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NEWS in brief
39 opposition activists held in Ctg
Staff Correspondent, ctg
Law enforcers arrested 39 opposition activists in Chittagong Wednesday night and yesterday in connection with recent political violence.
Of them, the joint force held 17 Jamaat-Shibir activists in Satkania, Banshkhali and Lohagara upazilas between Wednesday night and yesterday morning, said police.
Eighteen BNP and Jamaat-Shibir men were detained in Sitakunda.
Three BNP activists and a Shibir man were held by Pahartali and Halishahar police respectively in the city 43 more hand bombs recovered fromMohammadpur
Staff Correspondent
Rapid Action Battalion yesterday recovered 43 more hand bombs and bomb making materials from Geneva Camp area in the capital's Mohammadpur.
On information, a Rab-2 team found those abandoned inside a dustbin at block no-F around 11:30am, said Rab-2 Commanding Officer KM Azad.
Earlier, Rab-2 recovered 135 hand bombs from the camp in two separate drives on December 20 and 21 last year.
None was arrested in yesterday's drive, said the Rab official.
US embassy closed on January 5
Staff Correspondent
The consular section of the US Embassy in Dhaka, the American Center with the Archer K Blood American Center Library and the EducationUSA Student Advising Center will be closed on Sunday on the occasion of the 10th parliamentary election.
Emergency services for American citizens will be available at 885-5500, said a press release.
Five youths arrested with weapons in Gazipur
Our Correspondent, Gazipur
Police arrested five youths with weapons in Vadun College Gate area in Gazipur city early yesterday.
The arrestees are Shipul of Patuakhali, Hasan Khan and Romel Sarder of Barisal, and Jahidul Islam and Abdus Sobahan of Bogra.
Acting on a tip-off, a Joydevpur police team arrested them and seized a foreign pistol, two machetes, two knives and a pick-up van (Dhaka-Metro- 16-5357) from their possession. A case was filed.
Man diesastrain hits him
Staff Correspondent
A soldier of Bangladesh Army was killed when a Kamala-bound train hit him at Banani level crossing in the capital on Wednesday night.
Abdul Mannan, 32, of Manikganj, died on the spot.
Mannan was talking on the cell phone and crossing the rail tracks when the incident occurred around 10:00pm, said Dhaka Railway police.
The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue yesterday for an autopsy.