Cumilla
2 get death penalty for murder in Cumilla
A Cumilla court on Wednesday sentenced two people to death over the murder of a man in Homna upazila in 2010.
Comilla Additional District and Sessions Judge Rozina Khan delivered the judgment after hearing.
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The death row convicts- Md Majnu Mia and Kabir Mia- were tried in absentia.
The two convicts were also fined TK 20,000 each.
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According to case details, on July 28, 2010, Abdul Karim, 35, of Bagmara Paschimpara village, was killed and police recovered his body on August 2 from the Titas river.
Karim's brother filed a case with Homna Police Station in Comilla against 6 people.
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Eid-ul-Azha 2023: Cumilla to have a surplus of 8,606 sacrificial animals, says livestock dept
In preparation for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, a total of 33,937 farmers in Cumilla are currently rearing sacrificial animals and concerned authorities said there will be a surplus of approximately 8,000 animals.
According to the Cumilla District Department of Livestock, the demand for sacrificial animals in 17 upazilas of the district is estimated to be 2,20,492. The district already has 2,29,098 animals, resulting in a surplus of 8,606 animals for the entire district.
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A recently conducted survey indicated that Laksam upazila is leading in animal rearing in the district.
A total of 2,592 farmers in this upazila are rearing 21,000 sacrificial animals, surpassing the upazila's demand by 7,500. Similarly, Meghna Upazila has 1,605 farmers who have reared 9,839 animals for sacrifice, exceeding the upazila's demand by 2,400.
However, certain upazilas are facing shortage of animals. Chauddagram is experiencing a shortage of 273 animals, Nangalkot 608, Chandina 426, Debidwar 4,335, Homna 395, and Sadar South 1,039.
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Cumilla's Livestock Training Officer, Chandan Kumar Poddar, said, “In upazilas facing shortages, animals are often sourced from neighbouring upazilas or districts. Due to Cumilla's geographical importance, cows are transported by trucks from across the country, including neighbouring districts.”
Concerns were voiced by Rubel Sardar, a farmer from Barura's Jhalam area, who said, “We are facing losses as the price of animal feed continues to rise. Additionally, the entry of cows from India could further deteriorate the market.”
Md. Nazrul Islam, an official from the Department of Livestock, said there is no possibility of a shortage of sacrificial animals in Cumilla. “Additionally, we will establish a medical team in the haat (market), and the cooperation of the market committee will be crucial in this regard,” he said.
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3 more held over Cumilla Jubo League leader murder
Police arrested three more people in connection with the murder of a Jubo League leader in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila.
The arrestees are Md. Robi of Jiarkandi area of Titas upazila of Comilla district, Md. Shahparan of the same area and Sumon Hossain of Lalpur area.
Police conducted a drive in Narayanganj's Madanpur area on Sunday night and arrested them, Cumilla District Superintendent of Police Abdul Mannan said in a press conference on Monday.
The law enforcers have arrested six people so far in connection with the murder of Hubo leader Jamal Hussain.
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Earlier, RAB arrested Ismail Hossain, 36, Shahinul Islam Sohel Sikder, 46 and Shah Alam, 38 from Chattogram and Dhaka on Saturday night. They are all named as accused in the case filed over the murder.
Ismail was arrested from Agrabad in Chattogram and the other two were from Rayerbagh and Kalshi in Dhaka, Lieutenant Colonel Tanveer Mohammad Pasha, the company commander of RAB-11 CPC-1, said during a press conference on Sunday.
The arrested accused said that there was a dispute between them and the slain Jubo League leader for many days, he added.
Jamal Hossain, 38, the joint convener of Titas Upazila Jubo League and a businessman of Gauripur market, was shot dead at Gouripur Bazar in Daudkandi of Cumilla on Sunday (30 April).
Later, a case was filed at Daudkandi police station following a complaint lodged by the deceased's wife Popi Akter on Tuesday.
Railway suspends 3 employees over Cumilla train collision, salvage work continues
Bangladesh Railway has suspended thee of its employees over Sunday’s collision between Sonar Bangla Express train and a freight train that left 35 people injured.
They are Abdul Quader, a guard (Chattogram division) ; Jasim Uddin, locomotive master (Dhaka headquarter); and Md Mohsin, assistant locomotive master (Dhaka headquarter).
