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50 trees cut down in Patuakhali; local AL leaders blamed
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At least 50 government owned trees planted on both sides of a road have been cut down at Dhulia in Patuakhali s Baufal upazila.
Dhulia Union Parishad Chairman Anichur Rahman lodged a written complaint with the upazila engineer of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) on April 24.
The UP chairman in a written complaint said Dhulia union Jubo League Vice-president Shoaib, Dhulia ward Awami League General Secretary Shahidul Islam and AL activist Harun Hawlader cut down these trees from a strip of road stretching from Verantala Bazar to Chaumohani in the area. The trees are worth about Tk 10 lakh.
Petition seeks Tk 1 crore compensation for death of small-screen actor Asha Chowdhury Star Online Report Star Online Report
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to give Tk 1 crore as compensation to the family of small-screen actor Asha Chowdhury who died in a road accident in Dhaka on January 5 this year.
Asha s mother Parvin Akter submitted the petition to the HC today praying to it to form a committee to assess the loss for her death.
In the petition, she also requested the HC to issue a rule asking the respondents to show cause as to why inaction to form a committee to find those responsible for Asha s death, to assess the loss due to her death and to give compensation to her family, should not be declared illegal.