 Outlawed party leader killed in Meherpur
MEHERPUR, Dec 20 (UNB): A leader of an outlawed party was killed in a shootout with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members at Bamandi village in Gangni upazila early Wednesday. | Another one bites the dust.... |
The deceased identified as Amjad Hossain alias Tiger, commander of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Lal Pataka). A RAB official said they got an information that some extremists of the party were holding a secret meeting at an abandoned house at Devipur ground of the village. | "Psssst, secret meeting tonight. Abandoned house in Devipur. Pass it on" |
Three slaughtered in dists
KUSHTIA, Dec 21: A Jamaat activist was slaughtered and a BCL cadre shot and wounded by underground terrorists in Mirpur upazila on Thursday, reports UNB.
Police and locals said terrorists in guise of police and RAB picked up Amirul Islam, 32, from his house at Kachuabaria village early hours Thursday. | Couldn't have been real cops and the RAB. I mean, they'd never wack anyone. |
He was left slaughtered in adjacent Koirpur bazaar. It is suspected that Amirul was murdered out of enmity.
In another incident, Anisur Rahman, 26, a BCL cadre of Patikabari was shot by terrorists following a brawl over contractual work at Poradah 8:30am. He was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital and later shifted to Dhaka in a serious condition. A report from Bogra said Sadiqur Rahman, 45, was slaughtered by unknown assailants in his Telihan village of Kahalu uapzila.
Police said Sadiqur was a fugitive jailed in three criminal cases. His body was recovered from a crop field. | "Dr. Quincy, deliverly for you." |
Another report from Naogaon said Aslam Ali, 32, was slaughtered by unknown assailants at Girigram village in Raninagar upazila early Thursday. Aslam, a cadre of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (Lal-Pataka), was abducted allegedly by rivals within the party on way to local bazar. His body was found in a nearby field.
Fiancee wins at long last
JAMALPUR, Dec 21: RabeyaÂ’s fast unto death has crowned with success. She was solemnly tied in marriage with her lover Khokan Mondal at 2 am Thursday, reports UNB. | It's a Bangladeshi love story |
The elders of Ragunathpur village in sadar upazila in a hectic arbitration meeting made Khokan and his parents agree and the marriage was solemnized on a Tk 2.5 lakh kabsin. | I think that means they got paid a dowry |
Rabeya, a student of Class X, and Khokan, an employee of pharmaceutical company, were in love for long two years when he took her to joyous bouts and slept many nights in her home. | Having joyous bout after joyous bout |
But Khokan recently backed out of his promise of marrying Rabeya. | Something about free milk and a cow... |
In desperate move she went to KhokanÂ’s home on Wednesday and sat tight in a fast unto death. | "I'm going to sit here until you marry me or I die of hunger." |
The incident evoked curiosity among the villagers who thronged the home of Khokan causing serious embarrassment to his family. "Is she still out there, mother?"
"Yes, and the neighbors are beginning to talk." |
Soon the village elders met in arbitration and gave verdict in favour of on the spot marriage of the couple. |
