Members of the Jessore District Bar Association continued to boycott court on Thursday, demanding removal of a judge.
   They have been observing work abstention programme since Monday to press for removal of the district and sessions judge-1, Mohammad Fakhruddin, for his alleged irregularities in the court.
   The association president, Farazi Shahadat Hossain, said some 132 lawyers had submitted a memorandum to Supreme Court and the law ministry early this month, demanding removal of the judge within 15 days.
   ‘We are continuing the boycott programme as the authorities are yet to respond to our demand,’ he said.
   The association at a meeting decided to continue the programme until its demand is met, he said.

Three siblings were found dead in their house at village Betaura under Jagannathpur upazila in Sunamganj Wednes-day morning.
   The deceased were identified as Rima Begum, 14, Manzil Ali, 12, and Abdul Halim, 10. They were the children of one Abdul Kadir of the village.
   The victim’s parents told the police that their three children as usual slept in a room of the house Tuesday night.
   The next morning, they entered the room by breaking open the door as the children did not respond despite
   repeated call and found them dead.
   On information, the police came to the spot, recovered the bodies and sent them to the Sunamganj General Hospital for post mortem examinations
   The reason for the death could not be known immediately.
   The officer-in-charge of Jagannathpur police station told New Age that they would be able to find out the reason for the deaths after receiving the autopsy report.
   A case was filed with the local police in this connection.

Makrampur Bridge over the River Mahananda in Gomosta-pur upazila in Chapainawabganj was opened to traffic on Wednesday.
   The Major General Muhammad Ferdous Miah, GOC of 11 Infantry Division and Area Commander of Bogra region, inaugurated the bridge.
   Brigadier General AKM Mahfujul Hoque, deputy commissioner of Chapainawabganj Sirajul Hoque Khan, Lieutenant Colonnel Anwar Sohel Siddiqi, Lieutenant Colonnel Sharif Ahsan, Lieutenant Colonnel Golam Kibria Mohammad Niamatullah, commanding
   officer of district joint forces Major Shajahan, Major Ahmmed Yusuf Jamil and executive engineer of Roads and High ways department Robiul Islam, among others, were present
   on the occasion.
   The bridge was formally opened to traffic after completing the construction work of the 373 metre-long bridge. that was established at a cost of Tk 13 crore.
   Later, Ferdous Mia inaugurated a class for the children with disabilities at Chapainawabganj Government Girls’ High School.
   A total of 53 disabled students have been admitted into the school.

The 8th anniversary of death of Shamsur Rahman, special correspondent of Janakantha and also stringer of BBC Bangla Service, was observed on Wednesday.
   To mark day, Jessore Press Club and Jessore Union of Journalists drew up programmes, including placing of wreaths at the grave of the late journalist and holding discussion meetings and milad mahfil.
   Speakers at the discussion meetings demanded punishment for the killers of the journalist by reinvestigation into the case.
   They said five journalists were also accused in the case to suppress their opinions.
   Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists president, Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique, Professor Moloy Bhoumik, BFUJ vice–president Fakir Shaukat, Mohidul Islam, Anwarul Kabir, Saifur Rahman, Tauhidur Rahman and Ahsan Kabir attended the meetings.

A girl who scored GPA-5 in the SSC examinations this year allegedly committed suicide by throwing herself under a train at Jamalpur railway station early Wednesday.
   The deceased is Umme Fatema Swarna, 15, daughter of one Feroz Ahmed, a habildar of the Government Railway Police.
   Fatema obtained GPA-5 in the SSC examination from Jamalpur Government Girls High School.
   The police said Fatema
   had love affair with a college student Yasir Arafat of the locality.
   On the day, the parents rebuked their daughter and also severely beat up Yasir when they found them talking at around mid night.
   After the assault on her lover, Fatema ran to the nearby rail line and committed suicide by throwing herself under the running train.
   On information, the police came to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to the Jamalpur General Hospital morgue for a post-mortem examination.
   An unnatural death case was filed with the police in this connection.

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by the Border Security Force of India on Kakdanga border under Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira early Wednesday.
   The deceased is Jahurul Islam, 35, of village Bhadiali under the upazila.
   BDR officials said Indian border guards of Tarali
   camp opened fire on Jahurul while he was entering the Bangladesh territory with cattle in the morning. He died on the spot.
   After the killing, the BSF troops took away the body.
   The Bangladesh Rifles in a protest letter to its Indian counterpart deman-ded immediate return of the body.

A compartment of a freight train derailed near Rasulpur rail station in Comilla on Wednesday, disrupting train communica-tions on the Dhaka– Chittagong route for around two hours and a half.
   Railway officials said the accident took place at about 10:00am while the train was going to Dhaka from Chittagong.
   Train communications later resumed after a relief train from Akhaura salvaged the derailed compartment at about 12:30pm.
   Faulty rail track is blamed for the accident, the railway sources said.