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Journos Manik Saha, Humayun Kabir murder cases
Frequent change of IO, lack of monitoring delay trial
Frequent change of investigating officer (IO) and alleged lack of proper monitoring are delaying trial of journalists Manik Saha and Humayun Kabir Balu murder cases.

Banglabandha land port dead for nine days
Bridge collapse cuts links but no move to restore them
Export and import through Banglabandha land port in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh district remained suspended for the last nine days following collapse of two bridges on the Banglabandha Panchagarh Highway

Case against Talukder Abdul Khaleque
Deposition by prosecution witnesses begins tomorrow
Recording of statements of prosecution witnesses in the corruption case against Khulna city Awami League president Talukder Abdul Khaleque will begin tomorrow.

JMB 'trainer' held in Satkhira
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested a close associate of executed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai at Tangail bus stand,

BSF abducts 3 in Satkhira
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) abducted three Bangladeshi cattle traders from Zero Point at Laxmidari, a border village in Sadar upazila on Sunday night, police and BDR said.

Tk 1cr Viagra seized at Benapole
Customs officials yesterday seized 1,600 packets of Viagra worth about Tk1 crore at Benapole port, customs sources said.

Former Shibir leader, BNP man held in Satkhira
Joint forces yesterday arrested a BNP leader and Union Parishad (UP) chairman and a former central leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), student front of Jamaat-e-Islami.

Tk 38.88 cr Tongi Pourashava budget
Tongi Pourashava Chairman Ajmat Ullah yesterday announced a Tk 38.88 crore budget for the 2007-'08 fiscal. The chairman placed the budget at the poura auditorium in presence of commissioners.