Of them, six were awarded life imprisonment in the August 27 bombing case in Thakurgaon town, while the remaining two in an arms case in Rajshahi.

Those who have been put into jail by Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Thakurgaon are Abdul Latif, son of Nazrul Islam, A Razzak, son of Mujibar Rahman, and Abdur Razzak, son of Asir Uddin of Sadar upazila; Hefzur Rahman, son of Hazrat Ali of Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon, Rashidul Islam alias Asadullah alias Asad, son of Abdun Nur of Debiganj, and Shafiqul Islam, son of A Samad of Sadar upazila in Panchagarh.

The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each, in default, they are to suffer another year in jail, according to the UNB.

Of the six convicts, Rashidul Islam and Shafiqul Islam have been absconding since the bombings in the district town.

According to the prosecution, the JMB militants exploded six bombs at five points in the town as part of serial bombings across the country on August 17 last year.

After the incident, police arrested 38 people, including the six JMB militants, at different places of the district.

The arrested JMB activists confessed to the police that they were involved in the bombings. Police later pressed charges against the JMB men.

After examining records, judge M Golam Rabbani handed down the judgment in a crowded court amid tight security.

Our Staff Correspondent from Rajshahi reported that the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal yesterday awarded life imprisonment to JMB Chapainawabganj district leader Shahidullah Faruk and bomb expert Abul Kashem Tufan in an arms case filed with Tanore Police station last year.

Handing down the verdict, the tribunal judge AFM Aminul Islam fined the convicts Tk 5000 each, in default, they are to suffer five years more in jail.

Faruk and Tufan were arrested along with four firearms, bomb-making materials and some book of Laskar-e Taiyeba at Pakchandpur in Tanore upazila on September 16, 2005.

Faruk's father Maolana Meserullah Nasir Uddin is a teacher of Nachol Madrasa and his elder brother Obaidullah is a Jamaat leader of Tanore upazila.