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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