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Mass awareness to build corruption free society underscored

Our correspondent Gaibandha

District corruption prevention committee (DCPC) has taken up elaborate programmes to make the much awareness among the people against corruption in the district.

The programmes include discussion meeting, holding of rallies, poster pasting and leaflet distribution, sources said.

As a part of the on-going programmes and opinion exchange meeting against corruption organised by DCPC was held of the conference room of Gaibandha Govt. College here on March 30.

Police Super Mollah Nazrul Islam addressed the meeting as chief guest and principal of the college Professor Ahsa Habib was the special guest.

Presided over by Prof M. Mofazzal Hossain convenor of DCPC, the meeting was also addressed, among others, by Prof Moklasur Rahman, M. Abdus Sobhan, Abdul Latif Hakkani and Dr. E.K. Shafique.

The speakers at the meeting explained the adverse impacts of corruption on an individual's life and on the country as a whole. So they stressed the need for building corruption free country by creating much a awareness among the people.

In the meeting the students and the teacher of the college gave their commitments not to involve with the corruption activities in the future.

Later, a big rally was brought out from the college campus and paraded the main roads of the town. More than 500 students including teachers-Participated in the rally bearing play cards, banners, festoons inscribed with anti corruption slogans. The rally has created much awareness among the people of the town.

88 alleged criminals held on various charges in Rangpur

BSS, Rangpur

Police arrested a total of 88 persons, including suspected criminals, from different places throughout the district in separate drives conducted in the area recently.

The arrested persons include absconding warrantees, accused in different cases, dacoits, brokers, drug-peddlers and traffickers, gamblers, antisocial elements, thieves and suspecial criminals.

Police also seized huge guantities of smugled ganja, fermented wine and phensidyl, stolen goods and other illegal things during the raids.

Police arrested drug traffickers Siraj, 42, with 200-gram ganja, Jewell, 23, with 250-gram ganja, Mokbul, 30, with mini ganja packs and other suspected criminals and seized phensidyl and narcotics substances from different places during the period.

Of them, Kotwali police arrested 20 persons, Gangachara eight, Taraganj two, Badarganj eight, Mithapukur 20, Pirganj 17, Pirgacha five, Kawnia seven and DB police arrested one person during the period.

The arrested persons were sent to jail hajat when police produced them before the concerned Rangpur courts, the sources said.

2nd founding anniversary of Bangla Vision observed in Netrakona

BSS, Netrakona

The 2nd founding anniversary of the village television channel Bangla Vision was observed on Monday.

Local unit of Rangla Vision Viewers Forum brought out a colourful procession in the district town on the occasion. A large number of people joined the procession and paraded the main roads carrying banners and placards. Police Super Sakawath Hussain and Chairman of Netrakona Pourashabha Nazrul Islam Khan, local elite, journalists also participated in the rally.

3 killed by lightning in Madaripur

Our Correspondent, Madaripur

3 people were killed by lighnting at different places of the district on March 24.

Santash Mondal (35) of village Charlaxmipur under Kalkini Upazila of the district was killed by lightning while he was having breakfast in his house in the morning of March 24.

On the other hand, Biswanath Mondal (40) and Bakul Baroi (20) were killed by lightning while they were working in their farml and in the morning on the same day at Amgram village under Rajair Upazila of the district.

News Briefs

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Teenager killed in road mishap

Chandpur, Apr 1: A teenage boy was crushed under the wheels of a tractor at West Larua village in Faridganj upazila Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Russel, 15, Mohojampur village in Haimchar upazila. Sources said Russel, fell down from a brick-laden tractor suddenly and crushed under the wheels of the vehicle. Duty doctors of Haimchar Health Complex declared Russel dead when local people rushed him to the hospital. A case was filed with the local police station, reports UNB.

One crushed under wheels of truck

Kishoreganj, Apr 1: A man was killed in a tragic road accident at Sorumara in Sadar upazila Tuesday noon. The dead was identified as Hasibur Rahman, 35, son of Abdul Motaleb of Kolapara village in Sadar upazila. Police said a truck knocked Hasibur down when he was crossing Kishoreganj-Tarail road at about 12.45pm leaving him critically injured. He died on the way to Sadar Hospital. The law enforcers seized the truck but the driver managed to run away the scene, reports UNB.

Octogenarian burnt to death

Chittagong, Apr 1: An old man burnt to death and 35 shanties went up in flames in a fire at Pathantali Slum in the port city's double-mooring area early Tuesday. The victim was identified as Jorab Ali, 80. Fire-brigade sources said the fire originated at about 1am in a shanty from an electric short- circuit and soon engulfed 34 other slums. The old Jorab meet his tragic end asleep as he could not manage to come out from his house on fire, reports UNB.

Touchstone statue recovered

Madaripur, Apr 1: Members of the Rapid Action Battalion-8 recovered two precious statues of lord 'Vishnu' worth about Tk 20 crore from Madaripur and Barisal districts Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, the elite-force personnel raided Dhaji village in Kalkini upazila of Madaripur district and arrested Niranjan Bagchi, 50, along with a statue of Vishnu weighing 120 kilograms. The value of the Vishnu image is about Tk 12 crore, RAB sources said. In a separate raid on Mihipasha village in Agailjhara upazila of Barisal district, the elite force seized a 62-kg statue of Vishnu worth Tk 8 crore at about 10am, reports UNB.

Eyes of BNP leader gouged out in Goalando

Goalundo, Apr 1: Terrorists gouged out eyes of a BNP leader at Daulatdia union in the upazila Tuesday morning. The victim is Abdul Hamid Mridha,45, president of BNP Daulatdia union unit and also a member of Daulatdia union parishad. Police said a gang of unidentified terrorists swooped on Abdul Hamid at Alek Sarder para when he was going for his work at about 9am. They beat him up mercilessly, gouged out his eyes with sharp weapon and left the scene thinking him dead. Hearing his cry local people rushed to the spot and first took him to local health complex and then shifted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital. Later he was taken to Islamia Eye Hospital in Dhaka as his condition deteriorated, reports UNB.