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Minor girl dies of snakebite in Bogura
A minor girl died of snakebite in Nandigram upazila of the district Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Sohamoni, 3, daughter of Abdus Sattar of Doupukuria village in the upazila.
Morshedul Bari, chairman of Bhatra union parishad, said the child was playing at the backyard of its house in the morning.
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Suddenly, a venomous snake bit the child while playing there, leaving her injured.
She was rushed to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where physicians pronounced her dead, the chairman added.
'Sopranos' actor Tony Sirico, 'Paulie Walnuts,' dies at 79
Tony Sirico, who played the impeccably groomed mobster Paulie Walnuts in “The Sopranos” and brought his tough-guy swagger to films including “Goodfellas,” died Friday. He was 79.
Sirico died at an assisted living facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, said his manager, Bob McGowen. There was no immediate information on the cause of death.
A statement from Sirico's family confirmed the death of Gennaro Anthony “Tony” Sirico “with great sadness, but with incredible pride, love and a whole lot of fond memories.”
McGowan, who represented Sirico for more than two decades, recalled him as “loyal and giving,” with a strong philanthropic streak. That included helping ex-soldiers' causes, which hit home for the Army veteran, his manager said.
Steven Van Zandt, who played opposite Sirico as fellow mobster Silvio Dante on “The Sopranos,” saluted him on Twitter as “legendary.”
“A larger than life character on and off screen. Gonna miss you a lot my friend,” the actor and musician said.
Michael Imperioli, who portrayed Christopher Moltisanti on “The Sopranos,” called Sirico his “dear friend, colleague and partner in crime.”
“Tony was like no one else: he was as tough, as loyal and as big hearted as anyone i’ve ever known,” Imperioli said on Instagram.
Sirico was unconcerned about being cast in a string of bad guy roles, McGowan said, most prominently that of Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri in the 1999-2007 run of the acclaimed HBO drama starring James Gandolfini as mob boss Tony Soprano. (Gandolfini died in 2013 at age 51).
“He didn't mind playing a mob guy, but he wouldn't play an informant,” or as Sirico put it, a “snitch,” McGowan said.
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Sirico, born July 29, 1942, in New York City, grew up in the Flatbush and Bensonhurst neighborhoods where he said "every guy was trying to prove himself. You either had to have a tattoo or a bullet hole.”
“I had both,” he told the Los Angeles Times in a 1990 interview, calling himself ”unstable" during that period of his life. He was arrested repeatedly for criminal offenses, he said, and was in prison twice. In his last stint behind bars, in the 1970s, he saw a performance by a group of ex-convicts and caught the acting bug.
“I watched ’em and I thought, ‘I can do that.’ I knew I wasn’t bad looking. And I knew I had the (guts) to stand up and (bull) people," he told the Times. "You get a lot of practice in prison. I used to stand up in front of these cold-blooded murderers and kidnapers — and make ’em laugh.”
Sirico also was cast outside the gangster mold, playing police officers in the films “Dead Presidents” and “Deconstructing Harry." Among his other credits were Woody Allen films including “Bullets over Broadway” and “Mighty Aphrodite,” and appearances on TV series including “Miami Vice” and voice roles on “Family Guy” and “American Dad!”
Sirico is survived by daughter Joanne Sirico Bello; son Richard Sirico; his brother, Robert Sirico, a priest; and other relatives.
12-year-old dies as house ceiling collapses in Ctg
In a freak accident, a 12-year-old boy died after a portion of the ceiling of his family house collapsed in the port city in the early hours of Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Rudra Das, son of Sukumar Das from Shyamol Babu Colony in the city.
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The tragedy occurred around 1.30am when the family was fast asleep in the house in the Kattali Choto Kalibari area of the city, said locals residents.
Rudra was taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition, where doctors declared him dead on arrival at 2am, said Sadekur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Panchlaish police station.
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Another farmer dies in Rajshahi after suicide bid ‘for irrigation water’
Another indigenous farmer who attempted suicide along with his cousin brother allegedly for not getting irrigation water for their land died on Friday a day after his brother’s death.
The deceased was Rabi Marandi, 32, a Santal community member of Nimghatu village in the upazila.
Earlier on Thursday afternoon, Rabi with his brother Abhinath Marandi, 30, took poison in front of Shakhawat Hossain , driver of a deep tube well operated under Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA).
They took the decision out of anger as Shakhawat was not giving them a serial number for a long time to get irrigation water supplied to their field in Iswarpur while their seedlings were drying out, alleged the family.
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Abhinath Marandi died around 9 pm after reaching home on Thursday while Rabi died at 8pm on Friday while undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), said Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani, director of RMCH.
Both the brothers died for swallowing poison, he told UNB on Saturday.
Meanwhile on Friday night, Abhinath’s wife Rozina Hemrom lodged a complaint against Shakhawat for provoking suicide at Godagari police station, said Kamrul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Godagari police station.
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OC Kamrul said Shakhawat has remained absconding since filing of the complaint.
Meanwhile on Thursday, Shakhawat denied the allegation of not giving water supply to Rabi and Abhinath’s field when the UNB correspondent contacted him.
Elderly man falls into septic tank in Khulna, dies
A 66-year-old man died on Monday evening after allegedly falling into a septic tank in the Chandkhali Bazar area of Paikgacha upazila in Khulna.
The deceased was identified as Kamrul Islam, a cleaning staff of the meat market in Chandkhali Bazar.
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According to locals, around 6pm, Kamrul was heading towards the waste dump near the market when he fell into the septic tank through a hole left by its broken lid.
Kamrul drowned in the tank before he could be rescued, said Jafor, an assistant sub-inspector of Paikgacha police station. "A case of unnatural death has been filed in this regard."
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Rampura godown fire: One dies at hospital
A 50-year-old worker died at a Dhaka hospital on Sunday, three days after he sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a scrap warehouse in the capital’s Rampura.
The deceased was identified as Md Helal Uddin, of Rajbari district.
Helal Uddin, who was undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery with 85 per cent burn injuries, breathed his last around 1:30pm, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
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He was among five people who sustained burn injuries after the warehouse near Bou Bazar Matir Mosque in Rampura caught fire on Thursday following a cylinder explosion while loading goods in a truck.
On information, two fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused the blaze, said Khaleda Yasmin, duty officer at Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters.
Besides Helal the other injured were identified as Md Yusuf, 50, Md Siddique, 50, Nur Nabi, 51, and Nader, 45 - all workers of the godown. They are under treatment at the hospital.
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Former DG of BSTI Dr Aziz dies
Dr Azizur Rahman, a pioneer in developing jute pulp technology in Bangladesh and former director general Bangladesh Standard & Testing Institute (BSTI), has died at the age of 83
Dr Aziz, who also served as director of BCIC (Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation) died at Evercare Hospital at 8:30 pm yesterday, his family said.He was the elder brother of former minister and Dhaka City Corporation Mayor Naziur Rahman Monzur.He also served as the managing director of Karnaphuli Paper Mills, Zia Fertiliser Factory and Sylhet Pulp & Paper Mills.
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5-year old boy dies falling from rooftop at Jatrabari
A 5-year-old boy died on Sunday after falling from the rooftop of a two storied building in the city's Jatrabari area.
The deceased was identified as Md Bappy, son of Md Swapan, a pickup van driver living Islamia General Hospital Lane at North Jatrabari.
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Bappy’s mother Hosne Ara Begum said he went to play with the other children in the neighborhood and at around 2 pm she heard Bappy fell from the rooftop of a building.
He was first taken to local hospitals and later transferred to Dhaka Medical College hospital, where the duty doctor announced his death at 4 pm.
The body was sent for an autopsy, said Bacchu Mia, in charge inspector of DMCH police outpost.
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11-year old dies falling off roof in city
An 11-year old boy died on Thursday falling from the roof of a seven-storied building in the city's Sturapur area.
The deceased was identified as Salvi Jihad, a student of class IV and son of Shah Alam, mechanic of a local welding factory.
According to Jihad’s uncle Masud, Jihad went to the rooftop of a neighbour’s building in RM Das lane with some other kids in the afternoon.
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His slipped while trying to catch a torn kite and fell down from the roof, he said.
Jihad was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition where doctors announced him dead at 5:30 pm, said Bacchu Mia, In-charge Inspector of DMCH police outpost.
The body has been sent for an autopsy and the concerned police station has been informed about the accident, he said.
‘Pushed’ off a bus, passenger dies at Wari
A man allegedly died after he was allegedly pushed off a moving passenger bus at Joykali Temple intersection at city’s Wari on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Md Irfan Ahmed, 48, an electronics mechanic who worked in a shop at Nawabpur area.
The incident occurred at 10 am.
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Irfan’s brother Md Rayhan said, his brother left home from Demra for the shop in the morning and after a while they were informed by some witnesses that helper of a Green Bangla Paribahan bus pushed him on the road.
He was at first taken to a local hospital and was later transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the duty doctors announced him dead around 12 pm.
Tanvir Hasan, Sub-Inspector of Wari police station said, “Initially we got information from witnesses that Irfan was pushed by the bus helper but he had no severe injury mark on his body except his left eye was swollen and blue. “
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The body was sent for an autopsy and a case will be filed in this regard, said the SI.