Rice-loaded truck hijacked in Gazipur

aogaon: A Chittagong-bound rice loaded truck from Naogaon was hijacked in Joydevpur of Gazipur district early Sunday. Driver of the truck Minol Hossain, 36, and his helper Tawfik, 25, was found lying in senseless condition beside a road at Bushdia at Gawsia in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district in the morning. Gawsia Fari police admitted them to a Narayanganj hospital. Police said Monoranjan Roy the owner of a rice storage at Aratdar Patti at Parnaogaon hired a truck (Bogra ‘Ta’ 02-0392 and loaded it with 280 sacks of rice worth Tk 380,626 and 60 pieces of empty plastic drums worth Tk 150,000 to carry the goods to M/s Mehraj Store at Chaktai in Chittagong city on Saturday evening. Naogaon police and owner of the truck Shyamal Saha of Alupatti of Parnaogaon suspected that members of rice truck-hijackers` gang intercepted the truck in Joydevpur and rubbed tranquilising ointment in the eyes of the driver and helper after tying them with ropes and dumped them at Bushdia Gawsia and decamped with the rice-loaded truck. Both Shyamal and Monoranjan lodged a general diary with Naogaon Sadar Modelthana.

May Day today • Staff Reporter The historic May Day will be observed today in the country as elsewhere in the world with a renewed pledge to protect the rights of workers. The day is observed across the world every year since 1886 commemorating the supreme sacrifices of workers at the Hay Market in the United States to establish the rights of eight-hour working day and with a renewed pledge to uphold the rights of working class. The day is a public holiday. Different political and labor organizations, particularly the labor wings of political parties, professional bodies and cultural organizations have chalked out elaborate programs to celebrate the day.