Source : The Daily Star
13 injured in clash
At least 13 people, including two women, were injured as two rival groups clashed over satellite dish business at Tengrakhali village in Kachua upazila on Friday. Police and locals said there was a longstanding conflict between two satellite dish traders -Mahfuz Sheikh and Shohag Sikder over establishing supremacy in the area. They said Mahfuz and Shohag locked in an altercation over a trifling matter in the evening. At one stage both the groups equipped with sharp weapons and sticks attacked each other, leaving at least 13 people injured from both sides.
Abducted girl rescued
Police rescued an eight-year-old girl from Amtala area of Manikchhari upazila on Saturday night within 15 hours of her abduction from Comilla.
Victim Kaniz Subarna is a class one student of Comilla Ispahani School and College and daughter of Jahangir Alam of Bishwa Road area of town.
The two arrestees are Md Elias, 32, son of Shamsul Haque of Debidwar area and Samir Sarkar, 30, son of Ajit Sarkar of Companiganj area of Comilla district.
Officer-in-charge of Manikchhari police station Nasim Uddin said, a team led by sub-inspector Al-Amin rescued Kaniz and arrested two abductors with cash Tk97,500.
Jahangir Alam said the arrestees contacted him over mobile phone and asked him to come to Amtala area with Tk 1 lakh as ransom.
According to Kaniz, she was abducted when her father left her near School area at about 07:00pm on Saturday.
Source : The Daily Star
Timber seized in Khagrachhari
Security forces recovered illegal timber worth over Tk 3 lakh from Thalibari area of Ramgarh upazila on Saturday night. Commanding Officer of Sindukchhari Army Zone Ashrafuzzaman Siddique said, acting on a tip-off, a patrol team raided Thalibari area and recovered the timber at about 08:00pm. The recovered timber was later handed over to Zaliapara forest ranger office. Sensing presence of army, the smugglers fled away, he added.
Source : The Daily Star
Obituary: Mashier Rahman
Mohammad Mashier Rahman, director of Power Development Board, passed away at a city hospital on Saturday at the age of 56, says a press release.
He left behind his wife and two daughters.
He was buried at Section No-10 of Mirpur graveyard after namaz-e-janaza after Maghrib prayers at Tayieba Mosque.
PDB Chairman A S M Alamgir Kabir condoled his death.
Source : The Daily Star
DU student held for proxy exam
Police arrested a Dhaka University student on Saturday night on charges of giving proxy to his friend in MBA admission test held on June 17.
Mohammad Shahid-uzzman Suman, 26, a Masters' student of Pharmacy department, was arrested from the campus following a case filed on Friday with Shabag Police Station by Dhaka University security officer SM Kamrul Ahasan.
Institute of Business Administration (IBA) admission committee came to know the incident when it found evidence of tempering on answer sheets of the accused during viva voce held on July 9, said sources.
According to the case statement, Suman not only sat for the exam illegally but he also used the mark-sheets and other documents of Mohammad Shoriful Alam Tanvir and also used forged photograph.
Suman sat for the exam for Farah Shahrin, 24, reads the case statement.
Later the committee with the help of DU proctorial body called Suman and found dissimilarities between the photos and the individual Tanvir.
DU proctor KM Saiful Islam told The Daily Star that the authority has suspended the result of both the accused--Suman and Shahrin.
Source : The Daily Star
Death anniversary
Today is the sixth death anniversary of Begum Khurshid Chowdhury, wife of former president late Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury and youngest daughter of late Abu Nasiruddin, a senior official of Bengal Civil Service, says a press release.
On the occasion, qurankhwani and milad mahfil will be held at Nagbari Jame Mosque in Tangail.
Relatives and well-wishers are requested to attend the programmes and pray for salvation of the departed soul.
Source : The Daily Star
Accused to be handed over to UK today
The government today is likely to hand over to the UK a British citizen of Bangladesh origin who has been accused in a murder case in London.
Joint Secretary (political) Kamal Uddin Ahmed of home ministry said a team of London Metropolitan Police in presence of a representative of British High Commission in Bangladesh will receive the accused, Mohiuddin Bablu, at the gate of Dhaka Central Jail.
Bangladesh police will escort Mohiuddin to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to send him to London where he committed a murder in 1996.
He fled to his home district Sylhet in 1997.
A home ministry source said Mohiuddin was arrested in Bangladesh in an arms case. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment and the jail term ended in 2008.
But he was not released as the British government requested for his handover.
"We will hand him over to the UK under the extradition law of the land," Kamal Uddin said.
The deputy inspector general of Dhaka Central Jail said they have made preparation for releasing Mohiuddin.
Source : The Daily Star
Diplomats of US, UK visit Farroque
The US and UK diplomats in Dhaka visited injured Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque at a hospital in the city yesterday.
UK High Commissioner in Dhaka Stephen Evans went to see Farroque around 2:00pm and inquired about his health condition and treatment.
Political and Economic Counselor of US Embassy in Dhaka Jon Danilowicz made the visit at 2:30pm.
During the visit, he spent for some time and inquired about the health condition of Farroque.
Farroque's daughter Tamanna Farroque told the news agency that the US political counselor said the attack on the opposition chief whip has hurt them and termed it as a political issue.
Opposition Chief Whip Farroque was 'brutally' assaulted by police in the city on July 6 during the first day of 48-hour non-stop countrywide hartal.
BNP chairperson's adviser Dr AZM Zahid Hossain and wife of Farroque were present during the visit of two diplomats.
Source : The Daily Star
Obituary: Prof Dabiruddin
Prof A H Dabiruddin Ahamed, former head of the Political Science department of Thakurgaon Govt College, passed away at his residence at Sathkhamer village of Atwary upazila in Panchagarh on Saturday due to cancer at the age of 70.
He left behind his wife, two sons and three daughters.
He was buried at his family graveyard at Ulipukuri village of Boda upazila in Panchagarh.
Source : The Daily Star
Ashraful Alam
Ashraful Alam, a former upazila parishad chairman of Gangni under Meherpur district, is suffering from blood cancer and appeals to generous people for financial assistance for his treatment.
He is now undergoing treatment at a cancer hospital in India.
Doctors said Tk 50 lakh is needed for his treatment, which is not possible for his family to manage.
Contributions can be sent to Ashraful Alam, Current Account #390, Bangladesh Krishi Bank, Gangni Branch, Meherpur or on contact over cellphone #01716160258.
Source : The Daily Star
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