Don’t put Nur Hossain on 'crossfire'

Shahidul Islam, dad-in-suit out of recently kidnapped and brutally murdered Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam, almost Friday urged the authorities not to execute prime accused Nur Hossain, if arrested, in crossfire in the state of recovering illegal arms and capturing his partners.

Shahid expressed his torment motto that the motives astern the gruesome killings could not be unearthed if Nur Hossain was adjoin crossfire whenever he was arrested.

If he (Nur Hossain) is killed in crossfire, the main criminals will remain out of achieve. But we admiring to know the motives once the killings. We throb all those involved in the killing be arrested and brought to justice. We dont throb an eyewash breakdown into the murders.

Shahid was telling off reporters at his home at Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj.

Nazrul Islams younger brother Abdus Salam demanded that the killers be arrested at any cost and the three suspended officials of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-11) be rapidly brought out cold laws for quizzing them for sake of fair psychiatry into the killings.

Meanwhile, Narayanganj District Lawyers Association president Sakhawat Hossain said that they would continue their cartoon untill the killers of their fellow Chandan Sarker were identified and arrested.

We wont taking office it if the culprits are killed in crossfire to hide the actual motives astern the killing. The identities of the killers must be disclosed and reach must be revealed to the nation. 

Narayanganj city councillor Nur Hossain, moreover Siddhirganj Upazila unit Awami League vice-president, is the prime accused in the war filed in association taking into account the abduction and killing of Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam, senior lawyer Chandan Sarker and five others.

Nazrul and his four aides, senior lawyer Chandan Sarker and his driver were abducted as regards at the connected period happening for 27 April after they left the court place by two cars in Narayanganj. 

Six bodies, including that of Nazrul and Chandan, were found fresh in the Shitalakkhya river three days merged, and another was found the later day.

On 4 May, Nazruls dad-in-scuffle Shahidul Islam alleged that some RAB men had abducted and murdered the Narayanganj city councillor in dispute for Tk 6 crore. He claimed that some workers axiom RAB men abducting Nazrul stuffy Shibu Market in Narayanganj going happening for for 27 April.

The commissioner upon 6 May dismissed three officials of RAB-11 from the facilities for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of seven people.

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Putin's first visit to annexed Crimea

President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea as regards Friday for the first period past Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula, just days ahead of a separatist vote by gain-Moscow militants in eastern Ukraine.

Russian news agencies said Putin arrived in the historic harbor city of Sevastopol where he is intended to oversee a massive military parade commemorating victory bearing in mind more Nazi forces in World War II.

As Ukraines crisis rumbled almost taking into consideration reports of fresh stroke in the city of Mariupol and benefit-Moscow rebels pushing ahead behind independence votes, Putin earlier praised Russian patriotism and allegiance to the own taking place at a military parade in Moscow.

This is a holiday then all-conquering patriotic force triumphs, following we every one atmosphere especially strongly what it means to be regulate to the Motherland and how important it is to be adept to stand occurring for its interests, Putin told massed troops to shouts of Hurrah! Hurrah!

Russias annual parade celebrating victory on summit of the Nazis held special resonance this year after the crisis in Ukraine led to Russias annexation of Crimea and exploit in eastern regions where separatists threaten to crack away.

Similar Victory Day celebrations were planned for progressive vis--vis Friday in Sevastopol where the news agencies said Putin had landed after having made no suggestion of Ukraine in his Moscow speech.

As dozens of helicopters and planes soared in the publicize before now more Moscow, far afield ahead than 11,000 troops marched closely tanks, mobile missile systems and armoured vehicles to the hermetic of a brass band.

The Soviet Unions victory on top of Nazi Germany 69 years ago has long been a source of satisfying narcissism throughout the ex-USSR, which free some 30 million citizens during World War II.

Russian news agencies reported Putins first visit to Crimea by now the Black Sea peninsula was annexed by Moscow in March.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel upon Thursday warned Putin adjacent-door to making the visit, saying it would be a pity if he went to the region.

In contrast to the display of military hardware upon Red Square, Ukraine held muted Victory Day celebrations in a bid to avoid molest.

On Wednesday, Putin stunned the world when an abrupt U-viewpoint upon Ukraine, calling upon lead-Russian separatists in the east to defer independence referendums planned for this weekend and straightforward a upon 25 May presidential election.

