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5 get life-term for killing

Moulvibazar, Mar 11: A court here Tuesday sentenced five people to life term imprisonment for killing a man at Murshidabadkura village in Barolekha upazila about five years back. The court also fined the lifers-Jamaluddin, Rahimuddin, Mazmai, Saleh Ahmed and Atiq-Tk 25,000 each, in default, to suffer two years more in jail. According to the prosecution, the convicts killed Abdur Rouf with sharp weapons at Murshidabadkura when he was returning home after attending Eid jamaat on November 26, 2003, reports UNB.

27 dams constructed

Bandarban, Mar 11: Construction of 27 dams in the three hill districts are on in full swing to bring the fallow lands under irrigation and expand fish cultivation. Bangladesh agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) under its second phase of CHT Integrated Agricultural Development Project is implementing the project with an involvement of Tk 5 crore. Of the total, 13 dams are being built in Bandarban, nine in Rangamati and five in Khagrachhari district. Upon completion of the scheme, an additional 1,000-mts of crops could be produced in Bandarban district alone. Besides, 400 families can make them self-reliant using its water and rearing ducks. In last fiscal, BADC constructed 30 dams in the district involving Tk 3.5 crore, reports UNB.

3 shops gutted

Kishoreganj, Mar 11: Three shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at a bazar in Mithamoin upazila Monday midnight. Police said the blaze originated from a burning mosquito coil at about 12:15am in a shoe-shop in the market and soon engulfed two other adjacent shops. Valuables of a mosque were also damaged by the fire. Local people, hearing the hue and cry of the shop staff, rushed in and managed to put out the blaze after two hours of frantic efforts. The affected shop-owners claimed valuables worth about Tk 10 lakh were destroyed by the fire, reports UNB.

Fine realised

Kishoreganj, Mar 11: As a part of the countrywide anti adulteration drive 30 business establishments were fined Tk 1.80 lakh at Bhairab Bazar here on Monday for selling adulterated food, cheating in weight and various irregularities. A joint team of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) and district administration, led by 1st Class Magistrate Md Ruhul Amin raided clinics, restaurants, stationery shops, confectioneries, bakery shops and rice depots and realized the fine. They also filed cases against those business establishments. Magistrate Ruhul Amin said the anti adulteration drive will continue in the area, reports UNB.

Four held with ganja

Comilla, Mar 11: Police and RAB, in separate drives, held four people along with 25 Kg of hemp from different areas in the district on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, RAB intercepted an auto-rickshaw at Tiprapara area in Burichang upazila at about 7:30am. They recovered 15 Kg of hemp from the possession of passengers Selim, 37, and Alamgir, 35. In another raid, a patrol team of RAB arrested Hafizulla, of Gangabari of Brahmanbaria, while roaming at Dharmapur area in the town in the afternoon. The elite force, later, recovered 8 Kg of ganja from his bag, reports UNB.

Two held with porno CDs

Sylhet, Mar 11: RAB members seized 2,000 porno CDs from some shops at the Ana Mansion in Taltala area of the city and arrested two traders on Monday. The arrested were-Bakul, 22, and Muhibur Rahman, 24. Acing on a tip-off, RAB members raided Sumi Video World, Sumi CD Centre ,SA Movie World and Balaka Audio Complex and seized the porno CDs. A case was filed in this connection, reports UNB