People lay siege to power office in Comilla
United News of Bangladesh . Comilla
A GROUP of agitated people of the Dharmapur and Doulatpur areas of the Comilla town laid siege to the local power office at Shashangachha on Saturday demanding smooth power supply.
Around one thousand people of the areas gathered in front of the office of executive engineer of the Power Development Board and kept it under siege from 12:00pm to 3:00pm.
They told the local newsmen that power supply remained suspended since the electric transformer of their area was stolen on Tuesday.
They alleged that the authorities did not take any initiative so far to reinstall another transformer in the area.
They later brought out a procession in the town chanting various slogans in favour of their demand.
Poly bags seized, flour mills fined
Staff Correspondent . Khulna
A MOBILE court seized banned polythene bags from the Barobazar area and realised Tk 49,000 in fines from five flour mills in the Khulna city’s Daulatpur area on Saturday afternoon.
The court led by metropolitan magistrate Atiqul Haque raided the Khan building at Barobazar at noon and recovered the banned polythene bags worth about Tk 30 lakh.
The court also seized 175 kilograms of Indian milk powder worth about Tk 35,000.
Besides, the court raided five flour mills in the Daulatpur area in the afternoon and fined Shanta Shimul Enterprise Tk 7,000, Faruk Flour Mills Tk 10,000, Haque Brothers Tk 15,000, Rupsha Flour Mills Tk 7,000 and Selim Enterprises Tk 10,000 for making flour from rotten wheat.
30 landless fishermen injured
in attack by landowners
Our Correspondent . Pabna
AT LEAST 30 landless fishermen were injured in an attack by landowners at Gangbhanga Bil under Santhia upazila in Pabna over caching fish on Saturday.
The police and witnesses said a group of fishermen went to Nadi Gangbhanga Bil, a water body, to catch fish, and a group of landowners stopped the fishermen from doing so.
At one stage, the jotdars groups attacked the fishermen with sharp weapons, leaving 30 of them.
Sixteen of the injured were admitted to Santhia Upazila Health Complex, union centres and clinics in critical condition.
Two killed in road mishap
Our Correspondent . Comilla
TWO persons were killed and three injured in a road accident on the Comilla-Sylhet Highway at Katajangal under Burichang upazila Saturday.
The deceased were Md Hanif, 28, of Kongshanagar under Burichang upazila and Khodeza Begum, 30, of Elahabad under Debidwar upazila of the district.
The accident took place when a Comilla bound auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a tractor, leaving the two dead on the spot.
The injured were taken to hospital. The police sent the bodies to hospital morgue. A case was recorded with the police.
Meanwhile the Faridpur correspondent of New Age adds: An 11-year-old boy died on the spot as a microbus ran him over when he was crossing Bhanga Bishwa road crossing on the Dhaka-Barisal Highway Friday.
The deceased was Saidul Sheikh, son of Shelidharchar of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur.
Suspected robber held
Our Correspondent . Moulvibazar
LOCAL people of Fakirerbazar under Barlekha upazila in Moulvibazar captured a person for his suspected involvement in robbery from the house of one Jalal Miah at Uzirpur in Moulvibazar Friday.
The held robber, Torab Ali of Bahadurpur under Bianibazar in Sylhet, was handed over to the police. Six robberies were committed in two months in the area and the police said they were investigating whether Torab was involved in the robberies.
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