Wahid, who was in charge of maintaining Hasanpur station signal, was also suspended.
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A four-member probe body was formed which was asked to submit the report within three working days.
Meanwhile, the train movement resumed after 9 pm on Sunday after two salvage trains removed the bogies from the main lines, train examiner SM Akhtar Hossain and Station Master of Hasanpur Railway Station Mong Marma said.
Work to remove the other bogies is underway, they said.
Six bogies and the locomotive of Sonar Bangla Express train derailed on Sunday injuring at least 35 passengers and six of them are in critical condition.
Several of the injured are being treated at Nangalkot Health Complex.
Officer-in-charge of Laksham Railway Police Station Jashim Uddin said, the Dhaka bound freight train was stationed in a line on the Hasanpur station.
Dhaka- bound Sonar Bangla Express from Chattagram wrongly entered the same line and hit the rear side of the freight train at around 6:22 pm.
Two dead, 2 injured as bus hits autorickshaw in Cumilla
Two people were dead and two were injured after a bus rammed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila on Friday morning.
The deceased were identified as Yakub Ali, 30, son of Billal Hossain at Malikhil village in Daudkandi upazila, and Jotsna Begum, 55, wife of Abul Kashem in Chhotana village of Devidwar upazila.
The injured Nusrat Jahan,7, and auto driver Mazarul,38, were first admitted to Gouripur Hospital. Later, they were sent to Dhaka as their condition deteriorated.
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Md Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Daudkandi Highway Police Station, said a Cumilla-bound bus of Tisha Paribahan hit the auto-rickshaw in Dighirpar area on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway around 11:30 am, leaving Jotsna Begum dead on the spot.
Yakub Ali died on the way to the hospital, added the OC.
Police seized the bus but its driver and helper managed to flee the scene, said the officer, adding that legal action will be taken in this regard.
Man to die for killing wife in Cumilla
A Cumilla court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2012.
The condemned convict is Moazzem Hossain Bhuiya Sumon, 30, son of Sheikh Ahmed Bhuiya of Chouddagram upazila.
Cumilla Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun handed down the punishment.
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The court also fined him Tk 10,000.
According to the prosecution, Sumon demanded Tk one lakh from his wife Rozina as dowry. As she refused to provide the money, Sumon stabbed Rozina indiscriminately on February 26, 2012, leaving her dead.
Rozina’s sister Sharmin Akter lodged a complaint with Chouddagram Police. Police later registered a case.
Cumilla road crash leaves 2 dead
Two people were killed in a road crash on Cumilla-Chandpur road at Boro Dharmapur in Lalmai upazila of Cumilla district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Jahangir Mia, 47, son of Mohammad Khan and Farid Mia, 60, son of Gafur Mia of Barura upazila.
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The accident occurred around 7 am when an unknown vehicle hit them while they were crossing road near Zaman Brick Filed area, leaving them dead on the spot, said Morshedul Alam Bhuiya, officer-in-charge of Laksham Police Station.
Police recovered the bodies and sent those to a local hospital morgue for autopsy.
Mob lynches two robbers to death in Cumilla
Angry mob lynched two robbers to death and left another one critically injured in Cumilla's Muradnagar early Friday, police said.
However, the identities of the deceased could not immediately be confirmed.
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After the recent series of robberies in Palasuta village and surrounding areas, villagers are keeping a vigil at night to nab the criminals.
They caught the three robbers with local weapons as they took refuge at a Palasuta house after robbing villagers in another place of the upazila, Kamruzzaman Talukdar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Muradnagar Police Station, said.
After that, the locals surrounded the robbers and started assaulting them, leaving two of them dead and other seriously injured, the OC said.
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The injured robber is undergoing treatment at Cumilla Medical College Hospital and still not out of the woods.
The bodies were sent to the hospital morgue for post-mortem, the OC said.
Man gets death penalty for killing wife in Cumilla
A Cumilla court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2009 for dowry.
Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun gave the judgment.
The court also fined the convict Tk 10,000, in default, to suffer two months more rigorous imprisonment.
The court also acquitted three people from the charges during the hearing, said Special Public Prosecutor Pradip Kumar Datta.
