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Rezaul karim

  • Reporter, Jashore

Online fraud rings using Benapole’s name spread nationwide
Online fraud rings using Benapole’s name spread nationwide
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Online fraud rings using Benapole’s name spread nationwide

Online fraud operations are spreading across the country using the name of Benapole, a prominent border town. Organized gangs are exploiting Facebook pages and profiles to lure people with enticing advertisements for Indian products at discounted prices. Pages with names such as “Benapole Border Cross Bike,” “Online Shop,” and “Indian Product in Bangladesh” are being used to run these scams. These pages post attractive images of border-crossed Indian bikes, mobile phones, cameras, televisions, refrigerators, and other goods, offering them at unusually low prices to attract customers.

Kapotakkho's crabs now exported to China, Korea, Australia, Malaysia
Kapotakkho's crabs now exported to China, Korea, Australia, Malaysia
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Kapotakkho's crabs now exported to China, Korea, Australia, Malaysia

Crabs farmed on the banks of the Kapotakkho River in Sagardari are now being exported to China, Korea, Australia, and Malaysia. On nine bighas of land near the birthplace of the great poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt, 73,000 boxes are used to cultivate crabs in enclosures along the river. Thousands of small plastic boxes float in the pond water, where the species Scylla serrata is raised. In the middle of the enclosure stands a tin-roofed hut built with bamboo and wood, overseeing the crab farming operations.

Killers of Udichi massacre remain behind the curtain
Killers of Udichi massacre remain behind the curtain
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Killers of Udichi massacre remain behind the curtain

The perpetrators of the brutal bombing at Udichi’s conference in Jashore have remained behind the curtain. Even after 26 years, those responsible for the country’s first militant attack have not been brought to justice. Due to legal and administrative weaknesses, all the charge-sheeted accused were acquitted. Although efforts were made to revive the case through the higher court, it has remained stalled for the past 15 years.

Woman kept in chain over dowry
Woman kept in chain over dowry
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Woman kept in chain over dowry

Eight years ago, Ripon Gazi, a destitute father, married off his daughter Tania. However, she faced continuous abuse from her husband, Sohel Rana, and his family. Under pressure, Ripon was forced to pay dowry in three installments, amounting to 1,30,000 Taka. Despite this, the demands for more money and the abuse did not stop.

Mahat and Munda Communities: Deprived of land, struggling to survive in neglect and poverty
Mahat and Munda Communities: Deprived of land, struggling to survive in neglect and poverty
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Mahat and Munda Communities: Deprived of land, struggling to survive in neglect and poverty

Once landowners, the Mahat and Munda communities of Bangladesh have lost their ancestral lands to cunning moneylenders who entrapped them with debts. Thousands of people from these communities now live as impoverished strangers in their homeland. Scattered across villages in Khulna’s Koyra and Dumuria upazilas and Satkhira’s Shyamnagar, Munshiganj, Debhata, and Tala upazilas, their plight reveals a tale of exploitation and deprivation.