Faridpur, Bangladesh News

DHAKA: Hundreds of vehicles on either side of river Padma remained stranded for hours due to ferry crisis on Paturia-Daulatdia and Mawa-Kawrakandi routes causing immense suffering to thousands of passengers.

DHAKA: Water-level of the River Padma continued rise for past three days and was flowing 8cm above the danger mark on Wednesday at Goalanda point, inundating low-lying areas Faridpur.

BSS, Narail River erosion has taken a serious turn in 50 villages of two upazilas in the district in recent days.

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called on the government to construct Padma Bridge at Dohar-Char Bhadrasan site instead of Mawa-Jajira site to save at least Tk 10,000 crore.

Aynal Boyati on 'Sharinda' and his son Md. Harun on 'dhol.' Rezaul Karim, Faridpur The octogenarian Aynal Boyati is a very popular name in the locality for his distinctive presentation of 'Bichar Gaan,' a special kind of folk song.

One killed in Gazipur blade factory fire UNB, Gazipur A worker was killed and five others were injured in a fire incident at a blade factory at Masimpur in Tongi e UNB, Dhaka The Supreme Court has foiled a government move to appoint a judge of questionable repute as the Inspector General of Registration on deputation.

No fresh cases of children becoming sick were reported yesterday and all sick children who had vitamin A capsules and deworming tables and were being treated for diarrhoea, stomachache and nausea at hospitals were sent home.

Another child reportedly died from complications after taking Vitamin-A capsule and deworming tablet in Munshiganj last night.

Tender for expansion of Dhaka-Chittagong highway to four lanes is being floated in a week and the project involving Tk 2,000 crore will complete in four years, Communication Minister Syed Abul Hossain said today.

A committee constituted by the health ministry on Tuesday started investigation into the reported death and sickness of the children after taking Vitamin A capsules and deworming tablets as a third child died reportedly of complications from the medicines in Pirojpur on the day.

Both vitamin-A capsules and de-worming tablets used during the recent vitamin-A campaign in Bangladesh were bought from approved pharmaceutical companies, they said, adding that no harmful side-effects of either of the medicines had been reported after the previous campaigns.

Piar Hossain of Ballalbari area in Sadar upazila of Munshiganj district claimed his daughter Priya Akhter, 6, fell sick after having the Vitamin-A capsule and deworming tablet and died on Sunday night.

Over 200 more children fell sick in the last two days in Natore, Jhenidah and Faridpur after taking government-supplied Vitamin-A capsules and deworming tablets.

Some 150 children aged between six months and five years fell sick after taking Vitamin-A capsules and deworming tablets, local newspaper The Independent on Friday.

BSS, Faridpur Speakers at a discussion arranged here on Sunday on the occasion of 'World No Tobacco Day', laid stress on motivational campaign to contain the menace of tobacco.

BSS, Dhaka The death anniversary of Shah Sufi Peer Shaheb of Enayetpuri will be held on Saturday at Biswa Zaker Manjil at Atrashi under Sadarpur in Faridpur district.

At least three people were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal Highway in Sadar upazila of Faridpur district this morning.

Baul Pagla Bablu's reputation as an accomplished artiste transcends his native Faridpur; the Lalon singer is now a familiar name across the country.

PABNA: The acting chairman of Hadal union parishad under Faridpur upazila in Pbana district was hacked to death by unidentified assailants Thursday night.

BSS, Faridpur A meeting to review the target achievement by Bangladesh Krishi Bank at its Faridpur and Barisal banking divisions was held here at River Research Institute auditorium.