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Transport workers block road
Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon
Transport workers blocked roads for two hours on different routes in the town yesterday causing immense sufferings to the commuters of different routes. Sources said, on the day at about 12:15 pm, bus driver Nazmul beat up three wheeler driver Dulal after an altercation over giving side to vehicle on Thakurgaon-Gorea road near Gorea Bus Stand in Sadar upazila. As the three-wheeler drivers gathered in Thakurgaon bus stand area, demanding punishment to the bus driver, the transport workers immediately blocked Thakurgaon-Panchagarh road at bus stand and Thakurgaon-Bliadangi road at Art-gallery intersection keeping buses haphazardly on the roads. After two hours they withdrew the blockade when police gave them assurance to investigate the matter.
26 illegal travellers held
Our Correspondent, cox's Bazar
Members of Coastguard arrested 26 Bangladeshi nationals from Teknaf bus stand area yesterday while they were trying to go to Malaysia illegally. They also held three brokers-Sona Ali, 45, Abdur Rahman, 32, and Md Jahed, 32. Lt Dewan Rafiqul Awal, station commander of Teknaf Coastguard, said acting on a tip-off, they raided the area around 5:00pm and arrested them. The arrestees hailed from Jessore, Chuadanga, Natore, Meherpur, Kurigram, Sirajganj and Narayanganj districts. The arrestees were later handed over to Teknaf police station, said Rafiqul.
Scuffle on BAU campus
BAU Correspondent
A pro-BNP teacher of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) scuffled with a Chhatra League leader on the campus over a trivial matter yesterday. The clash took place at 12:30pm when a motorbike carrying Aminul Islam Selim, vice president ofMymensingh town unit BCL, hit Prof Abul Hashem, general secretary of BNP backed 'Sonali Dal' of BAU, while he along with some other teachers was standing in front of the university administration building. At this, Dr Abul Kalam Azad, also a pro-BNP teacher, and Selim engaged in an altercation over the incident. At one stage of altercation, Azad slapped the BCL leader, said university sources. Refuting the incident of slapping, Azad said he only tried to save the teachers from Selim, an outsider.
AL leader hurt in attack
UNB, Satkhira
A local AL leader was injured in an attack allegedly by Jamaat-Shibir men at Khetrapara in Kolaroa upazila on Wednesday night. The injured is Shafiqul Islam Mali, president of AL Joynagar union unit and former chairman of Joynagar union. Shah Dara Khan, officer in-charge of Kolaroa police station, said a group of Jamaat-Shibir men swooped on Mali and stabbed him with sharp weapons in the area while he was returning home from Saraskati Bazar at 10:30pm. Mali was admitted to Kolaroa Upazila Health Complex in critical condition.
Pabna criminal jailed
Our Correspondent, Palma
A court here yesterday sentenced a local criminal to life imprisonment in an arms case. The convict is Md Abdur Razzak, of Kashinathpur village in Santhia upazila. Additional district judge Munshi Md Moshiur Rahman pronounced the verdict. According to the prosecution, Rab arrested Razzak along with a shutter gun and five bullets at Nurdah village in Ataikula upazila on October 6, 2009. A case was filed with Ataikula police station in this connection. Sub-inspector Md Mamunur Rashid later submitted a charge sheet accusing Razzak in the arms case. Razzak is also accused in three murder cases, said court sources.
Smuggled clothes seized
Our Correspondent, Benapole, lessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a huge quantity of Indian smuggled clothes worth Tk75 lakh from Sadipur border in Benapole of Jessore early Tuesday. Being tipped off, a team of the border guards conducted a drive on the border in the early hours and seized 25 bales of smuggled Indian cloths, said Abdul Mannan, camp commander of 26 BGB Battalion. However, the smugglers fled the scene sensing the presence of the BGB members. The market price of the seized cloths would be Tk75 lakh, said the commander.