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Combing operation
against
terrorists
March
29, 2001
Jessore, Mar 28 (UNB) – Police started combing operation in 10 districts of country’s southwestern region from March 22 following the arms looting incident in Satkhira.
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Literacy rises by 14% and population by 20%
February
8, 2001
Jessore, Feb 7 (UNB)- The rate of literacy has gone up by 14 percent and population by 20 percent in the district during the last 10 years.
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14,000 bags of low-quality and adulterated Indian
fertilizer seized
February
6, 2001
Jessore, Feb 5 (UNB) – The Anti-smuggling Task Force in a raid seized 14,000 bags of low-quality and adulterated Indian fertilizers from a godown in frontier union Bahadurpur in Benapole on Thursday.
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Release of 27 Rohingya-women
January
9, 2001
Jessore, Jan 8 (UNB) – Ending two-years of detention without trial 27 Rohingya women and children were released from Jessore Central Jail last weak.
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Meeting for NID
October
16, 2000
Jessore
(Benapole) Oct 15 (UNB)- An inter-sectoral meeting was held at
the deputy commissioner’s conference room on Monday to make the next
National Immunization Day in the district a success.
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Accidental
death by electrocution
July
6, 2000
Jessore,
July 5 (UNB)- A man and his wife were electrocuted at village
Panchkabar in Avoynagar upazila here on Sunday morning.
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Robbers
caught
July
7, 2000
Jessore,
July 6 (UNB)- Five alleged dacoits were caught red-handed by villagers
while they were fleeing with booty from Gopalpur village in Sadar
Upazila early Sunday.
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Life
Term for kidnapping minor girl
June
29, 2000
Jessore,
June 28 (UNB)- A court here on Sunday convicted two people and
sentenced them to life term imprisonment on charge of kidnapping a
minor girl.
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Cotton
target may not be achieved
June
25, 2000
Jessore,
June 24 (UNB) – Non-favourable climate and scarcity of quality seeds
hit the cotton cultivation program in the southwest region of the
country.
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Paddy
price showing a downward trend
June
19, 2000
Jessore
(UNB) – The delay in launching paddy procurement drive in the
district has started taking its toll on the poor farmers as paddy
price continues to show a downward spiral.
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Contrabands seized by BDR
May
24, 2000
Benapole,
May 23 (UNB) – BDR jawans seized smuggled goods worth about Tk 5 crore
from Jessore-Benapole road during their patrol in last three months.
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Four railway staff sentenced
May
8, 2000
Jessore,
May 7 (UNB) – A court here has sentenced four railway staff, one of
them a station master, to five years in jail for negligence of duty.
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House hold looted in Keshabpur
May
8, 2000
Jessore,
May 7 (UNB) – In a string of robberies, armed bandits looted
valuables worth Tk 1 lakh from four houses in Keshabpur upazila
leaving a man injured Wednesday night.
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Two separate road accidents
May
7, 2000
Jessore,
May 6 (UNB) – A motorcyclist was killed and 10 others were injured
in two separate road accidents in the district on Thursday.
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Irrigation
system failed for transformers stealing
April
24, 2000
Benapole,
Apr 23 (UNB) – Irrigation in the district is seriously being
hampered due to frequent stealing of transformers from four
substations of the district.
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Clash
between two rival groups
April
16, 2000
Jessore,
Apr 15 (UNB) – Police arrested six people in connection with a clash
between two rival groups at East Barandipara in the town on Tuesday.
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Heroin
seized in Jessore
April
13, 2000
Jessore,
Apr 12 (UNB)- Police sized 510 gram of brown colour heroin and
arrested two persons from a Dhaka bound bus at Khajura bus stand on
Monday night.
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