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Staff Reporter

A BRAC University student was arrested with two bottles of illegal liquors by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from the city's Banani area yesterday afternoon.

Sajjadur Rahman Reaz, son of Mesbahuddin of 773 North Kafrul of the city was arrested from Road No. 5 at Banani at about 1:15pm with the illegal liquors.

RAB sources said being suspicious, Mostafizur Rahman, a sub-inspector of RAB-1, challenged Reaz when he was going to his house through the Road No. 5 at Banani. After searching his university bag, the RAB sub-inspector recovered two bottles of foreign-made whisky.

Later, Reaz was arrested and taken to Gulshan Police Station where a case (No. 106) against him was filed.

Staff Reporter

Manzer Hussain, Bangladesh resident director of Indian Tata Group, has been appointed Director of Communications of the Tata Steel Group, said a press release issued by Adcomm, Tata appointed PR firm.

Manzer's appointment is part of global organisation being put in place to process the integration of Corus Plc into the Tata Steel Group.

He will continue to be the point person for the Tata Group's Bangladesh projects in addition to his new assignment. But he will relocate to London in early 2008 to take on his international responsibility, said the press release.

UNB, Dhaka

LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal Sunday said the incumbent caretaker government wants to hold upazila elections during its tenure.

He also hinted holding of upazila elections along with the parliamentary election.

Briefing newsmen at his secretariat office, Iqbal said: "The present caretaker government wants to complete the upazila elections as the previous elected governments didn't take any initiative to hold such elections despite having the opportunity."

Expressing his doubts about upazila election under the future elected government, he said: "If this government don't hold the upazilla elections, I don't think it will take place in future."

Responding to a query, the LGRD Adviser said there is no bar to holding the upazila elections and parliamentary election together.

"There is precedence of holding national and upazila elections the same day. The people of Bangladesh has the experience of casting their votes in two ballot papers at a time."

Iqbal said there are many laws for holding elections to City Corporation, district council, upazila parishad, pourashava and union parishad. The government is now thinking of formulating a new law by integrating the existing laws.

He informed that a conference of elected representatives of local bodies would be held at the National Parade Square in the city on January 5 aiming to strengthen the local government bodies.