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NEWS in brief
CMP traffic week: 11,712 cases filed
Staff Correspondent
A total of 11,712 cases were filed and 945 vehicles were seized in 10 days of the extended traffic week in Chittagong city that ended on Tuesday, police said yesterday.
According to an email from the traffic division of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), more than Tk 35 lakh in fines were realised during the special drive.
Against the backdrop of recent student protests demanding safe roads, the traffic week was launched following a dirctive of Bangladesh Police Headquarters.
The drive, which was supposed to end on August 11, was later extended by three days.
Police constable among three held with yaba
Our Correspondent, Khulna
Three persons including a police constable were held with yaba pills in their possession from a hotel in Khulna city on Tuesday, law enforcers said.
The arrestees were identified as Constable Pritom Roy, posted in Khulna Police Lines, and his cohorts Sumon Mondal, and Shawon Roy.
On information, a team of police entered the Mid Night Residential Hotel and arrested the trio from a room and recovered nine yaba pills, Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Khulna Sadar Police Station said.
A case has been filed against them, the OC added.
Ashraful Islam passes away
Staff Correspondent
Md Ashraful Islam, a senior customs official, died of cardiac arrest at Ayesha Memorial Hospital in Dhaka, said a press release. He was 41.
He joined the customs department through 22nd BCS and had been serving as a director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
National Board of Revenue Chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, BCS (Customs & VAT) Association President Khondaker Muhammad Aminur Rahman, its Secretary General Md Shahidul Islam expressed deep shock at his untimely demise, said an NBR press statement.
Anwara Begum passes away
Staff Correspondent
Anwara Begum, mother of Prothom Alo's Chittagong Bureau staff reporter Gazi Firoj Shibli, died at a private hospital in the port city yesterday, aged 75, said a press release.
She was suffering from various age-related complications. Anwara was buried at her family graveyard in Hathazari upazila after a namaz-e-janaza.
Members of Chittagong Press Club and Chittagong Union of Journalists expressed condolences to the bereaved family members.