2 held with drugs in Magura
MAGURA: Detectives in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with hemp and phensidyl syrup from Batikadanga and Shibrampur areas in the district town on Saturday night.On secrete information that Abul Kalam Azad, 50, hailing from Comilla district, has been selling hemp and other drug items illegally in the area, members of Detective Branch (DB) of police carried out a drive there in the night.During the drive, the DB men arrested Azad along with five kilograms of hemp, said officer-in-charge of Magura Police Station Ilias Hossain.Later, the DB team conducted another drive at the house of another suspected drug peddler Suman Sheikh in Shibrampur area and arrested his wife Shahina Begum, 26, along with six bottles of Indian phensidyl syrup.Two separate cases were filed with Magura Police Station in connection with the incident, reports UNB.
Youth commits suicide in Panchagarh
PANCHAGARH: A youth allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree outside his house at Prodhanabad village under Boda upazila of the district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Mizan 18, son of Yunus Ali.On information, Boda Thana police rushed to the spot and recovered the body and sent it to Panchagarh Sadar Hospital for an autopsy.Police said, the cause of suicide could not be known immediately.An unnatural death (UD) case has been filed with Boda Police Station in this regard, reports BSS.
Two jailed for drinking liquor
RAJSHAHI:A mobile court here has sentenced two persons to six months behind the bar each on charge of drinking alcohol. The convicts were identified as Headmaster Mohir Uddin, 40, and Raju, 20.A police team conducted an anti-drug raid at different places underTanore Upazila in the district on Saturday night and found them drinking liquor at Kashem Bazar area.The team arrested them red-handed and picked them up to the police station, said Rejaul Islam, Officer-in-charge of Tanore Police Station. Afterwards, they were produced before a mobile court. Based oncircumstantial evidence, Executive Magistrate and Upazila Nirbahi Officer Shawkat Ali found them guilty of the charge and handed down the aforesaid verdict, reports BSS.
50 plots for T-Aman paddy programme taken up
JAMALPUR: Agriculture Department has brought 50 demonstration plots under its T-Aman paddy programme to produce quality seeds in farmers level in the district during the current season. According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) source, eight plots in Jamalpur sadar, and seven each plots in Islampur, Melandah, Sarishabari, Dewanganj, Bakshiganj and Madarganj upazilas have been brought under the programme. According to DAE under the programme a farmer received 8-kg T-Aman seed and 26-kg Urea, 7-kg triple superphosphate (TSP), 11-kg of Muriate of Potash (MOP) and 8-kg Gypsum fertiliser. The varieties are – BINA-7, BRRI-52, BRRI-56, BRRI-66 and BRRI-70. Deputy Director of Seed Marketing of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), Md Reazul Islam Tutul said, “we disbursed foundation seeds to the Agriculture Department to distribute among the farmers”. Earlier, the farmers have also been imparted training on T-Aman cultivation and preservation of seeds, reports BSS.