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. According to case complaint, convict Abdul Kader, of Komar Doga village in Chauddagram upazila, used to torture her wife Jharna for dowry.
As her family couldn’t give him remaining Tk 30,000 of his demanded Tk 50,000 as dowry Kader planned to kill Jharna.
On June 24, 2009, Jharna’s body was recovered from a pond in the village.
Jharna’s sister Khaleda filed a case against seven people including Kader under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
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In 2015, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted a charge sheet against four people- Abdul Kader, Monwara Begum, Najma Akter and Abdus Sattar in this case.
BNP's Cumilla rally set to take place amid relative ease
Unlike the previous programmes, BNP is set to hold its eighth-divisional rally in Cumilla City on Saturday amid relative ease, creating huge enthusiasm among the local leaders and followers of the party.
Cumilla City wore a festive look with posters, banners and billboards and colourful processions on Friday as the BNP started taking over the city to make the rally a success.
As part of its programme of divisional rallies that started in Chattogram last month, BNP leaders said they will stage yet another huge showdown through the rally - the eighth in the series - in the city.
The party leaders and activists have erected a stage at Cumilla Town Hall ground where the rally is scheduled to begin at 12pm.
Having failed to put any dent on the huge gathering of BNP supporters on at least six previous occasions, the transport owners and workers association leaders did not call for any strike this time centring opposition’s Cumilla rally.
As the rally is going to be held with no transport strike to impede it, and a quite straightforward process for gaining the police permit, there is an expectation of Saturday's rally to be even bigger than the ones held before. This is posing as a challenge to the party's leaders.
Despite no shortage of supporters attending the previous rallies, the BNP has been claiming that the attendance would have been even bigger had the government not created the alleged barriers to people's participation.
Talking to UNB, a number of local people heaved a sigh of relief as no transport strike was imposed in Cumilla ahead of BNP's rally.
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BNP supporters had feared that the intra-party conflict between two of their local influential leaders- city unit convener Aminur Rashid Yasin and ex-city mayor and expelled leader Monirul Haque Sakku--- could negatively impact on the party’s efforts to hold a mammoth rally.
However, local party activists told UNB that both Yasin and Sakku have been busy mobilising their followers to make the rally a success - if anything, they are competing on the basis of who can mobilise more.
Earlier in the day, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain alleged that the government has been resorting to various tricks to prevent a 'mass wave' towards their rally.
Speaking at a press conference, he said Cumilla has turned into a city of festivals as thousands of leaders and activists from different areas thronged there in advance, defying various threats and intimidation.
The BNP leader did allege that police 'at the behest of the government' has been harassing them and raiding the houses of their party leaders and activists ahead of the rally.
Besides, he said the ruling party ‘cadres’ are threatening the opposition leaders and activists with dire consequences, including to implicate them in fictitious cases, if they join BNP’s rally.
Mosharraf, however, said they will hold their programme in a peaceful manner without responding to any provocative acts by the ruling party.
BNP vice chairman Barkatullah Bulu said they have taken all-out preparation to hold a ‘memorable’ rally in Cumilla.
“Though no transport strike has been enforced, our leaders and workers have been facing obstacles from the ruling cadres while on their way to Cumilla. But no barrier can stop our leaders and activisists from taking part in the rally," said Bulu.
BNP supporters were seen heading to Cumilla town from different upazilas and adjoining districts, including Chandpur, Brahmanbaria and Feni, since Friday morning a day ahead of the rally- still fearing obstruction by the ruling party activists on Saturday.
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The rally venue has been crowded since Friday morning as BNP leaders and activists gathered there in processions.
As they have no permission to stay overnight at the venue, the organisers have arranged food and accommodation for them.
The rally in Cumilla on Saturday will be the 8th one by the BNP at the divisional level after 7 others were held in Chattogram, Mymensingh, Khulna, Rangpur, Barishal, Faridpur and Sylhet.
As part of the move to continue the pace of its ongoing movement, the BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional cities.
The organisers said the rallies are meant to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuels, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
The BNP has long been demanding that the next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any political government--a demand sharply rejected by the ruling Awami League as the constitution does not allow it to happen.
As the rallies have progressed, they could be said to have become increasingly centred on this central, longstanding demand - to bring back the caretaker government provision in the constitution before the next parliamentary elections.