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Fall in groundwater level, power outages blamed
Frequent power outages and sharp fall in the groundwater level have aggravated water crisis in the Khulna city. The Khulna City Corporation can presently supply only 1.5 crore to 1.75 crore gallons of water per day against the demand for 3 crore gallons. Sources in the corporation said they had 72 wells, 2,825 deep tube wells and 5,942 shallow tube wells and 15,000 water connections in the city...[ + ]
List of centres for RCC, BCC polls announced
The election offices in Rajshahi and Barisal have published the list of voting centres for the ensuing city corporation polls. According to the Rajshahi election office, 129 voting centres will be set up in the RCC areas for 2,58,650 voters...[ + ]
Squad for tri-series likely on May 22
The national cricket squad for the upcoming tri-series involving India, Pakistan and hosts Bangladesh is likely to be announced on May 22. After the disappointing tour of Pakistan, this will be the next assignment for the tigers at home before playing the Asia Cup to be held in June in
Pakistan...[ + ]
Pietersen tells England to raise their game
England must ‘move on to the next level’ if they are going to compete with South Africa later this season, according to Kevin Pietersen. The South Africa-born batsman, who controversially turned his back on the Proteas in order to pursue an international career with England, believes the team must start to improve this season if they are to have a chance of wresting back the Ashes next year from Australia...[ + ]
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