Hasina escapes bid on life

Three suspected members of the Islamic Chhatra Shibir, the student-wing of the fundamentalist Jammat-e-Islami, have been arrested in this connection, official bss news agency quoting Gopalganj superintendent of police Mohammad Jasimuddin reported.

The suspects had been identified as Sibbir Ahmed from Gungipara in the district and Jahangir Hossain and Faridduzzaman alias Tarun from nearby Kotalipra area, it said. Sheikh Hasina, who is on a two-day tour to the district said, “I am not afraid of death as it is inevitable and will come when God will desire so.”

She said, “Almighty Allah sends people on the earth to perform some duties and they will not die till those works are accomplished.”

The explosive in a metallic container, attached to batteries, is being examined by army-experts at the Jessore Cantonment, official sources said.