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Workshop
on gender issue
July
25, 2000
Sylhet,
July 24 (UNB) A five-day workshop for the journalists of Sylhet division
on gender issue begins tomorrow (Tuesday) in Sylhet.
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Convicted
for logging
July
19, 2000
Sylhet,
July 18 (UNB) - A court here sentenced a UP chairman to three months
in jail for logging government trees and pocketing money selling the
trees.
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New
river route
July
18, 2000
Sylhet,
July 17 (UNB) A new river route has been opened to increase fuel
supply in the district to meet the growing demand.
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Gas turbine plant inoperative
for 7 months
July
14, 2000
Sylhet,
July 13 (UNB) When power crisis in the tiny town has taken a turn
for the worse, a 20-megawatt gas turbine power plant here remained
inoperative for the last seven months.
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Imprisonment for possessing liquor
July
9, 2000
Sylhet,
July 8 (UNB) A court here has sentenced two people to four years
rigorous imprisonment for possessing liquor.
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Clash
at Shahjalal University
July
9, 2000
Sylhet,
Jul 8 (UNB) - Four people were bullet injured and stabbed yesterday in
a clash among two groups of pro-Awami Chhatra League activists on the
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus.
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Silt
under lakes disgust boatmen
July
5, 2000
Sylhet,
July 4 (UNB) Dealing a severe blow to the livelihoods of thousands
of boatmen, the Kushiyara river and a good number of haors in the
countrys northeastern region are being silted up for lack of proper
maintenance.
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Scout
training center to be set up
July
4, 2000
Sylhet,
July 3 (UNB) A scout-training center will be set up on 5.12 acres
of land on the outskirts of the town at a cost of Tk 23 lakh.
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Hartal
called
June
24, 2000
Sylhet,
June 23 (UNB) All political and social organizations in Jokiganj
upazila have called for a straight three-day hartal here from June 25
to meet their demands of smooth traffic movement.
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Bridges
nearing completion
June
23, 2000
Sylhet,
June 22 (UNB) Construction work of 36 bridges and culverts in
Sylhet and Sunamganj districts at a cost of about Tk 2.75 crore is
nearing completion.
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Jakiganj-Laxmibazar-Biyanibazar
road completion
June
20, 2000
Sylhet,
June 19 (UNB) The 25-km Jakiganj-Laxmibazar-Biyanibazar road is
nearing completion, flickering a ray of hope among the locals.
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Government
land distributed among landless
June
19, 2000
Sylhet
(UNB) Some 83,005 acres of khas land have so far been distributed
among 11,348 landless families in four districts of Sylhet division.
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Fund
allocated for development Project
June
18, 2000
Sylhet,
June 17 (UNB) The government has allocated over Tk 33 crore to
implement various development projects in the district during the
current fiscal.
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Landslide
and Flood Kills Four
June
14, 2000
Sylhet,
June 13 (UNB) A mother and her three children were buried alive in
landslide on their mud-house amid rain at Ranokeli Dakkhin village in
Golapganj upazila early today.
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Court
Orders Reelection
June
12, 2000
Sylhet,
June 11 (UNB) The Supreme Court has directed the authorities to
hold reelection in a centre of Mollargaon Union in Sadar upazila on
June 26, officials here said.
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Bridge
Opened to traffic
June
5, 2000
Sylhet,
June 4 (UNB) The Sadipur Bridge, constructed at a cost of Tk 13
crore, on Dhaka-Sylhet highway has been opened to traffic.
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Fund
Allocated for College Constraction
June
4, 2000
Sylhet,
June 3 (UNB) The government has allocated Tk 5 crore for the
construction of an academic building for the Sylhet MC College and for
the repair of the college hostel.
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Police closed for involvement of black-marketing
tickets
May
26, 2000
Sylhet,
May 25 (UNB) An Officer-in-Charge and a sipoy of GRP have been closed
for their alleged involvement with a group of people in black-marketing
tickets at Sylhet Rail station.
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Diplomatic team of Myanmar sent on 79 prisoners issue
May
23, 2000
Sylhet,
May 22 (UNB) In response to a Bangladesh governments call to take
back their 79 prisoners who have already completed their jail terms, the
Myanmar government has sent a diplomatic team to Bangladesh.
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Construction of Bhairab bridge progressing
May
22, 2000
Sylhet,
May 21 (UNB) - Works on Ashuganj-Bhairab bridge over river Meghna, involving
Tk 553 crore, are progressing fairly well.
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Sylhet
Education Board start formal functioning May
20, 2000
Sylhet,
May 19 (UNB) - Sylhet Education Board, the sixth in the country, is
set to start its formal functioning next year with holding the SSC and
HSC examinations of 2001.
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Quarry
leased out in nine years
May
15, 2000
Sylhet,
May 14 (UNB) - Three sand quarries in the district could not be leased
out in nine years due to bureaucratic tussle causing huge loss to the
government exchequer in revenue.
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BWDB
implementing project to protect boro paddy
May
9, 2000
Sylhet,
May 8 (UNB) Bangladesh Water Development Board is implementing a
gigantic project to protect boro paddy in the district from recurring
floods.
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Water
crisis gripped Sylhet
May
8, 2000
Sylhet,
May 7 (UNB) Water crisis has gripped the tiny town as its supply
by the authorities concerned falls far shortfall of demand everyday.
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Osmani
International Airport has become a safe route
for smuggling
May
7, 2000
Sylhet,
May 6 (UNB) Osmani International Airport has become a safe route
for smuggling of various goods including gold due to its weak security
arrangements.
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Sylhet-Tamabil
road construction go on swiftly
May
1, 2000
Sylhet,
Apr 30 (UNB) Works on the 58-km Sylhet-Tamabil road, costing Tk
116 crore, are going on in a faster pace than expected.
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Expatriate
passengers harassment in Osmany Airport
April
27, 2000
Sylhet,
Apr 26 (UNB) Expatriate passengers are subjected to harassment for
non-functioning of cargo centre at the Osmany Airport for the last 3
months.
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Poor
women brought under monthly allowance program
April
26, 2000
Sylhet,
Apr 25 (UNB) Some 4,410 poor women of 98 unions in 11 upazilas of
the district have been brought under a monthly allowance program.
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Stick
Procession by APAC
April
13, 2000
Sylhet,
Apr 12 (UNB)- The All Party Action Committee (APAC) opposing
controversial naming of buildings and dormitories of Shah Jalal
Science and Technology University brought out stick procession in the
town on Tuesday.
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Uplift
project of Chhatak Pourasava
April
13, 2000
Sylhet,
Apr 12 (UNB)- The newly constituted Chhatak Pourasava has been
implementing a number of uplift projects at a cost of more than Tk 1
(one) crore.
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