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     Freedom fighters
    helped on  Independence day 
          March
          25, 2001 
             
           
           
           
          
           
          Kishoreganj, Mar 24 (UNB) – Relief and Rehabilitation Department has allotted 1,174 bundles of CI sheet to distribute among 783 insolvent freedom fighters in 13 upazilas on the occasion of Independence and National day. 
     
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      Zillur Rahman
    inaugurates  Gurui Bridge 
          January
          27, 2001 
             
           
           
           
          
           
          Kishoreganj, Feb 10 (UNB) - Local Government Minister Zillur Rahman inaugurated the newly constructed Gurui Bridge in Nikli upazila here on Friday. 
     
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     Blacksmiths
    in peril 
          January
          27, 2001 
             
           
           
           
          
           
    Kishoreganj, Jan 26 (UNB) – Lack of patronisation and price hike of essential inputs have wrecked the livelihoods of over of 6,000 blacksmiths in the district. 
     
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     Jute
    Production 
          October
          31, 2000 
             
           
           
           
          
           
    Kishoreganj,
    Oct 30 (UNB) – Jute farmers of the district are facing problems, as they
    are not getting fair price of their produce. 
     
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     Rural
    Infrastructure Renovation schemes 
          September
          12, 2000 
             
           
           
          
           
    Kishoreganj,
    Sept 11 (UNB) – A total of 578 schemes were implemented in 13 upazilas
    here under Rural Infrastructure Renovation Programme spending 6,092 metric
    tons of wheat during the last fiscal year. 
     
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     Aus
    paddy production prospect bright 
          August
          4, 2000 
             
           
          
           
    Kishoreganj,
    Aug 3 (UNB) – Farmers in 11 upazilas of the district are giving a bright
    outlook for Aus production this year due to fair weather. 
     
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     Flood
    shelter in dire condition  
          August
          1, 2000 
            
             
           
          
           
    Kishoreganj,
    July 31 (UNB) – About 35 families who lost their homes in 1988-flood and
    river erosion have been living inhuman life at the Nikli flood shelter.
     
     
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     3
    people arrested with narcotics 
    
     
          July
          13, 2000 
            
             
           
          
           
    Kishoreganj,
    July 12 (UNB)- Police arrested three people including two women from
    Kamalpur Bus stand area in the town and seized 53 bottles of phensidyl from
    their possession.
    
     
     
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     AL
    general secretary seeks mandate 
    July
    9, 2000 
            
             
          
           
    Kishoreganj,
    July 8 (UNB) – Ruling party general secretary and Local Government
    Minister Zillur Rahman said Awami League would again get the chance of
    governing the country with people’s mandate. 
            
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    Fertilizer
    factory stops
    July
    2, 2000    
       
    
     
    Kishoreganj,
    July 1 (UNB) – Production at Ashuganj Fertilizer Factory was suspended for
    next 45 days from June 22 for overhauling works.
      
            
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     Chairman
    sued for embezzling government money
     
          June
          25, 2000  
              
          
           
          Kishoreganj,
          June 24 (UNB) - A former UP chairman of Karimganj upazila has been
          sued for embezzlement of government money.  
            
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     Fish
    scarcity in different markets
           June
          22, 2000  
             
          
           
          Kishoreganj,
          June 21 (UNB) – Acute scarcity of fish has been prevailing in
          different markets of the district causing problem for the people for
          the last three months. 
            
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     Healthcare
    programme suffers setback
           June
          15, 2000  
            
          
           
          Kishoreganj,
          June 14 (UNB)- The healthcare programme of the government in rural
          areas of the district appears to suffer a setback due to numerous
          problems including the shortage of doctors and medicine.
          
           
          
          
           
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     11
    people imprisoned life-long in two murder cases
           June
          10, 2000  
            
           
          
           
          Kishoreganj,
          June 9 (UNB) - A court here on Thursday awarded life rigorous
          imprisonment to 11 people in two murder cases.  
          
          
           
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     Primary
    education hampered
           May
          31, 2000  
            
          
           
          Kishoreganj,
          May 30 UNB) – Despite government efforts to eliminate illiteracy,
          primary education is being hampered in the district for various
          reasons, including shortage of teachers. 
             
          
          
           
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           Police
          arrested one on charge of torturing wife
           
          May
          7, 2000    Kishoreganj,
          May 6 (UNB) - Police on Wednesday arrested one Helaluddin of Dhuljhuri
          village in the district’s Hossainpur thana on charge of torturing
          his wife for dowry.
             
          
          
           
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           Sentenced
          four people for timber smuggling
           
          May
          3, 2000 
            
             
          
           Kishoreganj,
          May 2 (UNB) – A special court here has sentenced four people to
          three years rigorous imprisonment in a timber smuggling case. 
             
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           Two
          people get life term for murder 
           
          May
          1, 2000
             
          Kishoreganj,
          Apr 30 (UNB) – A court here awarded life term to two people in a
          murder case recently. According
          to prosecution, Ataur and Shamim killed one Emdadul Huq Kabir, son of
          Mofizuddin at Rathkhola in the town on February 11, 1994. 
            
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           Project
          going on full swing under test relief programs 
          April
          26, 2000
             
          Kishoreganj,
          Apr 25 (UNB) – Works on 1,073 infrastructure development projects in
          13 upazilas of the district are going on in full swing under general
          and special test relief programs.
          
           
              
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           Wheat
          seeds unsold due to poor quality 
          April
          13, 2000
             
          Kishoreganj,
          Apr 12 (UNB)- The government is destined to suffer loss due to
          inefficiency of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC)
          in Kishoreganj region. 
           
          
           
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