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One awarded life term for rape in Magura

Magura, Aug 1 : A special court here Thursday convicted a man and awarded him life term imprisonment for violating a minor girl. The court also fined the convict, Mizanur Rahman, 20, Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer one year more RI. According to the prosecution, Mizanur allured the 8-year old minor girl of giving toys and violated her at Rajarampur village in Sadar upazila on January 16, 2007. A case was filed. After examining the records and witnesses, Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal M Nazir Ahmed handed down the verdict, report UNB.

Phensidyl recovered in Jhalakati

Jhalakati, Aug 1 : Police arrested a man and recovered 130 bottles of Indian phensidyl from a rickshaw van in the district town Wednesday midnight. A police patrol team challenged the rickshaw van on its way to Barisal and arrested Shaheen Sarder, 23, from the vehicle while his two associates managed to flee the scene. Later, Shaheen was taken to the Sadar thana along with the rickshaw van and police recovered the phensidyl bottles from a box kept hidden in the van. Shaheen hailed from Rajapur village under Benapole thana of Jessore district. A case was filed, report UNB.

Two electrocuted

in Mymensingh

Mymensingh, Aug 1 : Two people, including a woman, were electrocuted at Tamat village in Bhaluka upazila Thursday. The dead were identified as Helim Uddin, 35, and his cousin Rahima Khatun, 26, of Tamat village in the upazila. Police said Helim and Rahima died on the spot when they came in contact with a live electric wire of Palli Bidyut Samity at 10am near their house. A UD case was filed, report UNB.

One killed in roof collapse in Patuakhali

Patuakhali, Aug. 1: A child labourer was killed and two other labourers were injured when the roof of an old building of Khepupara Radar Station collapsed Friday morning. Witnesses said the roof of dilapidated Generator Bhaban collapsed at about 7:30am when the labourers were breaking it, killing Gaffar, 12, on the spot. On information, fire fighters rushed to the scene and pulled out Gaffar's body from under the debris. Of the injured, Gaffar's father Anwar, 40, was admitted to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in a critical condition while Nizam, 30, to Kalapara Hospital, report UNB.

2 killed in Faridpur road mishap

Faridpur, Aug 1 : A bus driver and his helper were killed and 15 people injured when a bus hit a truck, parked on Dhaka-Khulna Road, at Shibrampur area in Sadar upazila early Friday. Bus driver Fazlul Haque, 42, and his helper Alim Uddin, 29, died instantly. Police said the accident occurred at about 2am when a Dhaka-bound bus from Satkhira hit the truck in front of Aziz Pipe Limited. The injured persons were admitted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital. A case was filed with the police in this connection, report UNB.

210 sacks fertilizer seized in Patuakhali

Patuakhali, Aug 1: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members seized 210 sacks of urea fertilizer from Subidkhali bazar in Mirzaganj upazila here and arrested two people on Thursday. The arrested are Abu Hanif, 44 and Nuru Mridha, 35. RAB sources said acting on a tip-off, they raided the market and seized the fertilizer which was allocated for distribution among the Sidr-affected farmers. The fertilizer and the arrested men were handed over to police. A case was filed, report UNB.