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The 17th anniversary of death of Mawlana Muhammad Abdul Mazid was observed on Friday, said a press release. Mawlana Mazid, a teacher of Doulatpur Madrasa in Khulna, was born in Nolbunia of Galua Union under Rajapur upazila in Jhalokathi district. Family, relatives and well-wishers attended the anniversary and prayed for the salvation of the departed soul.  ....

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South Africa moved to the top of the one-day international rankings after they defeated Sri Lanka by 88 runs on Friday to seal a 5-0 series whitewash. The victory was set up by openers Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock, who both hit centuries as the Proteas amassed 384-6 after they were sent in on an excellent batting surface at Centurion in South Africa. Sri Lanka never threatened to overhaul that total, but batted out its 50 overs for the first time in the series to finish on 296-8 thanks to Asela Gunaratne's maiden ODI century. Amla and De Kock shared an opening stand of 187, and in the process continued their extraordinary form. Amla's 154 was his fourth consecutive hundred on the ground, while De Kock made it four centuries in his last five games at Centurion as he hit 109 from 87 balls. De Kock also kept up his 100 percent conversion rate of fifties to hundreds at the venue, and became the fastest wicketkeeper-batsman to 3000 ODI runs, reaching the landmark in his 74th innings. He was the first to bring up his hundred on Friday, doing so in 80 deliveries before falling to fast bowler Suranga Lakmal. Amla anchored the innings perfectly, but also lashed out toward the close as South Africa added 110 runs in the final 10 overs. He struck five sixes in his 134-ball knock, and was dismissed only in the penultimate over. Sri Lanka's reply was stunted by the loss of early wickets, as Chris Morris struck twice up front and Wayne Parnell backed him up with two more. When Imran Tahir bowled Dhananjaya de Silva, the tourists slumped to 82 for five in the 14th over and were never likely to come back. However Gunaratne steadied the innings and put on 93 for the sixth wicket with Sachith Pathirana (56), then added an unbroken 97 for the ninth wicket with Lakmal. Gunaratne finished unbeaten on 114, while Morris recorded career-best figures of 4-31, according to AP.  ....

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Freeing the public places and public transports from smoking has become an urgent need for the sake of protecting people’s life from various non-contagious diseases caused by both smoke and smokeless tobacco uses, speakers said at an advocacy meeting in Rajshahi on Friday. They viewed gross violation of the prevailing Tobacco Control Act continues at the restricted areas including public places and transports posing a serious threat to the public health almost everywhere. Time has come to enforce the law effectively side by side with implementation of other filed level development activities. – source BSS  ....

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At least three people were killed and five others injured in two separate road accidents in Netrakona Sadar and Modan upazilas on Friday. The victims were identified as Muslemuddin, 38, Seuli Akter, 30, and Abdul Wahed, 52. Muslemuddin and Abdul Wahed died as an auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a truck in Sadar Upazila’s Sapodugia. Seuli Begum died as a CNG-run three wheelers collided head-on with a pick up van in Alambazar in Modan Upazila. Seuli's husband also received injury. Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Sadar Hospital for autopsy. – source BSS  ....

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Bottle gourd farming on fallow lands of fisheries is gaining popularity in Sathira district due to its less production cost. "The abandoned lands beside fisheries are fertile, which is the main reason behind the growing production of this vegetable," said farmer Ayub Ali Sana of Kamarali village in Kalaroa upazila. He said they are cultivating bottle gourds on such lands throughout the year and they even do not need to use any pesticide as these places are free from insects, reports UNB. Each gourd is now selling in between Tk 20 to Tk 40, Ayub Ali said adding that it is possible to produce gourds worth about Tk 20,000 to Tk 25,000 per acre. Kazi Abdul Mannan, Deputy Director at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office of the district, said this time farmers cultivated bottle gourds on about 741.316 acres of land of the 1606.18 of fallow lands in fisheries.  ....

Published at: 2017-02-11 00:00:07