Sirajganj
Road accidents kill 2 in Sirajganj
Two people were killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj's Sadar and Raiganj upazilas on Friday night and Saturday morning.
In Sadar upazila, an engineer of the Bangabandhu Railway Bridge project was killed after being hit by a truck in Mulibari Railgate area on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Hamidur Rahman, 28, son of Chand Mandol of Kumiradanga village of Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district.
The accident occurred when the truck hit Hamidur, leaving him dead on the spot, said Md. Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station.
A case was filed in this regard, added the OC.
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In another accident in Raiganj, a man was killed and four others suffered injuries after a bus rammed a rickshaw van on Saturday, police said.
The deceased Kanai Haldar,30, son of Shri Rampada Haldar of Kalinja Haladarpara village of Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj.
Police said the accident occurred in the morning as they were going to Sadar upazila from Kalinja of Raiganj upazila in the van along with others.
When they reached the town's court mosque area, the speeding bus hit their vehicle, killing Kanai Haladar on the spot, he added.
Among the injured, Rampada Haladar, father of the deceased Kanai Haladar was sent to Bogura in critical condition.
Three others were admitted to the Bongamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital in Sirajganj, said the OC.
1 killed, 27 hurt as train hits bus in Sirajganj
A man was killed and 27 people were injured when a train hit a bus on a level crossing near Shaheed Mansur Ali Station in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj district early Thursday.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Harun-or-Rashid, officer-in-charge of Sirajganj Bazar Railway Police Station, said the Rajshahi-bound inter-city train ‘Padma Express’ from Dhaka hit the Dhaka-bound bus from Thakurgaon while it was passing the level crossing at Kaddar intersection around 4:30 am, leaving one killed on the spot and 27 others injured.
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The accident occurred when the bus tried to pass the level crossing hurriedly amid dense fog. The gateman was found absent.
Rail communication of Dhaka with northern parts of the country has been suspended as the engine of the train went out of order after the accident.
The injured were taken to Sirajganj 250-bed Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital.
Bumper T-Aman yield, good price delight Sirajganj farmers
Harvesting of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy is going on in the full swing in Sirajganj and farmers are happy seeing a bumper yield and good prices this season.
According to Agriculture Department this year’s T-Aman paddy production in nine upazilas of Sirajganj will exceed the target as the farmers have brought more land under cultivation exceeding the target of 74,670 hectares.
Season’s highest amount of T-Aman saplings were planted at Tarash, Ullapara, Shahjadpur, Rayganj, Kamakhand and Sirajganj sadar upazilas.
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Hares Ali, a farmer from Tarash upazila said, they started planting seeds creating seedbeds immediately after flood water receded.
“After that in August we started planting the saplings in fields. Though the fertilizer and irrigation cost was high this year we are happy getting bumper production,” he said.
The purchase and sale of paddy has already started in various markets of the district.
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“Currently, per mound of paddy is being sold at Tk 1300 to 1400 in the market which is comparatively higher than the previous year,” said Abdul Baten, a farmer from Ullapara upazila.
Already the hay traders have started visiting villages and the markets to buy straw and farmers are expecting a good price from it too.
Babul Kumar Sutradhar, deputy director of the district Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said that the farmers were given timely advice to cultivate T-Aman in the current season.
“Due to the favorable weather condition, there has been a bumper yield. Almost half of the cultivated land in the district has already been harvested and the harvesting will be completed in the next 2-1 weeks,” he said.
Lightning strike kill 9 men at work in Sirajganj
Lightning strike killed nine agricultural workers and injured four others in Sirajganj's Ullapara upazila Thursday, according to police.
Eight of the deceased were identified as Md Mobarak, 40, Monnaf Hossain, 19, Shamsher Ali, 62, Md Afsar, 63, Md Shahin, 21, Abdul Kuddus, 60, Shah Alam, 42 and Ritu Khatun, 15, Mohammad Mahfuz, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of Ullapara Circle, said.
The identities of the other deceased could not immediately be confirmed, he added.
The workers were planting paddy seedlings when it started to rain heavily, Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ullapara Police Station, said.
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"Then all of them sheltered in a house near the field. Suddenly a streak of lightning struck the men, killing five of them on the spot and leaving others critically injured," Nazrul said.
"The locals rushed the injured to different hospitals and clinics where they died while undergoing treatment."
Sirajganj: Paternal uncle, his associate to serve life for 2017 murder of mute girl
A Sirajganj court sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for killing an orally challenged girl in Belkuchi upazila in the district in 2017.
It also fined the convicts Tk 20,000 each, in default of which they will have to serve one more year in jail.
Judge of Sirajganj district and session judge court Fazle Khoda Md Nazir delivered the verdict in presence of the accused.
The convicts were identified as Saddam Hossain, 33, paternal uncle of the victim, and Akbar Hossain, a former Union Parishad member and cohort of Saddam. They were residents of Bera Kharua village in the upazila.
Advocate Gazi Abdur Rahman, public prosecutor (PP) of the court, said that convict Saddam planned to kill his 11-year-old niece Chaina Khatun, the mute daughter of his elder brother Jahirul Promanik, to pass on the blame centring a land dispute onto his paternal cousins.
