Date:19/01/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/01/19/stories/2003011903400100.htm

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Blast kills 7 at village fair

By Haroon Habib

DHAKA JAN. 18. A traditional Bangladesh village fair was rocked by a powerful bomb explosion in which at least seven persons were killed and 15 injured. Sources said the explosion took place at the `failya paglar mela', the biggest winter fair in the greater Mymensingh region, at about 9.15 p.m. last night at Dariapur in Tangail district.