21 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seized 21 gold bars from a Biman passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka today.
Shahidulla, hailing from Feni, was detained by the officials around 11:30am, Md Wazed Ali, assistant commissioner of customs at the airport, told The Daily Star.
The gold bars worth around Tk 9450,000 were found in his luggage, he said.
Shahidullah was coming from Dubai in an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the official added.
Shahidullah claimed he runs business in Dubai and the gold bars were brought in for business purpose.
Customs officials will hand over Shahidullah to police tonight, Wazed Ali added.
No way
Politics in Bangladesh seems to have been possessed by the devil of late. It looks as though both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia have lost their grip on the goings-on.
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Man shot dead in Mirpur
A man was shot dead by extortionists at the capital's Mirpur this evening.
Qamruzzaman Sumon, 30, a caretaker of construction agency, was declared dead around 9:00pm when he was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
A gang of three criminal riding a motorbike fired shots at Sumon, around 8:30pm, his father told The Daily Star at the hospital.
Police arrested Mohammad Sohag, who used to work for Sumon as a driver, said Kamal Hossain, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Pallabi zone).
