Fakhrul sent to jail

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Star file photo

Star Online Report

A Dhaka court sent BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Islam Alamgir to jail after he surrendered before it today over three violence cases.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Maruf Hossain denied three bail pleas moved by the BNP leader saying he has “no jurisdiction” as Fakhrul was denied bail by the Supreme Court.
The court however directed the prison authorities to consider his physical condition and provide him with proper treatment.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ordered Fakhrul to surrender before a lower court concerned by today after hearing three separate petitions lodged by Fakhrul seeking an extension of its order that granted him bail in the cases.
Complying, Fakhrul appeared before the court around 3:00pm today and moved three separate petitions over three arson and vandalism cases filed with Paltan Police Station.
Upset with the court’s order, pro-BNP lawyers took out a procession at court premises.
Following three bail petitions filed by Fakhrul, the HC on June 21 granted ad interim bail to the BNP leader in the cases and also issued three separate rules upon the government to explain as to why he should not be granted regular bail in the cases filed with Paltan Police Station in the capital on January 4 and 6.
On July 13, the SC granted a six-week bail to the BNP leader on medical grounds, clearing the way for his release from jail. The apex court also directed him to surrender before a lower court concerned after the six weeks.
On August 31, the SC extended the bail order for six weeks more. On October 6, it further extended till yesterday its bail order for Fakhrul on medical grounds in the cases.
Fakhrul, who stands accused in 89 cases, got bail from the HC and lower courts in other similar cases.

Lily Is This Year's Chosen Angel

• 02 NOVEMBER 2015
 
• Lauren Milligan

Lily Aldridge at last year's Victoria's Secret show in London

Picture credit: PA

LILY ALDRIDGE has been chosen to wear this year's multi-million-pound Fantasy Bra at the Victoria's Secret show. The model announced the news today on her Instagram account, enthusing: "I can't believe it's finally been announced! Thank you so much Victoria's Secret for this amazing honour! I love you all so much." The piece was created by international jeweller Mouawad and is valued at more than $2 million, featuring over 6,500 precious gems - including diamonds, blue topaz, yellow sapphires and pink quartz set in 18-karat gold.

Aldridge made her Victoria's Secret debut in 2009, and will walk in her seventh show next week in New York.  The American model follows in the footsteps of Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio, who last year each wore a bejewelled creation at the show. Aldridge, who has never worn the fantasy bra before, is one of just five Angels who already held the title prior to this show - alongside Ambrosio, Lima, Behati Prinsloo and Candice Swanepoel - after the lingerie brand named 10 new Angels for 2015. 

Lily Aldridge backstage at the Victoria's Secret show in 2011

The model - who is married to Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill and has a three-year-old daughter, Dixie - is part of a modelling dynasty. Her half-sister Saffron Aldridge and sister Ruby Aldridge are both models, while her mother, Laura Lyons, was a Playboy Playmate in the Seventies.

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Father’s fear came true

Prof Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque feared for his son, Faisal Arefin Dipan, when he heard of the attack on Avijit Roy’s publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul. Photo: TV grab

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Prof Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque feared for his son when he heard of the attack on Avijit Roy’s publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul.
His heart was racing the next moment when he could not reach his son Faisal Arefin Dipan on phone. “I could not reach his phone,” he told reporters today. “I heard that a publisher who published Avijit’s books was attacked.”
“I called to know whether my son is okay. He also published some books of Avijit Roy. I could not reach him. Then I spoke to his wife. She told me to come here and see my son,” he said.
A former Bangla department professor at Dhaka University, Fazlul Haque was speaking to the media at the place where his son, proprietor of Jagriti publishing house, Faisal Arefin Dipan was knifed to death.
Dipan’s body was found lying in a pool of blood inside the office of Jagriti publishing house on the third floor of Aziz market.
The attack was similar in manner to attack on Shuddhwashawr owner Tutul and two bloggers Tareque Rahim and Ranadipam Basu in Lalmatia.