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Some 42 youths including 18 of Rajshahi were ripped off their entire money amounting to Tk 1.65 crore by a fake manpower and travel agency that allured them with overseas job and higher education in Namibia. Universal Consultants Limited, a Rajshahi based agency sent 24 of the cheated youths to Namibia, but all of them had to return home facing inhuman punishment and torture in Namibian custody for false travel and other necessary documents. Police on Monday arrested Nurul Islam Mandol, a retired additional chief engineer of Power Development Board from his Bhadra residence for his involvement with the frauds' gang following complain of Tarek Ahmed, a swindled student of Shalbagan area. The police said, the gang has international connection and they used to cheat people setting up a fake college styled International College of Business and Information Technology at Windhoek of Namibia. The cheated youths and police said, Mondol's son-in-law Atik Shamsuzzoha Neon and his wife Na

Three cases were filed against the former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukhdar Dulu, his elder brother and two other house-helps for misappropriating 52 pieces of CI sheets of government relief fund in Naldanga of Natore district yesterday. Sub inspectors Ramjan, Rafik and Mustak of Naldanga police station filed the graft cases under section 406, 409 and 109 of Bangladesh Penal Code. Dulu and his brother Rafikul Islam Talukhdar were accused in a case for using government CI sheets in constructing drawing room and shallow water-pump house in his village home at Ramsa Kazipur under Naldanga police station. The two brothers and house-helps Zaharul and Razlu were sued in two other cases for erecting rooms of the house-helps with the government CI sheets at courtyard of the minister's village home. Police in a raid on Sunday afternoon seized 52 pieces of CI sheets from Dulu's village home and arrested Bazlu. Sensing the raid, Dulu's brother Rafikul Islam Talukhdar and

The Daily Star Vol. 5 Num 968 Mon. February 19, 2007 Sports Mashud far from maddening crowd Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi Distressed over his omission from the World Cup squad, long-serving wicketkeeper Khaled Masud has decided to skip the two four-day Tests against touring England A. "I don't want to deceive my countrymen playing for Bangladesh A when I am very upset. I would not be able to play with full commitment at this moment. So I came to Rajshahi to take some rest," Mashud told The Daily Star yesterday. The frustration drove Masud back to his hometown in Rajshahi with certain captive zeal for bringing himself back on track. AS soon as he reached his Kumarpara home last afternoon, he jumped out in company of local cricketers to devote in rigorous practice at the Rajshahi Government College ground. During a break in the practice, the former Bangladesh skipper -- ignored by the selectors who themselves believe Mahsud remains to be the best keeper in the country -- s

Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu Former BNP state minister for land Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu allegedly helped the rise of militant kingpin Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai in greater Rajshahi area in 2004, while the ex-minister also raised a gang of criminals led by his cousins and nephews, who terrorised the people of Natore and gradually took over the district's underworld. Dulu reportedly met with Bangla Bhai several times in 2004 and maintained the contact until the militant leader was arrested on March 6 last year. Several newspapers reported that on April 18, 2004, Bangla Bhai and his aides visited Dulu's house in Natore after openly holding a rally in front of an adjacent mosque. The then Natore Sadar assitant superintendent of police escorted Bangla Bhai back to his den allegedly under Dulu's direct instructions. Dulu also allegedly sent a number of his hired hands to protect Bangla Bhai during the March 16, 2004 gunfight between the police and Bangla Bhai's gang on Sadha