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Barrister Aminul Haque The action against patrons and godfathers of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahidin, Bangladesh is to start soon. The executions of Six top Jama'atul Mujahidin, Bangladesh (JMB) militants on late Thursday marked the end of the country's firt overtly run militancy campaign that rattled the nation through a series of blasts and suicide bombings in 2005. The axe now turns to its patrons. Ex-BNP post and tele-communication minister Barrister Aminul Haque and Rajshahi district BNP general secretary Shis Mohammad were sued at Bagmara police station in Rajshahi on Friday night for patronising Siddikul Ialam Bangla Bhai’s Jagrata Muslim Janata, Bangladesh (JMJB) in 2004. They who were earlier named by Bangla Bhai as patrons of Jama’atul Mujahidin, Bangladesh were alleged in the case for masterminding JMJB operations in Rajshahi, Naogaon and Natore in 2004 and patronising militants. Other 26 militants were also accused in the case that was filed by JMJ

Police arrested two other top JMB members and associates of Siddikul Islam Bangla Bhai from Bagmara upazila yesterday. They are – Mobarak Ali, 40 of Goalkandi and Mohammad Ali, 42, Konabaria in Bagmara upazila. They were held at around 12pm. With them, a total of 20 Bangla Bhai’s associates were held in recent crackdown. Officer-in-charge of Bagmara police station Mirza Glam Sarwar PPM said, they were arrested following a tip off that movement of militants was increased after hanging of top JMB leaders. He informed, the two were also accused in three cases of Mukul murder, attempt to murder Sripur union chairman Makbul Hossain Mridha and police assault of Bhawaniganj. Mobarak and Mohammad were hiding since Bangla Bhai went underground from so-called Bagmara operations in 2004. End/

Crowd started flocking in at Kornipara in Gabtali upazila of Bogra as the Rapid Action Battalion members took body of Siddikul Islam Bangla Bhai at his home in the morning. Iftekhar Hasan Mamun's family members are lamenting as relatives and neighbours gathered to see what a fate Mamun chose for establishing Islam in an anti-Islamic way... Mamun Bodies of Shayakh Abdur Rahman, Siddiqul Islam, popularly known as Bangla Bhai, Rahman's brother Ataur Rahman Sunny, son-in-law Abdul Awal, and other Jama'atul Mujahidin, Bangladesh cohorts -- Khaled Saifullah, Iftekhar Hasan Al Mamun were hanged midnight last. Their bodies were also buried at their respective village homes. Siddikul Islam Bangla Bhai was laid down in Kornipara in Bogra. Body of JMB Majlish-e Sura member Abdul Awal was handed over to his brother Abdul Mannan at around 5.30am at Kaliganj of Shingra upazila in Natore district. He was son-in-law of JMB chief Shayakh Abdur Rahman. His namaj-e Janaja was held at

Anwar Ali, Rajshahi A decision of Rajshahi University (RU) to send 24 rare Bengal treasures from Barendra Research Museum (BRM) to Paris for a 'great global exposure' drew criticism from different quarters. Advocate Ankur Sen served a legal notice on RU authorities yesterday demanding cancellation of the decision within seven days. Sen pleaded that sending the rare treasures of BRM, one of the oldest research museums in the sub-continent, would hamper research work. It will be an irreparable loss to the nation's heritage if those are lost or not returned, it said. A group of 326 RU teachers on Sunday submitted a memorandum to RU Vice-chancellor to press the same demand. The precious archeological assets might not be returned they apprehended in the memorandum. The BRM is run by Rajshahi University. Signatories to the memorandum included senior professors like Muhammad Shafi, Shafikunnabi Samadi, Abdus Sobhan, Mizan Uddin, Dr AHM Zehadul Karim, Moloy Kumer Bhoumik and Faku