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Volunteers assault tourists in Sylhet, 5 held
Volunteers appointed by the Gowainghat administration allegedly assaulted a group of tourists, including women and children, at the Jaflong tourist spot in Sylhet on Thursday.
The volunteers attacked tourists with sticks following an altercation over buying tickets from the toll counter at Jaflong at 2pm, said Gowainghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Tahmilur Rahman.
"We have already dismissed three volunteers," he said.
Sylhet Superintendent of Police Mohammad Farid Uddin said, "We have detained five people, including two volunteers, in this regard. Legal actions will be taken against them."
The detainees are Laxman Chandra Das, Selim Ahmed, Sohel Rana, Nazim Uddin, and Joynal Abedin.
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Tearful adieu to AMA Muhith
Former Finance Minister, diplomat, Freedom Fighter and language veteran AMA Muhith was laid to eternal rest at his family graveyard in Sylhet on Sunday.
Muhith, the former MP of Sylhet-1 constituency, was buried after Zohr prayers, next to his parents' graves at his family graveyard at Rainagar Family Graveyard in the city.
Earlier, his last namaz-e-janaza was held at Sylhet Government Alia Madrasha ground around 2:18 pm.
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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, brother of Muhith, Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque,andleaders and activists of Awami League, among others, attended the namaz-e-janaza.
Earlier, his body was taken to Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar by an ambulance Sunday noon where thousands of people from all walks of life paid their last respect to the former minister.
Muhith’s body reaches Sylhet
The body of AMA Muhith, former Finance Minister, diplomat, Freedom Fighter and language veteran, reached Sylhet around 10 pm on Saturday where people were waiting to see one of the region's proudest sons for the last time.
Later, the body was taken to the city’s Hafiz Complex.
His body will be taken to the central Shaheed Minar in Sylhet on Sunday (May 1) at 12 noon where people from all walks of life will pay last respects to Muhith, one of the giants of Bangladesh's political arena whose role stretches through the entire history of independent Bangladesh.
His last namaz-e-janaza will be held at 2 pm at Sylhet Government Alia Madrasa ground.
After Janaza, he will be buried next to his parents at his family graveyard at Rayanagar in the city.
AMA Muhith, one of the country's longest-serving finance ministers, the only one who commanded the economy for 10 consecutive years, and the principal architect of the Awami League's era of development, breathed his last in the wee hours of Saturday.
Muhith’s first namaz-e-janaza was held around 10.45 am at Gulshan Azad Mosque in the city on Saturday.
Later, his body was taken to Central Shaheed Minar where people from all walks of life paid homage.
The second namaz-e-janaza of the Awami League advisory council member was held at Dhaka University central mosque after Zohr prayers on Saturday.
Muhith had been keeping unwell for quite some time. In July 2021, he tested positive for Covid-19, but fought that back. Then in March, he was hospitalised again as he became enfeebled in his old age.
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President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who entrusted him with authoring the Awami League's manifesto as the party charted its comeback ahead of the 2008 election, expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Muhith.
Murder attempt on Zafar Iqbal: Main accused Faizul gets life term
A Sylhet court on Tuesday sentenced prime accused Faizul Hasan to life imprisonment in a case over attempting to kill renowned writer Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal on Shahajalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus in 2018.
Another accused in the case, Faizul’s friend Md Shohag Mia was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment and four others were acquitted.
Those acquitted are Faizul’s father Atiqur Rahman, mother Minara Begum, brother Enamul Hasan, maternal uncle Md Fazlul Haque .
Anti-Terrorism Special tribunal judge Nurul Amin handed down the judgment.
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On March 22, the court fixed Tuesday for delivering the judgment after hearing the arguments from both sides.
On March 10, recording of testimonies in the sensational case was completed by recording statements of 35 of the 56 witnesses, said PP Mominur Rahman.
All of them are currently in jail, he said.
On March 3, 2018, Faizul swooped on Prof Zafar Iqbal and stabbed him with a knife at the SUST Mukta Mancha during a celebration programme, 'Robofight,' of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department.
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SUST registrar Ishfaqul Hossain filed a case with Jalalabad police the following day.
On March 8, a court placed Faizul on a 10-day remand for interrogation. Later Faizul gave confessional statement before court.
On July 26, police pressed charges against six people, including Faizul and Atiqur, in connection with the attack.
On October 4, 2018, the trial in the case began by framing charges against the accused.
Two killed in Sylhet road crash
Two people were killed in a road crash in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as hawkers Sohel Mia, 15, of Gowainghat upazila and Ruhel Mia, 15, Baniachang upazila in Habiganj.
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Witnesses said when Sohel and Ruhel were going to Jaflong in a human hauler with scrap utensils a Sylhet-bound dumping truck collided with the human hauler around 2 pm, leaving them dead on the spot.
Jaintapur Model Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Golam Dastagir Ahmed said the bodies of the deceased were recovered and sent to the morgue of Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
The driver and his helper managed to escape with the truck, he said.
Woman held over child's murder in Sylhet
Police have detained a woman in connection with the murder of a three-year-old child over a feud in Hawladar Para of Sylhet city.
The detainee has been identified as Parbati Das, a resident of Hawladar Para area.
On Monday morning, the police recovered the body of the child, identified as Rahul Das, from a bamboo bush near their house. The child had been missing since Friday.
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Rahul, son of Rubel Das, was a neighbour of Parbati. "Two days ago, she called Rahul to her home and suffocated him to death. She kept the body hidden in her house and then dumped it in the bamboo bush on Sunday midnight during a storm,” said Najmul Huda, officer-in-charge of Jalalabad police station.
The woman was detained on Monday itself. During questioning, the accused admitted to killing the child over a feud, said the OC.
On April 16, a day after he went missing, Rahul's father lodged a missing person's complaint at Jalalabad police station.
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"A case will be filed against the accused in this regard," said the OC.
Body of Indian national recovered from Dauki River in Sylhet
The body of an Indian national was recovered from Dauki river at Jaflong in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as truck driver Lestarson Pothao, 35, of Meghalaya state of India.
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Police said locals spotted the body floating on the Dauki river at Ballaghat in Jaflong around 11am and alerted the police.
Lestarson Pothao went missing after a road accident on Thursday, said Omar Farooq Morol, inspector (Investigation) of Gowainghat police station.
The body was handed over to Indian police and Indian Border Security Force members on Sunday afternoon after completing legal procedures, he added.
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Beef, mutton prices go up in Sylhet
Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) has raised the prices of beef and mutton by Tk 50 following the demands from traders.
The price of beef was fixed at Tk 650 per kg and mutton at Tk 800 per kg in Sylhet metropolitan area in a meeting with traders on Tuesday, said Dr Md Zahidul Islam, chief health officer of SCC, on Thursday.
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However, the previous price of Khasi meat has been kept the same as before at Tk 850.
Legal action will be taken if the traders sell meat more than the newly fixed price, the official added.
Earlier on April 7, the Meat Traders Co-operative Association had suspended their sales after SCC fixed the prices of beef at Tk 600 per kg and mutton at Tk 750 per kg.
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The traders called off the strike after receiving assurances from Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque CHowdhury on Sunday night that the prices will be fixed again.
Sale of beef, mutton resumes in Sylhet after 4 days
Meat traders of Sylhet metropolitan area resumed selling beef and mutton on Monday after suspending it for four days demanding a hike in prices fixed by the local administration.
The traders called off the strike after receiving assurances from Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque CHowdhury on Sunday night that the prices will be fixed again, said Abdul Khalik, general secretary of the Meat Traders Co-operative Association in Sylhet.
The traders had suspended their sales from Thursday morning after SCC fixed the prices of beef at Tk 600 per kg and mutton at Tk 850 per kg.
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“The traders were to be fined by conducting mobile courts if they don’t sell meat according to the fixed process. The traders would have hardly got any profit at that price so they decided to suspend the sales,” said Abdul Khalik.
Meanwhile, residents of Sylhet city complained the traders were already selling beef at more than Tk 600 before the SCC re-fixed the prices.
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Juned Ahmed Chowdhury, a resident of Shahjalal area said he bought 1 kg of beef at Tk 680 from a trader in the Shahjalal area on Monday.
Youth stabbed dead in Sylhet
A 19-year-old boy was stabbed to death allegedly by some miscreants in front of Sylhet Osmani Medical College in Sylhet city on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Nazim Ahmed, a hotel employee and son of Nur Mia of Darga Mahalla in the city.
Local people rescued Nazim as he was bleeding profusely in front of the emergency unit gate of the hospital around 9 pm, said Mohammad Ali Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model Police Station.
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Later, he was taken to the hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Police arrested a young man suspecting his involvement in the killing from the area at night, said OC Mahmud.