Pabna district police seized 12 trucks with 242 metric tons of Indian sugar smuggled from India by evading customs duty. At this time, 23 people including the truck driver and helper were arrested.

They were arrested in a special operation by the District Intelligence Police on Thursday (April 18) afternoon.

Pabna Additional Superintendent of Police Masood Alam confirmed the matter.

He said that for a long time a gang was bringing illegally imported Indian sugar to the country and selling it in different districts. Based on such news, the police entered the field. Later they were arrested in a raid in the Kazirhat Ghat area. At that time they could not show the valid documents of the goods. They were later seized and 23 people were arrested.

Additional Superintendent of Police Masood Alam also said that the case is under process. Details will be given after the investigation.

The court has issued a summons to the plaintiff businessman Nasiruddin Mahmud to appear in the court in the case of attempted murder in the case against the popular and criticized actress Parimani. At the same time the accused Junaid Bogdadi Jimmy asked to appear in court.

Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate M Saiful Islam gave this order on Thursday (April 18). Nasiruddin, the plaintiff in the case, had applied for the issuance of an arrest warrant against Parimoni.

The plaintiff's lawyer Abul Kalam Mohammad Sohail gave this information.

Earlier, the investigation officer of the case, police inspector Monir Hossain filed a report in the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court stating that the allegation of beating and intimidation against Parimoni and her costume designer Junaid Bogdadi Jimmy alias Jim was found to be true.

However, the report mentions that the allegations against another accused, Fatema Tuz Jannat Boni, were found to be true.

Businessman Nasiruddin filed the case in court on July 6, 2022.

In the statement of the case, it is said that Parimoni and her associates are alcoholics. Taking advantage of the opportunity, they entered various famous clubs and drink alcohol and do not pay the price with the parcel. Parimoni threatened harassment by filing false cases with police officials she knew. On June 9, 2021, after 12 midnight, the accused entered Savar's Boat Club and used the washroom on the second floor.

Later they sat inside the club and drank alcohol. When the plaintiff and his accomplice Shah Shahidul Alam were leaving the club at around 1.30 am, Parimoni purposefully called the plaintiff Nasiruddin and requested him to sit with them for some time. At one point Parimoni tried to lure Nasiruddin through obscene gestures and pressured the plaintiff to give the parcel a bottle of Blue Label alcohol free of charge.

As the plaintiff did not agree to this, Parimoni insulted the plaintiff. During an altercation between the plaintiff and the accused, Paramoni threw a serving glass at the plaintiff and also threw the mobile phone in his hand. Nasiruddin was injured in the head and chest. Parimoni and her accomplices beat up and threatened to kill Nasiruddin and vandalized him. 

The country has become self-sufficient in food under the present government. And Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina mentioned that there was a food shortage during the BNP.

She said, we will produce our own meal. Along with food security, the government will also ensure nutritional security.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this while attending a function organized at the old trade fair ground in Sher Bangla Nagar at 10 am on Thursday (April 18).

The Prime Minister said, when I formed the government in 1996, I saw a shortage of 40 lakh metric tons of food. In this condition we started the journey. There was not much reserve money then. There was a food crisis in Asia. Our aim was, we are not going to touch anyone. I will grow my own crops.

Stating that there was a shortage of food in the country during the BNP, the Prime Minister said that during the BNP we had to depend on other countries for food. Their thinking was to make the country dependent. But we came back from that situation after coming to power. Now Bangladesh is self-sufficient in food.

A young tourist was raped at Inani Beach in Cox's Bazar. In this incident, the police arrested the accused Mohammad Nizam (44).

The victim is a resident of Ibrahimpur area of Kafrul, Dhaka. And the accused Nizam is the son of Shamsul Haque of South Kadamtali of Ward No. 7 of Narayanganj City Corporation. Earlier, on April 15, the young woman went on a trip from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar with another girlfriend.

The officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhia police station confirmed the truth of the incident. Shamim Hossain said, "The accused Nizam has been arrested by the police. The victim was examined at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. In the evening she left for Dhaka. In this incident, on Wednesday, the victim, the young woman, said at the Ukhia police station. A case has been filed against Nizam under the Prevention of Women and Children Act.

According to the statement of the case, the plaintiff went to Cox's Bazar from Dhaka on April 15 with a girlfriend. She got up to room 402 on the ground floor of 'Rose' Cottage at La Bella Resort on Inani Beach in Ukhia. Mohammad Nizam, a person known a month ago, came with them. He went to room 401 next door. Nizam was the previous acquaintance of the girlfriend who accompanied the plaintiff in the case. On Tuesday (April 16) around 11:30 am, the girlfriend went to the beach. Plaintiff was staying in room no.402 due to headache. Around 12:30 PM, Nizam entered the room, closed the door and raped her. Nizam ran away when the hotel people came forward on her self-scream. After calling 999 number of emergency service, the police of Ukhia police station reached the spot and rescued the plaintiff. Next police raided Inani area and arrested the accused Nazim.

Ariful Islam, the manager of La Bella Resort, said, "On April 15, Md. Nizam came to the resort at noon. Nizam rented two AC rooms. Two women went to room number 402. Nizam went to room 401 next door. Nizam introduced the two young women as cousins. Before the police reached the spot, no one told them about the rape of the young woman in the resort room.