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Bus terminal remains unused
for three years
Minibus terminals mushroom in Jhenaidah town
Our Correspondent . Jhenaidah

A GOOD number of minibus terminals have sprung up in Jhenaidah town creating traffic jam on important roads and causing much sufferings to commuters, students, office goers and the members of the public.
   Sources in the district administration said a central bus terminal was constructed at Pobahati area on the Jhenaidah-Magura Highway at a cost of Tk 2.26 crore. But the bus drivers of different districts refrained from parking their vehicles at the central bus terminal only one year after its inauguration in the year 2003 on the plea that its location was not suitable.
   After discarding the central bus terminal the inter-district buses of different routes started parking their vehicles at many points in the town haphazardly.
   Unauthorised bus stand at Chuadanga, Arappur and some other places in the town create severe traffic snarl throughout the day.
   The traffic tailback in the town came up for discussion at almost every monthly meeting of the district law and order committee during the last several years. In every meeting the bus owners were requested to park their transports at the central bus terminal. The representatives of the bus owners association also agreed at every meeting to resume parking their transports at the central bus terminal. But they have not implemented their commitment so far.
   When contacted, the deputy commissioner of Jhenaidah, Mohammad Nurul Karim Majumdar, said effective steps would be taken to persuade the bus owners to use the central bus terminal.
   Meanwhile, the central bus terminal compound is now being used as grazing field for cattle.

One killed, 15 injured in clashes
Our Correspondents . Manikganj and Narail

ONE person was killed and 15 were injured in separate incidents of clash in Manikganj and Narail on Wednesday.
   In Manikganj, one person was killed and five were injured in a clash between two brothers over a land dispute at village Shatghor Teata under Shibalay upazila in the evening.
   The deceased is Tara Mia, 55, inhabitant of the same village.
   Local people said there was a longstanding dispute between Tara Mia and his younger brother Dudu Mia, 35, over a piece of land. The clash erupted when Tara Mia was locked in an altercation with his brother on the issue.
   The clash injured six members of the two families. Critically injured Tara Mia was taken to Shibalay Upazila Health Complex where he died soon after admission.
   Ayesha Akter, 40, Hasina Begum, 35, Arif Mia, 30, Shamsu Mia, 25, and Sharif Mia, 45, were admitted to the health complex.
   Meanwhile, Tara Mia was buried in the family graveyard without post-mortem examination. The police said none came to file any case with the police.
   In Narail, 10 persons were injured in a clash between two factions of the Naragati Thana Chhatra League in the Naragati police area under Kalia upazila in Narail.
   The police said supporters of Mirajul Islam, convener of the BCL committee, and Zulfikar Ali, joint convener, attacked each other following previous enmity.
   Critically injured Zulfikar, 25, Akbar Mollah, 50, Shahin, 28, and Raku, 52, (supporter of Miraj) were taken to Kalia Upazila Health Complex. The rest of the injured were admitted to local clinics.
   Both the groups blamed each other for the one-hour clash when home-made lethal weapons were used.
   The police visited the spot. But none was arrested in this connection.
   Meanwhile a report of the United News of Bangladesh from Kurigram adds: At least 30 people were injured in a
   clash between two worker unions in the Bus Stand area under Nageswari upazila on Thursday.
   Witnesses said the clash erupted at about 12:00pm between the workers of Motor Sramik Union and Truck Load-Unload Samity over truck unloading.
   The injured were admitted to the Kurigram Sadar Hospital and Nageswari Upazila Health Complex. Vehicular movement on Kurigram-Bhurungamari road remained suspended for three hours due to the clash.
   Additional police forces were deployed in the area to avert further clash.
   A tense situation was prevailing in the area.

Seven get life term for abduction,
murder in Cox’s Bazar
United News of Bangladesh . Cox's Bazar

A COX'S BAZAR court on Thursday sentenced seven young men to life-term imprisonment for abduction and murder of a college student in the town nine years ago.
   The convicts are Jasim, Mustafiz, Bahadur, Sahed, Miskin, Jasimuddin and Gias - all residents of the town and its outskirts. They were also fined Tk 1,000 each, in default, to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year more.
   The prosecution said the convicts kidnapped three BCL leaders from the main road of the town on October 25, 1997. Two of the victims managed to escape wounded from the clutches of the abductors. But the accused tortured Mohammad Noor to death.
   Later a case was filed and the police submitted charge sheet against the convicts.

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