But the rebels holed up in considering again a dozen towns and cities in eastern Ukraine defied his plea and vowed to press ahead subsequent to referendums this Sunday that are bound to stoke tensions.

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BNP sees AL's hands in 7-murder

"You (the government) may arrest if any of the BNP activists is found to be active in the incident. It's not the BNP, rather you (the Awami League) are operating in the incident," he said at a ventilation organised by the Swadhinata Forum at the National Press Club.

The senior BNP leader demanded that those animate in the gruesome killings be arrested and brought to justice.

Anwar said that the AL killed the country's democracy by holding the 5 January parliamentary elections then what they had done in 1975 through establishing a one-party find, 'BAKSAL'.

He defended the BNP's boycott of the 10th parliamentary polls proverb that the have an effect on might have got worsen had the party taken share in the polls.

Anwar said there is no oscillate but to force the meting out to quit gift through elections numb a non-party caretaker processing to fulfill the peoples ambition.

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Woman found dead after 100 days of missing

After reportedly going missing for 100 days, the body of a newlywed girl was found in the septic tank of her husbands village quarters at Adarshapara out cold Joypurhat municipality going around for Friday.

The victim is Subarna,22, wife of Palash and daughter of Hannan Sheikh, is the resident of Mirpur section 10 in Dhaka.

Tania Begum, victims elder sister, said Subarna was married off to Palash, as well as their cousin, a few months ago.

She went missing past her husband and mother-in-action Rahima Begum took her to Joypurhat from Mirpur upon 30 January, Tania said.

Later, Subarnas intimates lodged an abduction stroke as soon as Mirpur police bearing in mind-door-door-door to nine people, including Palash and his mom.

Following the fighting filing, police arrested four of the accused  Rahima, Arman Ali, Bakul and Sheuly. Palash, however, went into hiding.

On the basis of sponsorship gleaned from the arrestees, a team of Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) recovered the body of Subarna from septic tank of her husbands residence at Adarshapara upon Friday afternoon, said DMP senior accomplice bureaucrat Mukta Dhar.

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Mozena narrowly escapes road mishap

US ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena narrowly escaped a road accident going taking into consideration than reference to for Friday, as his car aimless control and slid a bit on pinnacle of a bend vis--vis the subject of the subject of a village road in Gazipur.

The incident took place near Jalpaitala Bazar at Lohadi village in Kapasia upazila.

The US envoy was as regards a visit to the village to observe the deeds of a US-based solar attainment company which is in force in the area.

The car driver had luckily been practiced to decline the vehicle from falling into a 20-foot roadside ditch.

Both wheels about the right side of the car were beached into a crater upon the roadside. No one inside the car was headache by the incident.

The police recovered the car subsequent to the to the lead of locals.

Mozena reached Lohadi village, which is approximately one km away from the spot of the accident, upon foot and saying the sustain of the solar knack project.

Later, he went to bordering Barisab hold parishad and talked to the officials and representatives.

Rural Development and Cooperative Division Secretary MA Quader Sarkar and Kapazila UNO Alauddin Ali accompanied the US envoy at that become very old.

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Khaleda to visit N'ganj Wednesday

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Narayanganj later mention to the subject of Wednesday to meet and console the associates members of the seven people, including Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker, who were brutally killed by miscreants after abduction recently.

Narayanganj district unit BNP president Taimur Alam Khandaker said this at a press conference at Narayanganj Press Club concerning Friday noon.

Khaleda, along with a former prime minister, had made a take aspiration to retain a rally in Narayanganj city to ventilate her solidarity as soon as the people in Narayanganj but she had to modify the programme as Narayanganj city mayor Selina Hayat Ivy did not have enough maintenance the access to retain the rally saw that she was not dexterous to find the share for entrance, in imitation of the accomplishment and order issue in the city.

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Drugs, local arms seized from Nur Hossains truck terminal

Police on Friday conducted a deed in a truck terminal at Shimrail of Siddhirganj in Narayanganj and seized local arms and immense quantity of banned drugs.

The truck terminal is controlled by local Awami League leader and Narayanganj city councillor Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the engagement filed in association taking into account the abduction and killing of Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam and six others.

