Veteran Sylhet journo passes away

Sylhet, July 16 (bdnews24.com) ? Sudhindra Bijoy Das, a veteran journalist of Sylhet district, has passed away. He was 79.

He breathed his last at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH), where he was undergoing treatment, at around 11:30am on Saturday, his son Rajib Das confirmed bdnews24.com.

Sudhindra, who was suffering from heart and kidney diseases, was admitted to SOMCH on Wednesday as his condition deteriorated.

The body has been kept in the hospital. His cremation will take place at Chalibandar cremation ground on Sunday at 4pm.

The veteran journalist worked with Eastern Herald, weekly Jugovery, Bangladesh Observer and The Daily Star since 1965. Besides, he was also a consultant to some local newspapers.

Sudhindra was a well-known social commentator and historian of Sylhet and Kachhar (Assam province in India) regions.

He actively spearheaded cooperative movement in the 80s and early 90s, and was an honorary secretary of the Sylhet Cooperative Bank.

Sudhindra, who lost his wife only months ago, is survived by two sons and a daughter.

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9 gold smugglers held in Sylhet

Sylhet, June 20 (bdnews24.com) ? The police have arrested nine members of a gold-smuggling ring in Sylhet.

They were arrested in the early hours of Monday from Naiorpul area of the city, police said.

The arrested are -- Feroz Alam Rubel, 24, Monir Hossain, 27, Taj Uddin Raju, 33, Raja Mia, 22, 'Ali', 35, Khurshed Alam, 41, Mohammad Jamal, 25, 'Majid', 22, and 'Khokan', 30.

A locker for the gold, a microbus and a pick-up van were seized from their possession, Kotwali police chief Khondakar Nowroz Ahmed told bdnews24.com.

Police set up check points at all the spots of the city after a burglary at Nayan Jewelers in the dead of night, at the Shahi Eidgah area of the city, the officer said.

Seven people were held with a locker, used for storing the gold, from a microbus early on Monday.

Later, two more were arrested from a hotel in the Dargah Gate area after information from the seven, he added.

The detainees confessed to being gold smugglers at the station. A case has been lodged against them with Kotwali police, he said.

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