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Husband gets death penalty

JHENIDAH, Mar 1: A court here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife for dowry five years ago. The condemned convict was identified Abdul Aziz Mistri of Dora village in Kotchandpur upazila of the district. According to the prosecution, Aziz married Lipi Khatun, daughter of Ishaq Ali of the same village, and took Tk 7,000 as dowry from her father. Some days after the marriage, Lipi's father gave Aziz more money, as he started torturing her for the same. On August 30, 2003, Aziz again pressed Lipi for more dowry money and on her refusal he beat her mercilessly and at one stage hit her on the head with a trick, leaving her senseless. Later, Lipi died on way to local hospital. After the incident, Aziz went into hiding. A case was filed, reports UNB.

BNP leader gets 10-yr RI

CHANDPUR, Mar 1: A local BNP leader was Tuesday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a district court in an extortion case. The convict was identified as Abdul Jalil Sarder, 40, secretary of BNP Haimchar Upazila unit. According to the prosecution, Jalil Sarder demanded a toll of Tk 40,000 from the authority of Haimchar Adarsha Shishu Niketan on May 2006 after Chandpur Zila Parisad sanctioned a grant of Tk 75,000 for the school's repairing and renovation works. Later, the founder of the school and chief of the school development committee Mazharul Islam handed over a cheque of Tk 40,000 to Jalil Sarder on June 18, 2006, reports UNB.

Valuables looted

GOALANDA (Rajbari), Mar 1: Armed dacoits looted cash and valuables from a scrap businessman's house at Doulatdia area here on Sunday night. Police said a gang of bandits numbering 8/10 stormed into the rented house of scrap businessman Abul Hashem at about 8pm and looted cash Tk 1.10 lakh, gold ornaments and other valuables at gunpoint. The robbers at one stage beat Abul Hashem when he tried to resist them leaving him seriously injured and fled away with the booty. The victim was admitted to Goalanda Hospital. A case was filed with the local police station. Police arrested one Shahid in connection with the robbery, reports UNB.

3 held with firearm in Comilla

COMILLA, Mar 1: Elite force RAB arrested three people along with a firearm from a hotel at Padua Bazar in Sadar South upazila Monday night. Acting on a tip off, a team of RAB-11 raided the Sunmoon residential hotel at about 9pm and arrested Shamsul Islam Monir, 25, Mosharraf Hossain, 25 and Shahdat Hossain Shaon, 24, along with a revolver. A case was filed against them under Arms Act, reports UNB.

Voter registration starts

CHUADANGA, Mar 1: Voter registration began in Alamdanga upazila of the district on Monday. A total of 770 information collectors, 173 supervisors and 16 assistant returning officers have been appointed for the purpose. Alamdanga Upazila of the district consists of one pourashava and 13 unions. Voter registration in Alamdanga Upazila is expected to be completed within 15 days, reports BSS.

Warm clothes distributed

GAIBANDHA, Mar 1: The joint forces distributed huge quantities of warm clothes among the cold affected poor people in all the seven upazilas aimed at mitigating the sufferings of the people. Sources said, a total of 29,602 pieces of warm clothes were distributed among the cold victims of different places including char areas of the district, reports BSS.