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One held with Yaba in Faridpur
FARIDPUR: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 arrested a man with 507 pieces of yaba tablets, a cell phone from the Rothkhola area of the district last night. The arrested was identified as Jatin Mondol, 47.According to RAB sources, acting on secret information a team of RAB led by Additional Police Super Md Khaliduzzaman raided a house of the area and arrested Jatin Mondol with 507 pieces of yaba and one cell phone with SIM card from his possession.After interrogation Jatin confessed that he is a professional drug trader.RAB handed him over to Kotwali police for next legal steps, reports BSS.
HuT female member’ held in Jessore
Benapole: Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged female member of the banned Islamic outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from Jail Road area in Jessore town on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Tanjila Tamanna Asha,22, wife of Ibrahim Khalil, a resident of Durgapur village in Sadar upazila of Jessore. Officer-in-charge of Jessore DB police Maniruzzaman said tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a drive in the area and arrested Tanjila at night. Tanjila is a sister of Hizb ut-Tahrir regional commander Tanjib Ahmed alias Ashraful, who was arrested by detectives on September 21, 2015, the OC added, reports UNB.
One killed, 30 hurt as buses collide in Manikganj
Manikganj Correspondent
One person was killed and 30 others were injured when two passenger buses collided head-on near Jagir on Dhaka-Aricha highway this morning. The identity of the victim was not known immediately. The injured persons were admitted to Manikganj Sadar Hospital. Highway Police sources said the accident took place at about 10.30am when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of Surovi Paribahan collided head on with another Aricha-bound passenger bus of NNB Paribahan leaving one dead on the spot. Police suspected that the victim might be the helper of one of the bus. The body was sent to Manikganj Sadar hospital morgue for autopsy. A case was filed with Manikganj Police Station in this connection.
100 kg hemp recovered in Naogaon
NAOGAON : Detective Branch (DB) of police recovered 100 kilograms of hemp from a house at Archa village in Badalgachhi upazila on Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a raid on the house of drug peddler Mabud Ali in the area in the evening, said DB police inspector Mostafa Kamal. Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, Mabud Ali managed to flee the scene. Later, the law enforcers recovered 100 kilograms of hemp from his house.Superintendent of police Mojammel Haque PPM confirmed the matter. A case was filed in this connection, reports UNB.
Strike observed at RU demanding medical test again
RU Correspondent
Leaders and activists of Progressive Students Alliance, a platform of four left leaning student’s body of Rajshahi University on Wednesday observed day long strike on campus demanding medical test again . Classes were not held in most of the departments while examinations were out of the strike programme. No buses for students left the campus during the strike, said Prof Dr Mainul Haque, the university transports office administrator. Over hundred leaders and activists of PSA staged sit-in programme blocking the university main entrance road around 8:00am to press home their demands. Agitators also observed sit-in programme in front of the university administrative building for half an hour supporting the strike. Later, they brought out a protest procession on campus that joined at a short rally in front of the central library after parading the main streets of the campus. Addressing at rally, speakers alleged that the leaked questions were available on social media the night before the tests. Expressing solidarity, a number of teachers urged the government to retake the test with a set of fresh questions taking proper measures to prevent its leakage.
FARIDPUR: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 arrested a man with 507 pieces of yaba tablets, a cell phone from the Rothkhola area of the district last night. The arrested was identified as Jatin Mondol, 47.According to RAB sources, acting on secret information a team of RAB led by Additional Police Super Md Khaliduzzaman raided a house of the area and arrested Jatin Mondol with 507 pieces of yaba and one cell phone with SIM card from his possession.After interrogation Jatin confessed that he is a professional drug trader.RAB handed him over to Kotwali police for next legal steps, reports BSS.
HuT female member’ held in Jessore
Benapole: Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged female member of the banned Islamic outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from Jail Road area in Jessore town on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Tanjila Tamanna Asha,22, wife of Ibrahim Khalil, a resident of Durgapur village in Sadar upazila of Jessore. Officer-in-charge of Jessore DB police Maniruzzaman said tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a drive in the area and arrested Tanjila at night. Tanjila is a sister of Hizb ut-Tahrir regional commander Tanjib Ahmed alias Ashraful, who was arrested by detectives on September 21, 2015, the OC added, reports UNB.
One killed, 30 hurt as buses collide in Manikganj
Manikganj Correspondent
One person was killed and 30 others were injured when two passenger buses collided head-on near Jagir on Dhaka-Aricha highway this morning. The identity of the victim was not known immediately. The injured persons were admitted to Manikganj Sadar Hospital. Highway Police sources said the accident took place at about 10.30am when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of Surovi Paribahan collided head on with another Aricha-bound passenger bus of NNB Paribahan leaving one dead on the spot. Police suspected that the victim might be the helper of one of the bus. The body was sent to Manikganj Sadar hospital morgue for autopsy. A case was filed with Manikganj Police Station in this connection.
100 kg hemp recovered in Naogaon
NAOGAON : Detective Branch (DB) of police recovered 100 kilograms of hemp from a house at Archa village in Badalgachhi upazila on Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a raid on the house of drug peddler Mabud Ali in the area in the evening, said DB police inspector Mostafa Kamal. Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, Mabud Ali managed to flee the scene. Later, the law enforcers recovered 100 kilograms of hemp from his house.Superintendent of police Mojammel Haque PPM confirmed the matter. A case was filed in this connection, reports UNB.
Strike observed at RU demanding medical test again
RU Correspondent
Leaders and activists of Progressive Students Alliance, a platform of four left leaning student’s body of Rajshahi University on Wednesday observed day long strike on campus demanding medical test again . Classes were not held in most of the departments while examinations were out of the strike programme. No buses for students left the campus during the strike, said Prof Dr Mainul Haque, the university transports office administrator. Over hundred leaders and activists of PSA staged sit-in programme blocking the university main entrance road around 8:00am to press home their demands. Agitators also observed sit-in programme in front of the university administrative building for half an hour supporting the strike. Later, they brought out a protest procession on campus that joined at a short rally in front of the central library after parading the main streets of the campus. Addressing at rally, speakers alleged that the leaked questions were available on social media the night before the tests. Expressing solidarity, a number of teachers urged the government to retake the test with a set of fresh questions taking proper measures to prevent its leakage.