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No specific threat of terrorism centering polls: DMP chief

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There is no specific threat of terrorism centering the upcoming 12th parliamentary election, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman on Monday. He said, â€œCasting vote is a democratic right of people and refraining from casting vote is also a democratic right. But to obstruct someone for voting is not a democratic right. It ...

DMP arrests 46 in anti-drug drives in city

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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in anti-drug drives, arrested 46 people from different areas in the city in the last 24 hours till 6:00 am, Monday.Additional deputy commissioner of DMP Media and Public Relation KN Roy Niyati confirmed the matter.During the drive, a total of 36,126 Yaba pills, 12.55 kilograms of hemp, 166.15 grams of heroin, ...

Two people held with 124-kg hemp in Rajshahi

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Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in separate drives arrested two alleged drug-peddlers with 124 kilograms of hemp in Rajshahi town on Sunday night. RAB sources said that the arrestees were Riad Islam alias Don, 30, son of Rustam Ali and Muhammad Abdullah, 29, son of Liakat Ali, said here this noon. They said acting on a tip-off, a ...

Five freight train coaches derailed in Uttara

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Five coaches of a Chittagong-bound freight train derailed on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route in Uttara Courtbari area of the capital around 9:20 am on Monday.No casualties, however, were reported in the incident. Sub-Inspector (SI) Sunil Chandra Sutradhar, in-charge Airport Railway Police Outpost, said when the freight train reached the south side of Tongi Railway Bridge in ...

Minor child killed being hit by microbus in Pabna

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A five-year-old child was killed after being hit by a microbus at Chatmohar upazila in Pabna district on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Asia Khatun, 5, daughter of Shamim Hossain, a resident of Kukurgari village under the upazila.Quoting locals, Chatmohar Police Station officer-in-charge Md Selim Reza said a running microbus ran over the girl ...

Two independent candidate's supporters fined in Faridpur-4

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A mobile court fined two supporters of independent candidate for Faridpur-2 constituency, Advocate Jamal Hossain Miah, for violating electoral code of conduct on Sunday night. They were using loudspeakers for campaigning beyond the stipulated time set by the Election Commission (EC) at Saltha upazila in Faridpur district last night.Saltha upazilaâ€™s Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate ...

3 killed after train hits goods-laden truck in M'singh

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Three people were killed after Balaka Commuter train hit a sand-laden truck in Mymensingh Sadar upazila on Monday afternoon.The accident happened at Char Raghurampur area around 1:30pm.The train communication on the Mymensingh-Jharia route remained suspended after the accident.It is learnt that some passengers were sitting in front of the engine of the train. Of them, ...

Farmer found dead in Natore

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Police recovered the body of a farmer from Singra upazila in Natore district on Monday.The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain Anu, 45, son of Abdur Rahman, hailed from Hatlal village under Nandigram upazila in Bogura district.Quoting the deceased's family members and locals, Singra Police Station officer-in-charge Abul Kalam Azad said Anwar went to Belta ...

Mahiya Mahi fined for breaching electoral code of conduct

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Independent candidate of Rajshahi-1 constituency, film actress Mahiya Mahi has been fined for violating the electoral code of conduct while conducting her election campaign at Tanore upazila in Rajshahi district on Sunday night.Magistrate Abida Sifat fined Mahi Tk 1,000 after she was found guilty of exceeding the permitted limit of loudspeakers during the election campaign, ...

Sabotage in Mohanganj Express as per Tuku's instruction: CTTC

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Rail tracks in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila have been cut off as per the instruction of Jubo Dal leader Sultan Salauddin Tuku, said Md Asaduzzaman, chief additional police commissioner of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime's (CTTC) on Monday at a media press briefing.Arrested Ikhtiar Rahman Kabir, Chhatra Dal former vice-president, was the mastermind of the incident ...