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A female student of Jessore Polytechnic Institute allegedly committed suicide by handing herself at a student mess house in the Jessore district town on Thursday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Shefa Khatun, 20, a sixth semester student of the college, and daughter of Abdus Sattar, hailing from Bikrampur village in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira district. Sources said students of the mess house found her hanging from a ceiling fan in his room at F block of 'New Town Mess' at noon. She was rushed to General Hospital where doctors declared her dead around 1:05pm, said Doctor Abdullah -Al- Mamun, medical officer, of the hospital. Students of the mess house claimed that Shefa committed suicide over a love affair with a student of the same college.....

Published at: 2017-03-03 00:00:05

Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) have arrested a suspected Neo-JMB leader from the capital on Thursday night. The arrestee was identified as Maulana Abul Kashem, a spiritual leader of Neo-JMB, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of CTTC unit conducted a drive in different parts of the capital and arrested him, said Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of DMP (media).....

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Syrian government forces and their Russian backers have completely recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from so-called Islamic State (IS) militants, the two allies said on Thursday. The army and other pro-government forces were reported to have entered deep into the city after IS pulled out. It ends the second occupation of Palmyra by the jihadists. The first time they controlled the area, the militants destroyed some of its most celebrated monuments. IS fighters were driven out in March last year, but managed to retake the city, its world famous ruins and the surrounding area in December. Syria's Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari confirmed the recapture on Thursday. He said the city had been "liberated from the hands of the terrorist organisation" and that President Bashar al-Assad had kept his promise to drive them out. In Russia, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was reported by local media to have told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Palmyra had been fully retaken by the Syrian army with help from the Russian air force. There were clashes and heavy shelling across the historic city as the offensive unfolded on Wednesday, UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. IS militants planted mines in several areas of the city before withdrawing, it said. IS held the ruins and the nearby city, known locally as Tadmur, for 10 months after seizing it for the first time in May 2015. It blew up temples, burial towers, and the Arch of Triumph, believing the shrines and statues to be idolatrous. The jihadists also destroyed the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel, the great sanctuary of the Palmyrene gods. The militants were then forced out by a Russian-backed government offensive in March 2016, but regained control while pro-government forces where focused on the battle for the city of Aleppo late last year. In January, satellite images revealed that the group destroyed the tetrapylon - a group of four pillared structures which were mainly modern replicas - and part of the Roman Theatre. The head of Unesco, Irinia Bokova, described the destruction as "a new war crime".....

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Twelve Bangladeshi girls returned home from India on Thursday after languishing in jail there for three years, reports UNB. Iqbal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Benapole immigration police, said human traffickers sent them to India three years ago after alluring them of better jobs there. Later, Indian police arrested them on charges of illegal trespassing. They were later produced before a court which sent them to jail. On completion of their jail term, the girls were handed over to an Indian NGO. Finally, Indian immigration police handed them over to Benapole immigration police through Benapole check-post today noon.....

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A man was killed in a landslide while cutting a hillock for lifting stone in Companiganj upazila on Thursday evening, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Companiganj Police Station Altaf Hossain said a chunk of mud fell on Yeakub Ali, 22, son of Rajab Ali of Narayanpur village of the area, around 6:00pm while he was cutting Shah Arefin Hill and loading stone on his tractor, leaving him critically injured. Locals rescued him but he died around 8:00pm on the way to hospital, the OC added.....

Published at: 2017-03-03 00:00:05