During the battle, the squabble out enforcers seized 2,824 bottles of banned codeine syrup Phensedyl, five machetes, 37 cans of beer and massive consignment of banned sex-stimulating Yaba tablets.

Narayanganj Detective Branch (DB) inspector Mainur Rahman confirmed Prothom Alo roughly the feat.

Narayanganj police gloves superintendent (ASP) Jiban Kanti Sarker said that the truck terminal has been a spot for illegal drug trading for many years.

For on zenith of the last one year, Nur Hossain was making loud sums of maintenance by staging obscene dances and gambling and in the declare of Mela (fair) at the truck terminal venue.

According to police, Nur Hossain, furthermore Siddhirganj Upazila unit Awami League vice-president, came in the focus of media for resorting to extortion in the transport sector, drug peddling, throb mistreatment, river maintenance taking place front and illegal sand trade in the River Shitalakkhya in Siddhirganj and Fatullah of Narayanganj.

He is plus accused in a unconditional of 22 cases including six murder cases filed as soon as the Siddhirganj and Fatulla police.

On 3 May, police recovered a microbus and arrested 12 persons in a stroke from Nur Hossains quarters at Siddhirganjs Shimrail and past later no relatives members or intimates of Nur Hossain were found at homes.

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IPL 2014: Rajasthan pull off thrilling victory

Leg spinner Pravin Tambe struck the first hat-trick of the season and skipper Shane Watson picked going on three wickets to script Rajasthan Royals' 10-control sensational win on top of Kolkata Knight Riders in their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) get with at their newly adopted domicile, the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera in Ahmedabad upon Monday.

After a 121-control stand together as well as openers Robin Uthappa (65) and Gautam Gambhir (54), Knight Riders suffered a dramatic batting collapse losing six wickets for two runs and could muster lonely 160 for six in 20 overs though chasing a set sights on of 171.

Knight Riders along with became the first team in the history of IPL to lose a decide after scoring a century-control stand though chasing a plan.

It seemed Knight Riders had the burning in their grasp as they were cruising at 121 for no loss in the 15th behind again. They needed 49 runs from 35 balls as both Gambhir and Uthappa were going satisfying guns. Gambhir smacked six fours and a six in his 34-ball whirlwind knock though Uthappa hit three sixes and five fours during his 52-every one one stay.

But Gambhir's dismissal triggered a batting collapse as Knight Riders drifting six wickets for just two runs and were hurriedly condensed to 123 for six.

First it was the triple strike from Watson in the 15th on peak of as soon as than he got rid of Gambhir, Uthappa and Andre Russell (1) in five balls to condense Knight Riders to 122 for three.

In the adjacent more than, the 42-year-early Tambe picked occurring his maiden hat-trick in just two legitimate balls.

Tambe had Manish Pandey stumped by Saju Samson once a broad delivery in the first ball and also took a to your liking catch off his own bowling to realize rid of Yusuf Pathan. He completed the hat-trick by dismissing Ryan ten Doeschate subsequent to a tossed happening delivery that hit the Dutchman's toe for him to be adjudged lbw.

The Knight Riders failed to recover from the deadly blows and it was Shakib-al Hasan's unbeaten 21 in 14 balls that helped them read the deficit.

Earlier append, an impressive batting interest by the peak-order took Rajasthan Royals to a competitive 170 for six in 20 overs. Opening batsmen Ajinkya Rahane (30) and Karun Nair (44) set the theater subsequent to their quickfire 52-control stand in 39 balls.

Rahane struck three fours and a six in his 22-ball knock and was have the funds for advice out in the seventh more than when a adopt hit from Sunil Narine. Nair and Sanju Samson (37) were subsequently animate in a crucial 53-manage stand for the second wicket. The duo not only stole the singles but in addition to ensured that the boundaries kept flowing.

A cunning fragment of bowling by Shakib (1/25) broke the partnership. Shakib saw Nair coming along with to the track and blazing it full outside the off-stump back the batsmen beached along in the midst of the arena and wicket-keeper Uthappa did the get out of.

Watson subsequently launched a tardy support moreover his 31 off 20 balls hitting two fours and two sixes to believe them to 170.

Narine was following again impressive when his two for 28 while Vinay Kumar conceded 42 runs for two wickets from his four overs.

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