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Former UP member killed
OUR CORRESPONDENT, Jamalpur
A former Union Parishad member short dead by unknown criminals in Islampur upazila of the district early yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Samed Ali, 55 son of late Saheb Ali, a resident of Jigatola village in Kulkandi union of the upazila.
Police said some unknown miscreants, wearing mask, shot Samed Ali to death at a grocery shop of Barul village of the upazila and fled away.
Police recovered the body and sent it to Jamalpur General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Officer-in-charge of Islampur Police Station Din-E-Alam said unknown miscreants shot him to death.
Police are trying to arrest the miscreants, he added.
Man found dead in Coxs Bazar
Coxs Bazar: Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Keruntali on Coxs Bazar-Teknaf highway in Teknaf upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB.
Being informed by locals, police recovered the body around 7am, said Abdul Majid, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station.
The law enforcers also recovered 2000 pieces of Yaba tablets and one pistol from near the body, the OC added.
Police suspected that a gunfight took place between two groups of Yaba traders in the dead of night that left one of them dead.
Sexagenarian man killed
Jamalpur: A sexagenarian man was killed by miscreants at Baburchar village in Islampur upazila early yesterday, reports UNB.
The victim was identified as Somed Ali, 60, a resident of Jhigatala village of the upazila. He was a former member of Kulkandi Union Parishad.
Officer-in-charge of Islampur Police Station Din-E-Alam said Somed might have been gunned down around 12:30am.
However, it is still not clear what prompted the miscreants to kill Somed, the OC added.
Role of RDRS Bangladesh lauded in changing rural life
NILPHAMARI: People of northern region would remember laudable role of RDRS Bangladesh in changing rural life through successes achieved in poverty alleviation, education, health, women empowerment, agriculture and other sectors during the post liberation period, reports BSS.
Speakers expressed the view at a post cake-cutting discussion followed by cultural function arranged in observance of the 45th founding anniversary of RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, at its district unit office here yesterday.
Deputy Commissioner of Nilphamari Md Zakir Hossain attended the occasion as the chief guest and inaugurated the celebrations through cutting a cake along with other invited guests.
Director (Development Programme) of RDRS Bangladesh Monjusree Saha and its Director (Microfinance) Humayun Khaled attended the function as special guests with its Programme Coordinator for Nilphamari unit KM Rashedul Arefeen in the chair.
Government officials, officials of RDRS Bangladesh, Swisscontact, Udaynkur Seba Sangstha, World Vision Bangladesh, civil society members, sociocultural and human rights activists, professionals, community leaders and local elite were present. Senior Programme Manager (Microfinance) for Nilphamari unit of RDRS Bangladesh Golam Mostafa narrated glorious performances of the NGO in improving livelihoods and
