3 JMB men on 18-day remand over priest murder

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 Dhaka: A court in Panchagarh placed three members of Jama'at-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) each on 18-day remand in the case of killing a priest in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district.

Senior judicial magistrate Marjia Khatun of Debiganj Amoli Adalat passed the order on Saturday (February 27) after hearing the remand petition.

Court sources said investigating officer of the cases and Debiganj thana officer-in-charge (OC) Aiyub Ali sought 20-day remand for each in two cases.

After hearing the petitions, the court granted 10-day remand each for the trio in murder case and 8-day each for explosives case.

During the time, Public Prosecutor Aminur Rahman was present in the court.

Remanded accused are Hares (32) of Sundardighi union, Ramjan Ali (20) of Dandapaal union and Alamgir Hossain (30) of sadar union of Debiganj upazila.

They all are member of banned outfit Jama'at-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), said police.

On February 26, police, in a drive, detained the three accused, including mastermind of the killing of a priest in Debiganj upazila.

During the drive, the lawmen seized two pistols, three magazines, one grenade, two cocktails, five round bullets and three knives.

On Monday (February 22), three people were detained for their alleged link to the killing. They are JMB members Khalilur Rahman (55) and Babul Hossaon (35) and Islami Chhatra Shibir activist Jahangir Alam (35).

Later, they each were placed on 15-day remand in the murder case.

Following the information given by the trio during remand, a team of police conducted the drive and detained mastermind of the killing mission and two others.

On February 21, miscreants slit the throat of head priest the Santo Gauria temple Jogeswar Dasadhikari, with sharp weapons.

Source: Banglanews

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1-lakh yaba seized in Teknaf

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Dhaka: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 100,000 yaba tablets from Hoabrang border in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.

The recovery of big consignment of yaba was found in the bordering area around 11:00pm on Friday.

However, no smuggler was detained as they managed to flee the spot, said BGB-2 commander lieutenant colonel M Abu Jar Al Zahid.

The seized contraband will be destroyed later, he added.

Source: Banglanews

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Jhenaidah upazila Jamaat ameer arrested

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Dhaka: Police on Saturday (February 27) arrested Matiur Rahman (50), ameer of Jhenaidah upazila unit Jamaat-e-Islami in the Jhenaidah district.

He was arrested from his house in Surot village of the upazila this morning.

Jhenaidah Sadar Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Hasan Hafizur Rahman told banglanews that the Jamaat leader is accused in five cases over creating violence in the district.

‘He was fugitive for a long.’

‘On information, police conduct a drive and arrested Matiur Rahman,’ the OC added.

Source: Banglanews

 

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Juba League leader found dead

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Dhaka: A leader of Juba League, youth wing of ruling Awami League, was found dead at Brahmandi Nishipur village of Gangni upazila of Meherpur on Saturday.

The deceased was Shukur Ali, 50, publicity secretary of Nishipur ward Juba League.

Locals recovered the body of Shukur from a pond of the village around 7:00am.

The body bore injury marks in head and neck, said Gangni thana officer-in-charge (OC) Akram Hossain told banglanews that on information, police force has been sent to the spot.

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Pro-AL panel sweeps Dhaka Bar polls

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DHAKA: The ruling Awami League-backed lawyers panel swept the election to Dhaka Bar Association bagging 21 of the 27 posts including president and secretary.

Chief Election Commissioner Mohammad Shah Alam Khan declared the unofficial results at 6:00am on Saturday.

According to unofficial results, AL-backed white panel candidate M Saidur Rahman Manik was elected as president of Dhaka Bar Association and M Ayubur Rahman has been elected as general secretary.

AL-backed panel secured nine secretarial posts out of 12 while bagged 12 posts in executive council out of 15.

On the other hand, BNP-backed panel won three posts in secretarial body while bagged three posts in executive council in the election.

This year's winning candidates of the white panel are: Abu Bakar Forhad (vice president), Abdus Salam Khan (senior assistant general secretary) M Shahdat Hosian Bhuiyan (assistant general secretary) Ali Ahmed (Library Secretary), Lucky Akter Flora (cultural affairs secretary), Abdul Hye Mamun (office secretary) and M Baharul Alam Bahar (Sports affair secretary).

In the secretarial posts, winning candidates from blue panel are: Afroja Begum Sheli (senior assistant general secretary), Abu Bakkar Siddique (treasurer) and M Shfiqul Islam (Social welfare Secretary).

The two-day voting in Dhaka Bar Association election 2016-17 ended at lawyers’ association auditorium of Dhaka Bar in the capital on Thursday  afternoon (February 25).

Earlier, a list of 15,372 legal voters for Supreme Court Bar Association election was declared to elect their 27 representatives from 65 candidates. 

Source: Banglanews

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