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Criminals leaves 3 to 4 bomb like objects in a bag at the scene in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail where Nikhil Joardar was hacked to death on Saturday. Three unknown persons have been sued in connection with the killing of a Hindu tailor in Tangail. Aratai Joardar, wife of slain Nikhil Joardar, filed the case with Gopalpur Police Station last night. Unidentified assailants hacked Nikhil, 50, to death at his tailoring shop in Dubail area under Gopalpur upazila in broad daylight yesterday. The motive is not yet clear, but the machete attack resembles the recent spate of targeted attacks that saw secular bloggers, writers and people of different faiths and ideologies killed over the last few years. http://www.natunsomoy.com/Case-filed-over-Tangail-Hindu-tailor-murder/53026

Sylhet Metropolitan Police took initiatives to deploy armed police for the security of noted writer Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, also a teacher of Shahjalal University. Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Mohammad Rahmat Ullah confirmed the matter to risingbd.com. He said that armed security service will be provided to Zafar Iqbal according to decision of headquarters. Two armed police men will work during day while three others will ensure security at night, he added. http://www.natunsomoy.com/Armed-police-to-ensure-security-for-Zafar-Iqbal/52980

A woman in the US has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for cutting a woman`s baby from her womb. In a crime that shocked the nation, Dynel Lane was found guilty in February of seven counts against her, including attempted murder and unlawful pregnancy termination, Xinhua news agency reported. Friday`s sentence was the maximum possible on both counts. Lane, 35, lured an unsuspecting seven-month pregnant Michelle Wilkins to her house in March 2015. She then choked, beat and stabbed Wilkins, 27, before stealing her fetus, which later died. Wilkins, who survived the attack, addressed the court and said Lane lives in a "narcissistic fantasy". Prosecutors did not charge Lane with murder because the coroner said the baby did not live outside Wilkins` body, although Lane`s husband said he heard the unborn baby cry out. Wilkins` father called Lane`s attack "savagery", and Boulder District Judge Maria Berkenkotter called it "brutal, shocki...

The US Supreme Court has approved a change in Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, so judges across the country now have the authority to issue warrants for remote electronic searches outside their district. That means that a judge can grant an FBI agent in, say, New York, permission to hack into a computer in San Francisco, or potentially any city in the world, in order to further their investigation. The court documents pertaining to the matter indicate that a warrant will be granted if a suspect uses tools to hide their identity, such as Tor. The amendment, first introduced in 2014, seems intended as a step towards keeping pace with the ever-changing world of cyber crime, but it raises privacy and security issues that tech firms like Google say require further debate. It comes just a week after a Massachusetts judge dismissed evidence obtained by the FBI using a network investigative technique in a case involving a Dark Web site that distributed images of child sex...

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence joked about her single status, asking “What dating life?”. Lawrence bemoaned about her relationship status while talking to AJ Calloway, the host of TV show “Extra” at the premiere of her film “A Beautiful Planet” here earlier this month, reports dailymail.co.uk. “What dating life?” the 25-year-old joked when asked about her romantic life. She insisted she was completely single, and even made a joke about exactly how long it had been since she was with someone. When Calloway asked “Are you kidding me?”, Lawrence responded -“No, it’s really sad!”. “I haven’t felt the touch of a man in...” the actress said just before tossing her head back in laughter. Lawrence was linked off-and-on to Coldplay singer Chris Martin. She also dated her X-Men co-star Nicholas Hoult off and on for years. http://www.natunsomoy.com/Jennifer-Lawrence-jokes-about-being-single/52918

Students of Rajshahi University today continued their protest program on the campus for the consecutive seventh day demanding arrest of the killers of Professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee. The students in their thousands attended a rally in the morning. Witnesses said the protesters brought out a procession in front of the Department of English at about 10:00am. The procession ended at the Mukul Mancha in front of Shahidullah Arts Bhaban of the campus. Prof Rezaul Karim, 58, of the RU English department, was killed by miscreants in the city’s Shalbagan area on 23 April. Victim’s son Sourov Hossain filed a murder case with Boalia police station. The case later was transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) of police. Rajshahi University Teachers’ Association on last Monday threatened to go on a nonstop strike if the government failed to arrest the killers within seven days.   http://www.natunsomoy.com/RU-students-continue-strike-protesting-prof-killing/52922

