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Toll demanded from bank officials

Thakurgaon, Jan 11: Miscreants identifying them as outlawed party activists are demanding tolls from officials of different banks in Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Dinajpur districts. A criminal identifying him as a regional commander of outlawed Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party, over cell phone demanded Tk one lakh from Golam Mostafa, Haripur branch manager of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank Tuesday. The caller also threatened to kill him along with his family members if he failed to meet the demand. The victim lodged a general diary with the police, reports UNB.

14 held for illegal border crossing in Satkhira

Satkhira, Jan 11: BDR troops arrested 14 people when they intruded into Bangladesh from India through Gazipur and Rajpur border areas here Monday evening. The arrested are Dalim Moral, Abdur Rahim, Abdul Hannan, Shibapad Mondal, Belal Sheikh and his wife Jobeda Khatun, Abu Sayed, M Shipon, Shreemanta Das, Shipra Das, Amita Das, Bina Das, Devrani and Nipa Das. Sadar thana police said the arrested were citizens of Bangladesh and entered into the country from India without valid documents. A case was filed, reports UNB.

Phensidyl recovered 2 held in Satkhira

Satkhira, Jan 11: RAB and BDR in separate raids recovered 880 bottles of phensidyl syrup and held two drug peddlers in Kolaroa upazila Monday. Police said RAB members in guise of customers were lying in wait at a place near the residence of Abdul Gani Sarder at Jhikra village after contacting drug peddler Abul Kashem. RAB members held Abul Kashem, 36, and Anwar Hossain, 34, as they brought 730 bottles of phensidyl and handed the drugs over to the elite force members unknowingly, reports UNB.

BSTI realises Tk 4 lakh as fine in six months in Barisal

BARISAL, Jan 11: Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) in its anti-adulteration drives realized Tk 4 lakh in fine and filed 122 cases in Barisal division in the last six months. Local BSTI office sources said 42 mobile courts were operated during the July-December 2008 period. Shawkat Osman, deputy director in charge of Barisal regional office of BSTI said the fines were collected for using unauthorized weighing scale and system, selling sub-standard and adulterated food items, reports UNB.

Abducted schoolgirl rescued

JHALAKATI, Jan 11: Police rescued a schoolgirl from Kathalia upazila on Wednesday, after six days of her abduction. The victim was identified as Labani, a student of class 10 of Morichbunia High School in Morichbunia village in Kathalia upazila. Labani was later produced before the court next day. Labani said when she was walking in front of her house on January 1, co-villager Sohel forcibly took her to his brother-in-law Chunnu's house at neighboring Amarbunia village. Later, he married her against her will on Tuesday, reports UNB.

Motorcyclist killed in road mishap in Jhalakati

JHALAKATI, Jan 11: A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident at Kachua on Rajapur-Kathalia road here Thursday. The deceased was identified as Oliul Islam Oli, 25, of Bara Kathalia village in Kathalia upazila. Witnesses said Oli sustained critical injuries when his motorbike hit a roadside tree in the afternoon, reports UNB.