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Man's tongue cut, eyes gouged out in capital
Staff Correspondent
A man was viciously attacked in Bagan Bari area of the capital yesterday.
A group of miscreants attacked Mohammed Sohel, 22, an alleged police informant. They cut out Sohel's tongue and gouged out his eyes.
Sohel was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.
Sohel’s neighbours claimed a drug-peddling ring attacked Sohel as he had previously given information about them to police.
However, Officer-in-Charge of Kadamtoli Police Station Shafiqul Islam said Sohel was not an infor-
3 held with firearm in capital
Staff Correspondent
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested three people with a small firearm from Bosila in the capital's Mohammadpur area on Wednesday night.
The arrestees are Sahidul Alam alias Sujon, 25, Md Kabir Hossain, 25, and Rehsan Ali, 40.
Saiful Islam, senior assistant commissioner of DB, said acting on a tip-off a team of DB challenged four to five people when they gathered for trading the gun at a tea stall around 11:00pm.
In a primary interrogation, the arrestees told that Sujon made a contract with Rehsan to buy the fire-
Dhaka condoles victims of fire
in Pakistan
Diplomatic Correspondent
Dhaka has expressed deep sorrow and shock at the twin tragic incidents of fire at a garment factory in Karachi and a shoe factory in Lahore on Tuesday, which resulted in loss of lives and property.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni sent a letter of condolence to her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar where Dipu, on behalf of the Bangladeshi people and government, conveyed deep sympathy for people affected by the incidents, which occurred almost simultaneously.
“We pray that the Almighty may grant the deceased eternal peace and their families the strength to bear the loss of their near and dear ones
Education seminar begins
atULAB today
Metro Desk
A two-day international seminar on "Innovations in Education and ELT" will begin today at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) in the capital.
The Department of English of the ULAB, Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) and Teachers Helping Teachers (THT), an international teacher training group consisting of ELT experts from USA and Japan, will jointly organise the programme to provide hands-on training to English teachers at schools, colleges and universities.
Prof Rafiqul Islam, professor emeritus of ULAB, will attend the inaugural session as chief guest at 10:00am.