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Mango growers and experts see bright prospect of a bumper production of mango this year as trees are in full bloom in Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi districts. According to the Regional Horticulture Research Station (RHRS) in Chapainawabganj, about 80 percent mango trees in the country's largest mango-producing district have so far flowered, reports our correspondent Rabiul Hasan. The weather has been favourable for flowering and if there is no prolonged draught, storm or foggy weather there would be a bumper production of mango this year, said Dr Md Shafiqul Islam, chief scientific officer of RHRS. There are 16,72,500 mango trees on 22,300 hectares of land in Chapainawabganj district and Shibganj upazila has the highest 9,18,375 mango trees on 12,245 hectares of land, said sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE). The district produced 1,05,000 tonnes of mango last year, they said, adding that the Barind region sees a gradual increase in mango cultivation as farmers

Thursday, February 25, 2010 Jamaat-e-Ahle Hadith Secretary General Rezaul Karim was released on bail from Rajshahi Central Jail yesterday. Jail sources said District and Sessions Judge AR Masud granted his (Rezaul's) bail prayer Tuesday afternoon, as he was not wanted in any other cases. Detective Branch of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police arrested Rezaul on November 23 last year on charge of giving death threat to Attorney General Mahbubey Alam through a letter. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=127787 Friday, February 26, 2010 RU Violence Two Jamaat leaders arrested over the recent violence at Rajshahi University were sent to jail yesterday after end of their remand. Of them, Rajshahi city Jamaat General Secretary Abul Kalam Azad had been remanded twice and Siddique Hossain, assistant secretary of the same unit and a member of the RU syndicate, thrice. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ruhul Amin put the two in jail after police produced them in the af

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 At least 24 leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir including its secretary general Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury "quit" from the students' body last night apparently due to internal conflict over the Rajshahi University violence on February 9. The office secretary and finance secretary of Shibir and the president of its Dhaka University unit were among those who resigned, party sources said. Shibir insiders said a section of Shibir leaders brought allegations including that of the failure to handle the Rajshahi University incident properly against Shibir President Rezaul Karim and top-level Jamaat-e-Islami leaders. The Jamaat leaders had held a series of meetings with Shibir leaders at the Al-Falah auditorium in the city yesterday and the day before to resolve the dispute. Shibir general secretary Mamun in the wee hours today told The Daily Star that he had actually resigned two days ago due to personal reasons. Asked about the rest of the Shibir leader

Friday, February 19, 2010 RU Violence Rajshahi city Jamaat-e-Islami general secretary Abul Kalam Azad and Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute Islami Chhatra Shibir president Tariq Saifulla were taken on a five-day remand yesterday. They were arrested on Wednesday in connection with Rajshahi University violence on February 9, the police said. Meanwhile, police arrested four more Shibir cadres from the city. Azad was arrested on charge of abetting Shibir cadres during the RU violence that left Chhatra League activist Faruk Hossain dead and several others injured. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=127019 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4 more Shibir cadres held at RU Police arrested four more cadres of Islami Chhatra Shibir, an associated organisation of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, at Rajshahi University yesterday. The arrestees are Rahat, a sixth semester student of management department, Riad Ibne Ahad, Arifuzzaman and Monjurul Islam, third year students of law and justic

Thursday, February 18, 2010 Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Sarder Nurul Amin, who was the Security-in-charge during the Rajshahi University violence, was made officer-on-special-duty and was transferred to police headquarters yesterday. Twenty eight other senior police personnel -- ranking between deputy inspectors general and additional deputy commissioner -- were also transferred to different places, said a source in police headquarters. Sources said the government will take departmental actions against DC Sarder Nurul Amin for negligence in duties during the violence that deteriorated the law and order situation on RU campus and the city. According to the source, Deputy Inspectors General Aftab Uddin Ahmed of police headquarters was made Police Commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police. Assistant Inspector General (Media) Nazrul Islam was made superintendent of police of Chuadanga district. But no replacement to the post was made http://www.thedailystar.net/new

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Violence plotted in Dhaka; attackers' cell phone records show Jamaat connection In a major turn of events in the Rajshahi University violence investigation, the Detective Branch of Police yesterday arrested a member of the university syndicate in connection with the murder of RU student Faruk Hossain. Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Sarder Nurul Amin said Siddik Hossain was arrested at Rajshahi Court area around 6:00pm yesterday. Siddik is the Rajshahi city Jamaat assistant general secretary and also the principal of Islamia College. He said arrested Shibir cadres revealed his name. Meanwhile, three very high-ranking police personnel in Rajshahi told The Daily Star that Jamaat and Shibir leaders in Dhaka planned the February 9 attack on Chhatra League at Rajshahi University and the attackers were present at the public meeting of Jamaat Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami in Rajshahi on February 7. Sources say that investigators going through mob

Wednesday, February 17, 20 Jamaat-Shibir men are killing people as per their plans and creating anarchy in a bid to thwart the move for trying the war criminals and banning religion-based politics, leaders of the ruling grand alliance said at a public meeting yesterday. They said the murder of Rajshahi University's Chhatra League activist Faruk Hossain was a part of Jamaat's master plan. The leaders argued that Jamaat-Shibir men have no right to do politics following cancellation of the fifth amendment of the constitution. Speaking as the chief guest, Jute and Textile Minister Abdul Latif Siddiki stressed strengthening the unity of the alliance at grassroots level in order to fight the anti-liberation forces and the Islamist militants. The government is facing difficulty in dealing with the chaos at different parts of the country, as there are elements of Jamaat-Shibir among police and government officials. Lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon blamed Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami for