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            Shilpakala Academy building
          to be constructed  
          March
          17, 2001  
            
           
          Sunamganj, Mar 16 (UNB) – A new building will be constructed for the district Shilpakala Academy at a cost of Tk 2.30 crore as the government has decided to upgrade the academy. 
           
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           Motorbike rider slaughtered  
          January
          20, 2001  
            
           
          Sunamganj, Jan 19 (UNB) – A motorbike driver was slaughtered allegedly by two unknown passengers in Biswambarpur upazila here Thursday night while he was carrying them to frontier Customs station Barachara. 
           
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           Scarcity of Seeds 
          January
          8, 2001  
            
           
          Sunamganj, Jan 7 (UNB)- Seed scarcity is poised to hamper Boro cultivation on vast tracts of land in Tahirpur upazila in the current season. 
           
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           Three
          gets life term 
          August
          11, 2000 
             
            
           
          
           
          Sunamganj,
          Aug 10 (UNB) – A court here recently convicted three people and
          sentenced them to life term in jail in a murder case. 
           
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           Death
          by lightning
          
           
          August
          4, 2000 
             
            
          
           
          Sunamganj,
          Aug 3 (UNB) – A man was killed and another critically injured in a
          lightning at Poindha ferryghat in Sadar upazila on Tuesday. 
            
          
           
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            Clearing
    and forwarding remains suspended  
    
    
    
           
          July
          4, 2000 
             
            
          
           
          Sunamganj,
          July 3 (UNB) – Clearing and forwarding of goods in the frontier
          Barochhara Customs Station in Tahirpur upazila remained suspended for
          over a month, causing huge loss to the government exchequer in
          revenue.
          
           
            
          
           
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    Case
    for misappropriating project fund
          July
          3, 2000    
             
          Sunamganj,
          July 2 (UNB) – Seven officials of local Water Development Board,
          including its executive engineer, have been sued for their alleged
          involvement in misappropriating a project fund. 
            
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     Poura-budget
    announced
           July
          2, 2000  
          
           
      
    
    
     
    Sunamganj,
    July 1 (UNB) - Sunamganj Pourasava Friday announced a Tk 3.09 crore budget
    for fiscal 2000-2001 with Tk 8.37 surplus as surplus. 
     
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     Jamalgarh-Tahirpur
    road renamed
           May
          27, 2000  
            
          
            
          
           
    Sunamganj,
    May 26 (UNB) - Jamalgarh-Tahirpur road in Sadar upazila has been renamed
    after a teacher who was stabbed to death by miscreants on the road. 
     
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     Tuberculosis
    claimed six lives and affected 12 people in Jamalganj Upazila 
           April
          29, 2000 
           
            
           
          Sunamganj,
          Apr 28 (UNB)- Tuberculosis, a highly infectious disease, claimed six
          lives and affected 12 people in Jamalganj Upazila of the district in
          last one month. 
              
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           An
          age-old tree fallen in the storm sold Tk 1.01 lakh
           
          April
          27, 2000 
           
          
          
           
          Sunamganj,
          Apr 26 (UNB)- An age-old tree fallen in the storm has been sold in
          auction at Tk 1.01 lakh that created an enthusiasm among the people to
          plant trees.   
             
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           Lightning
          Kill farm worker
           
          April
          27, 2000 
            
          
          
           
          Sunamganj,
          Apr 26 (UNB) – A young farm worker was killed and two others
          received injuries in lightning at Nakoura haor in Sadar thana on
          Monday.
          
           
            
          
          
           
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           Boro
          crops hampered due to acute shortage of agricultural workers 
           
          April
          26, 2000 
           
          
          
           
          Sunamganj,
          Apr 25 (UNB) - Harvesting of Boro crops is being hampered due to acute
          shortage of agricultural workers in 10 upazilas of the district.  
          
           
            
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