Two shot in Rangamati

Our Correspondent, Rangamati

Two people were shot by unidentified criminals at a village in Jurachhari Sadar upazila early yesterday. The victims are Prashanta Chakma, 45, and Haysinna Ranjan Chakma, 35. Prashanta is an active member of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), sources said. A gang of criminals came to the village at around 4:00am, stormed into the houses of the two and fired at them. The injured were admitted to Jurachhari Upazila Health Complex.

Housewife killed in Bogra

UNB, Bogra

A housewife was killed by unknown assailants at Dholahar village in Kahalu upazila on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Nargis Begum, 30, wife ofYasin Ali, a labourer of a brickkiln. Police quoted local people as saying that Yasin went to work at the brick kiln at Tarola in Dupachanchia upazila on TUesday night. He was informed on Wednesday morning that miscreants strangled his wife Nargis and left the body in a field near his house. Police on information, rushed to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy. Police detained Yasin for interrogation.

PIB workshop at B’Baria

Our Correspondent, Bbaria

A four-day long workshop on journalism organised by Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) began at Brahmanbaria Pourasabha Mahbubul Huda Auditorium on Wednesday. Habibur Rahman Milon, chairman of PIB managing board, was the chief guest at the inaugural session. The workshop was moderated by Rafiza Rahman, senior trainer of PIB. Forty journalists from different national dailies, electronic media and local dailies and weeklies participated in the workshop.

35 sued for looting shops

Our Correspondent, Netrakona

Thirty-five people were sued on Tuesday on charge of looting and damaging 11 business establishments at Dugia Bazaar under Sadar upazila. Humayun Kabir, a trader of the bazaar filed the case with Netrakona senior judicial magistrate's court. In the case, the complainant said, on Sunday night the accused mentioned in the case came to the bazaar with sharp and lethal weapons and looted valuables, cash money from 11 business establishments. They also damaged those establishments.