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Youth found dead in Pabna
UNB, Pabna
A young man was found dead at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Sohel Mia, 23, son of Helal Hossain of Madhupur area.
Local people spotted the body of Sohel on Madrasah road in the morning and informed police who recovered the body and sent it to Pabna General Hospital morgue, said Maniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Ataikula Police Station.
The body bore several injury marks, including in its neck. Police suspected that miscreants might have strangled him to death and dumped the body here, said OC.
Two arms traders arrested
UNB, Chapainawabganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected arms traders from Sonamasjid Jalshukarbil in Shibganj upazila on Thursday.
The arrestees were identified as Nazrul Islam Ataur, 40, son of Dukhu Mia of the upazila and Alamgir Molla, 30, son of Mansur Molla of Boalmari upazila in Faridpur district.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-5 conducted a drive in the area around 6:30 pm and arrested them along with one foreign made pistol, two magazines, four bullets and Tk 37,417 in cash, said a press release of Rab-5.
Later, they were handed over to Shibganj Police Station.
The arrestees had long been involved in arms trading, said Rab officials.
38 arrested in Habiganj
BSS, Habiganj
Police arrested 38 persons including 32 wanted accused and six accused in regular cases from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 9am yesterday morning.
Detective Branch (DB) of police sources said, they were picked up from different areas of the district on different charges.
Several cases, including charges of subversive activities, are pending with different police stations against the arrested persons, the sources added.
The arrested were sent to jail.
Boats make char students school journey easy
BSS, Jamalpur
The students of char areas of the district, who have to cross mighty Jamuna River for attending their schools, are now very happy after getting two boats from the government to pass through the river.
The Local Government Division (LGD) under its LGSP-3 project financed for making the boats for the char students of Patharshi union and Kulkandi union in Islampur upazila.
According to LGD officials, Tk eight lakh was allocated for making two boats for the remote char students of the two unions.
In absence of high school in the char areas, locals said, students must go to the schools located in Parishad areas for their study. But, in the past, the students of char areas had to suffer a lot while crossing the Jamuna River for lack of boats. Realising the problem, local union parishads made two boats spending Tk eight lakh with financial support from LGSP-3.
Chairman of Patharshi union parishad Iftekhar Alam said the Jamuna River has separated some villages of the unions. Observing that post-primary students faced problems to cross the river, he said after introduction of the boats, students can now cross the river easily and they need not to pay money.
Poor families get calves in Rajshahi
BSS, Rajshahi
Some 320 poor and distressed families received calves free of cost in Paba upazila area in Rajshahi district.
Area Development Program (ADP) at Paba under World Vision Bangladesh distributed the calves as grant at its office premises yesterday with the main thrust of improving living and livelihood condition of the marginalized families.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Zahid Newaj and District Livestock Officer Dr Zulfikar Akhter Hossain attended and addressed the programme as the chief and special guests respectively with World Vision APC Manager Liton Mondal in the chair.
Upazila Livestock Officer Dr Khandaker Sagar Ahmed, World Vision Regional Technical Coordinator Ashraful Islam, APC Technical Expert Iftekhar Ahmed, Programme Manager Lorance Mondal and Programme Officer Ratan Kumar Bhowmik also spoke.