Muggers shot two people and snatched away Tk 2.25 lakh in Gulshan and Paltan areas of Dhaka on Saturday. An armed gang intercepted Belal Hossain, a bKash agent, on road No. 114 in Gulshan area around 9:00am and took away Tk 2.20 lakh after shooting him in his left hand, the victim told reporters at Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he was undergoing treatment. In another incident, muggers shot a man and snatched away Tk 5,000, a gold chain and a mobile phone set from him in Paltan area around 5:00am. Iftekharul Alam Milton, 42, was admitted at the hospital with bullet wounds in his left leg, a constable of DMCH police camp told media. http://www.natunsomoy.com/Muggers-shoot-2-men-loot-Tk-2.25-lakh/52932

The fire that erupted in Tultala area of Chandpai range of the Sundarbans in Sarankhola upazila on Wednesday afternoon finally came under control on Saturday noon. Bagerhat Fire Station deputy assistant director Mohammad Manikuzzaman said the fire is now totally under control and the firefighters have already left the area for their stations after taming the blaze. Four firefighting units from Khulna, Bagerhat Sadar, Morelganj and Sharankhola stations managed to extinguish the blaze with the help of employees of the Forest Department and local people at about 12:00pm. Dhan Sagar Station official Sultan Mahmud said the forest department filed a case accusing six people in connection with the fire incident. Among them, Sogir Choukidar, a resident of Uttar Rajapur village of Sarankhola upazila, was made the main accused. The forest department will investigate the case over the fire incident and submit the report to Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Sunday, said the station official. M...

Accusing BNP-Jamaat nexus of committing secret killings, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said they have launched the heinous act failing to topple the government. "The BNP-Jamaat clique does not want development of the people...they cannot give anything except burning people to death and destruction," she said. "Being failed to overthrow the government, they have chosen the path of killing teachers and the common people...they are killing teachers and the common people selectively," she added. The prime minister said this while addressing a function arranged on the occasion of inauguration of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Eye Hospital and Training Institute and laying the foundation stone of Sheikh Lutfar Rahman Dental College in Gopalganj this morning. Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health Ministry Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and former health adviser to the prime minister, Professor Dr Modasse...

State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim declared that biometric SIM re-registration deadline has been extended till May 31. The minister came up with the declaration at a meeting held at the conference centre of Bangladesh Tele-communication Regularity Commission (BTRC) on Saturday afternoon. Tarana Halim further said, "The unregistered SIMs will be permanently closed after 12:00am on May 31 and the mobile operators won`t be able to sell those SIMs for next fifteen months." Earlier on Thursday, the minister said, "April 30 is the final day of biometric SIM re-registration." According to Tarana, 83.8 million of 130 million SIM cards were re-registered biometrically by Thursday morning while at least 10 million subscribers have allegedly failed to re-register as their fingerprints did not match. On Friday, subscribers sweated it out at the biometric re-registration centres under a blistering sun in a rainless summer. Many of them alleged they co...

A three-storey building collapsed in Mumbai this afternoon, killing six people and trapping many others, civic officials said. Five people were rescued from the debris of the building in Kamathipura area of Grant Road, which caved in at around 2pm, reports The Times of India. Two of the injured succumbed to injuries at JJ Hospital and Nair Hospital, according to BMC disaster control room officials. The condition of the other injured is said to be critical. Many people are still feared trapped under the rubble, the fire brigade official said, adding the structure housed a beer bar and a factory, among others. Eight fire engines and three ambulances were pressed into rescue operation, the official said. http://www.natunsomoy.com/6-killed-in-Mumbai-building-collapse-many-trapped/52968

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said that almost 80 per cent of teachers lobby to get transferred to the capital Dhaka. The minister said this while speaking at a programme at International Mother Language Institute in the capital on Saturday. The minister said he recently went to a college outside Dhaka and found only seven teachers working against total 35 posts. There are 3,474 posts vacant in colleges across the country, he added. Negative impression will be created against those who lobby for transfer this way, Nahid said. http://www.natunsomoy.com/80pc-teachers-like-Dhaka-Education-Minister/52961

Kazi Salahuddin has been re-elected as Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president for a third consecutive term in the BFF executive committee elections being held at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka on April 30, 2016. Out of a possible 134 votes, Salahuddin -- who has served in the post for two terms between 2008 and 2016 -- got 83 votes while his competitor Kamrul Ashraf Khan Poton received 50 votes. One vote among the 134 delegates was cancelled. The counting for other posts is ongoing. http://www.natunsomoy.com/Kazi-Salahuddin-re-elected-football-chief-for-third-term/52963