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           August
          23, 2000     
           
           
           
          
           
          Sherpur,
          23 August (UNB) - Youth Development Department distributed Tk 12 lakh
          soft loan among 88 unemployed but trained youths of the district. 
           
          
           
          Agriculture
          Minister Matia Chowdhury handed over cheques against the loans to the
          recipients at the BRDB hall room in Nakla while Atiqur Rahman MP at
          the local town hall on August 15, the national Mourning Day. 
           
          
           
          Officials
          said the borrowers would utilise the loan in poultry farming, cattle
          rearing, pisciculture and cottage industries. 
           
          
           
          Later,
          certificates were distributed among the youths who received training
          on computer and the winners of an essay competition. 
           
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