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NEWS in brief
Nur Hossain loses gun licences
LlNB, Narayanganj
The district administration has cancelled the licences of 11 firearms of fugitive Narayanganj City Corporation Councillor Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the abduction and murder of seven people including his alleged rival Nazrul Islam, a panel mayor of the NCC.
Deputy Commissioner Anisur Rahman Miah cancelled the licences on Monday, asking police to immediately seize the firearms.
The firearms are being used by Nur's associates, said sources.
8kg of smuggled gold seized at Dhaka airport
Staff Correspondent
The customs intelligence seized eight kilograms of smuggled gold from a passenger, who emptied a total of 72 bars into a bathroom seeing security men around at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital last evening.
The detained man, Mozahar Uddin, 36, was coming back from Dubai by Emirates Airlines, and officials had information about the smuggling, said Mustafizur Rahman, deputy director of the customs intelligence. The value of the gold was estimated atTk 3.7 crore.
Husband kills wife in capital
Staff correspondent
A woman was killed as her husband hit her on the head with a brick in the capital's Khilgaon yesterday.
Parvin left her husband Manik 20 days ago, and has been living in Meradia area, said Sub-inspector Salauddin of Khilgaon Police Station.
On the fateful day, Manik came to her residence around 6:00pm to persuade her to go back home.
As she refused, her husband hit her on the head with a brick, the ASI quoted Manik as saying.
US state dept official due today
Diplomatic Correspondent
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Fatema Z Sumar arrives in the capital today on a two-day visit.
She will meet government and business leaders to discuss Bangladesh's role in trade, com-
merce, and regional connectivity, said a US embassy press release yesterday.
Fatema joined the State Department in August 2013 from the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee where she served as a senior professional staff member.
Election to N'ganj's Bandar upazila postponed for 3 months
Staff Correspondent
The Election Commission (EC) has postponed election to Bandar upazila of Narayanganj for three months due to complexity over boundary demarcation.
The decision came following a High Court directive yesterday, EC officials told The Daily Star.
Earlier on April 23, the commission postponed elections to Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali for the same reason.
The EC on April 16 announced that elections to 14 upazilas, including Bandar and Rangabali, would be held on May 19. Now, elections to 14 upazilas would be held on the day.
28 activists of BNP, affiliated organisations sent to jail
Our Correspondent, Gazipur
A Gazipur court yesterday sent 28 activists of the BNP and its front organisations to jail after they surrendered before it in a case filed for vandalism and arson during a blockade last year.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Nirmolendu Dash passed the order after the 28 prayed to the court for bail.
Police filed a case on October 19 last year accusing over 50 people of vandalising a pickup van and setting fire to it in Gazipur's Paura area during a blockade of the then main opposition BNP.
2-day customer service fair of Tata Motors ends in Rangpur
Our Correspondent, Rangpur
A two-day customer service fair of Tata Motors Limited ended in Rangpur on Sunday night.
Nitol Motors Limited, the sole distributor of Tata Motors Limited in Bangladesh, organised the fair at its Rangpur office on RK Road.
Mayor of Rangpur Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu inaugurated the fair as the chief guest.
Saleh Ahmed Faruki, director (operating division) of Nitol Motors Limited; Mostafa Sohrab Chowdhury Titu, president of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Md Abdul Majed, chief business officer (operating division) of Nitol Motors Limited, and local elites, among others, were present.