
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Maize
Cultivation getting popular
April
12, 2000
Gopalganj,
Apr 11 (UNB) – Maize cultivation is getting popular in the district
as farmers find it giving better returns with more yields than other
crops.
Sources
at the Agriculture Extension Department (AED) said maize gives twice
the yield of paddy and it needs less fertilizer and irrigation as well
as little care.
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Hostel
constructed for working women
April
12, 2000
Gopalganj,
Apr 10 (UNB) - A 50-bed hostel will be constructed shortly for working
women in Sadar thana of the district at a cost of Tk 38 lakh.
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