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About eight persons who are facing criminal charges are contesting the upcoming upazila elections for chairmanship in Rajshahi district. One of the candidates was convicted in a criminal case while two others are accused of torturing their wives and demanding dowry from in laws. These were revealed from the candidates' affidavits submitted to the Election Commission. Bagha upazila chairman candidate Abdul Gani Mandol mentioned that he was convicted in a misappropriation case. He was sentenced to suffer six months 15 days imprisonment with fine of Tk 5,000. Golam Rabbani, Tanore Awami League (AL) president resigned from chairmanship of Pachondor Union Parishad for taking part in the election race for chairmanship in Tanore upazila. He mentioned in his affidavit that he is an accused in two cases, one filed under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act for torturing his wife and another under Muslim Family Law for marrying without permission from first wife and divorcing the lat

Several hundred prison guards yesterday staged angry protests in and outside Rajshahi Central Jail for over three hours after a senior prison official allegedly assaulted a jail guard. They demanded immediate removal of senior jail superintendent Harun-ur Rashid for assaulting prison guard Mustafizur Rahman. The protesters called off demonstrations at around 10:00pm after Maj Hafizur Rahman Mollah, deputy inspector general of prisons in Rajshahi division, over speakerphone from Naogaon assured them of taking necessary steps.  The prison guards alleged that Harun first slapped Mustafiz for failing to control the prisoners during an event inside the jail at about 4:00pm. He then beat him with a stick until he fell to the ground and his clothes were torn, alleged Mustafiz's colleagues, who rescued him.  About 500 prison guards staged protests at the jail demanding immediate removal and punishment for the jail super around 6:30pm after all prisoners were taken to their cells from the e

Awami League lawmaker Abdul Quddus, left, receiving a gold replica of his party's electoral symbol, boat, from Shamsul Haque Sheikh, a candidate of upazila parishad polls in Gurudaspur, Natore. Photo: STAR The Election Commission (EC) yesterday decided to warn an Awami League (AL) lawmaker for violating the electoral code of conduct of the upazila parishad elections in its efforts to refrain MPs from influencing the crucial polls to local government bodies. The EC will soon issue a letter to AL lawmaker Abdul Quddus of Natore warning him of his reported bid to influence the upazila elections. Quddus received around 80 miniature gold-made boats, AL electoral symbol, and campaigned for an upazila polls contestant.  Election Commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussain labelled the activity of Quddus unethical and said it was a clear attempt to influence the upazila elections.  Meanwhile, the EC yesterday warned Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Mayor Khairuzzaman Liton for violating electoral c

Unidentified criminals killed Tanore upazila Jubo Dal convener Matiur Rahman Babu on Wednesday night at Bagdhani of Paba upazila of the district. Police recovered the body yesterday morning from Bagdhani Sashanghat near Barnoi river.  There were injury marks on various parts of the body, said police. Babu (38), also a mathematics teacher at Tanore Women's Degree College, left for home at Sadhur Mor in Rajshahi city on a bike at around 10:30pm after participating in a upazila poll campaign for local BNP leaders, said his fellow party activists. Police suspected that the criminals intercepted him at Kalitala and beat him to death there. Later, they dragged the body to Sashanghat, some 500 yards from the spot. The criminals also took away Babu's motorbike and two mobile phones.  "It was a planned murder and part of the on-going tortures on BNP activists across the country," said Babu's father Mahtab Uddin, president of Kolma union BNP. Babu's brother Hazrat Ali f