Accordingly, Saddam in collaboration with Akbar Ali strangled the girl to death and dumped the body in a pond on December 25, 2017.
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According to the case statement, the victim’s father, who was not aware of the plot hatched by his younger brother prior to its implementation, lodged a case naming his paternal cousins with the police station the following day.
Police arrested the duo and submitted a charge sheet against them before the court in connection with the murder, based on which after all due process, a verdict was reached followed by the sentencing today.
Man crushed under train in Sirajganj
An unidentified man was crushed under the wheels of a train in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj on Sunday.
The deceased, aged around 50, could not be identified yet, said police.
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Md Harun-ur-Rashid Mridha, officer-in-oharge (OC) of Sirajganj Bazar Railway Police Station (GRP), said Dhaka-bound ‘Sirajganj Express’ train hit the man while he was crossing the railway tracks at Saydabad around 7am, leaving him dead on the spot.
The body was sent to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib General Hospital morgue for an autopsy, he said.
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A case was also filed in this regard, he added.
Jamuna gulps 400 houses in Sirajganj
Around 400 houses across four villages of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj have been gulped by the Jamuna river in the past one week, officials said on Friday.
“Some 400 houses, including 30 of the Ashryan project, have tumbled into the river. Pakurtala Primary School, a mosque and other buildings on the riverbank are now at risk,” said Nasir Uddin, sub-divisional engineer of Sirajganj Water Development Board (WDB).
“The receding waters of the Jamuna river are causing erosion,” he said.
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The WDB engineer said that Shahjadpur, Chauhali, Belkuchi, Kazipur, and Sirajganj Sadar upazila’s low-lying and char areas still remained flooded on Friday.
"Many of the important roads also remained under water, disrupting vehicular movement. People are also facing drinking water crisis," he added.
Similarly, around 9,106 hectares of Ropa Aman, jute, sesame and other crops have been damaged in the flooded region of the district, according to an officer of district agricultural extension department.
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Shahjadpur upazila nirbahi officer Tariqul Islam said he has already informed the WDB about the extreme erosion and the need for taking adequate steps.
5 killed in Sirajganj road crash
Five workers were killed and six others injured when a truck crashed into a mini passenger vehicle on the busy Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Sirajganj in the early hours of Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Mukul Hossain, 35, son of Abdul Majid, Monir Hossain, 34, son of Abul Bashar, Makbul Hossain, 35, son of Jamir Uddin, Abdul Halim, 45, son of Izal Haque, and Haidar Ali, 40, son of Abdul Kuddus of Natore district.
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All the victims were occupants of the mini passenger vehicle (locally known as Leguna).
Lutfur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police, said that the accident occurred in the Ramarchar area of the district's Solonga upazila.
"The stone-laden truck crashed into the Natore-bound Leguna, leaving three dead on the spot and eight others injured," he said.
Two other injured died on the way to hospital, he added. "The other injured are being treated at different hospitals."
Road accidents in Bangladesh continue to claim hundreds of lives every year.
As many as 543 people, including 81 children, were killed and 612 others injured in 427 road accidents in April, the Road Safety Foundation said in its latest report, released on May 7.
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The non-government organisation said 206 lives were lost in 189 motorcycle accidents, which is 37.93% of the total deaths. Also, 116 pedestrians and 87 drivers and their assistants were killed in March accidents.
On the other hand, accidents on waterways claimed at least eight lives while 23 were killed and five injured in train accidents across Bangladesh last month.
Woman, her lover to die for killing husband in Sirajganj
A Sirajganj court on Tuesday sentenced a woman and her lover to death for killing her husband in 2019 following an extramarital relationship.
Sirajganj District and Sessions Judge Fazle Khoda Mohammad Nazir handed down the judgment.
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The condemned convicts are --Mukti Khatun, 22, daughter of late Mukta Sheikh of Shaktipur village in Shahjadpur upazila and Saidul Islam Tushar alias Tuhin.
According to the prosecution, Mukti Khatun, wife of Monirul Haque Pramanik , had love affair with Tuhin before her marriage and it continued after the marriage.
Thinking Monirul an obstacle in the way of their relationship, Mukti along with Tuhin strangled him to death in her grandfather's house on June 3, 2019.
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Monirul’s son Jailhaq Pramanik filed a case in this regard.
After examining the records and witnesses, the judge pronounced the judgment in the presence of the accused.
Police: Son allegedly kills his father in Sirajganj
A man was killed, allegedly by his son, over a family feud at Saratail Dakshinpara village of Shahjadpur upazila on Thursday evening, police said.
The killed was identified as Sakhawat Hossain, son of late Ishaq Mollah of the village.
Police have arrested two sons of the victim, Rubel and Rakib for interrogation.
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Shahid Mahmud Khan, officer-in-charge of Shahjadpur Police Station said, the dispute with elder son Rubel started after Sakhawat bought a CNG for his younger son Rakib.
Around 7:30 pm on Thursday, Sakhawat had a brawl with his elder son Rubel and his wife Alpona Khatun. It was followed by an altercation among them.
At one stage, Rubel hit his father mercilessly with a stick, leaving him critically injured, according to the allegation.
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He died on the way to the hospital.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
A case has been filed in this regard, the OC added.