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SNAPS AND SNIPPETS
BNP leader held with gun
our Correspondent, Bandarban
Security forces yesterday arrested Meheraj Uddin Mintu, former general secretary of BNP Lama municipality committee, with a local-made gun.' A special team of Bangladesh army caught the BNP leader from his residence at Chairmanpara village early yesterday. After police produced Mintu before the Lama Judicial Magistrate's Court at noon, the court rejected his bail prayer and order sending him to jail. Meanwhile, local people brought out a procession in protest against the arrest.
Octopus found in pond!
Our Correspondent, Barisal
Believe it or not. a large number of octopuses were found in a pond in Barisal town yesterday. But they all died as the owner of the pond threw poison into the pond. Jhontu Miah leased a big pond from the Public Works Department near Raja Bahadur Road for fish farming. As Jhontu threw poison into the pond on Monday to catch fish 'easily', the dead octopuses started fioating the next day. This correspondent visited the spot and saw 9 big octopuses and more than 100 small octopuses each weighing about 100 to 200 grams.
2 indigenous girls drown
Our Correspondent, Khagrachhari
Two indigenous children drowned in Kachalong River near Baibachhara village under Bagaichhari upazila in Rangamati district yesterday. Bipula Chakma, 7, daughter of Jatila Chakma, and Milisha Chakma, 7, daughter of Monjila Chakma, both from Baibachhara village, were washed away while taking bath in Kachalong River, Bagaichhari police said. Later locals recovered their bodies.
Outlaws kill Jamaat leader
Our Correspondent, sirajganj
Extremists of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) murdered a local leader of Jamaat-e-lslami Bangladesh in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district on Tuesday night. Saiful Islam, 55, of Aligram village was president of Baro Pangashi union unit of Jamaat. Police and the victim’s family members said the extremists waylaid Saiful and slit his throat with sharp weapon when he was returning home from his chamber at Goyhatta Bazaar at around 9:00pm.
Missing girl found dead
Our Correspondent, Barisal
The body of a girl, who had been missing since Saturday last, was found in a septic tank adjacent to their house yesterday. Rabeka Akter Nupur, 18, was daughter of Altaf Hossian of Kazipara-Zia Sarak in Barisal City. Police recovered the body and sent it to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.