Md Aiyub Khan, a farmer of Kollanpur char in Pabna's Bera upazila, cultivated 10 bighas of land to produce 100 maunds of peanut, the only crop that can be grown on sandbanks. "The land is not fertile enough to cultivate other crops. So, I cultivated peanuts expecting bumper production. I have already harvested five bighas but the Jamuna river is swelling up now and I am
Underground firearms factory busted in Pabna, two held
3 firearms, arms manufacturing materials seized
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A team of police busted an illegal firearms factory and arrested two people suspected to be arms manufacturers from Notabaria area of Pabna s Bera upazila yesterday afternoon.
The arrestees are Md Abdulla Al Monsur Mithu (43), and Abdullah Al Siam, our Pabna correspondent reports quoting Officer-in-charge of Detective Branch of Police Md Abdul Hannan.
The factory was operated by one Mehedi Hassan Shovon in an underground room of his cousin Md Alom s house. Shovon and his cousin Alom went into hiding during the drive. Police are investigating the incident.