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Man dies falling from tree in Khulna
A 47-year-old man died after falling from a tree at Shantinagar in Dumuria upazila of Khulna district early Saturday.
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The deceased was identified as Mahsin Sana, 47, son of Nowsher Ali Sana of the area.
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Quoting witnesses, Tony Mia, officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, said Mahsin fell from a lebbek tree near Ramkrishnapur Primary School when he was trying to cut a branch of the three around 6:30 am.
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Later, he was taken to a local hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
An unnatural death case was filed in this connection.
2 killed as bus rams auto-rickshaw in Chattogram
Two people were killed and four others injured when a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar highway in Patiya upazila of Chattogram district on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as Abu Bakkar Tasif, 18 of Chandanaish upazila and Nurul Amin, 27 of Cox’s Bazar district.
Toufiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Patiya Crossing Highway Police said the accident occurred near Kharna Chairman Ghat area around 10 pm when the Chattogram-bound ‘Marsa Paribahan’ hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving six people injured.
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Later, they were taken to Chandanaish BGS Trust Hospital where the doctors declared two of them dead.
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One killed, 21 injured in Pabna clash over land
A 40-year-old man died and 21 others were injured in a clash between two groups over a land dispute in Sahapur Union of Ishwardi Upazila in Pabna on Friday.
The deceased Khairul Islam was the son of late Nasim Uddin Pramanik of Chargargari Alhaj Mor Paschimpara.
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Some of the injured are Saju Hudi, 50, Jamaat Fakir, 50, Nasiruddin, 30, Md. Mithun, 35, Moslem Uddin, 60, Manu Pramanik, 55, Md. Khokon Pramanik, 35, and Nur Begum, 50.
According to the locals, the two groups had a quarrel a few days back over a piece of land. This led to a clash between the two groups in the last two days.
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As a result of the clash, Khairul died on the spot around 3pm on Friday.
Locals rescued the injured and sent them to the hospital.
Monirul Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC-Investigation) of Ishwardi Police Station, said police are on the spot.
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The details of the incident will be informed later, added the officer.
Farmers to get fair price for rice: Agriculture Minister
The price of rice will be fixed in such a way that farmers get a fair price, Agriculture Minister Dr. Mohammed Abdus Shahid said on Friday.
Besides, the government is implementing various initiatives to de-risk Haor crops, he said.
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The Minister was speaking at the Boro Paddy cutting festival organized by the DC office and Agricultural Extension Department in Bahadurpur village of Sunamganj's Sadar Upazila on Friday.
Earlier, the minister distributed combine harvester machines among the farmers.
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Addressing the farmers, the minister said that as there is a risk of crops in Haor areas getting submerged, early and short-lived varieties of paddy should be cultivated.
“The production of new varieties of rice invented by scientists in Bangladesh is very high so cultivate them,” added the minister.
Regarding the price of paddy, the minister said that the meeting will be held after two days to fix the price of paddy. It will ensure that farmers get a fair price. The price of rice will be determined in such a way that the farmers are encouraged to grow paddy, he said.
He said that strict attention should be paid to ensure that only real farmers can sell paddy at a fair price. “Upazila Chairmen should keep a close eye so that no syndicate is formed in the sale of paddy.”
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Former minister MA Mannan, lawmakers Mohammad Sadiq and Ranjit Chandra Sarkar, Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources Nazmul Ahsan, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture Malay Chowdhury, Chairman of BADC Abdullah Sajjad, Director General of Directorate of Agriculture Badal Chandra Biswas, Director General of Rice Research Institute Shahjahan Kabir, Director General of Atomic Agriculture Research Institute Mirza Mofazzal Islam, Deputy Commissioner Rashed Iqbal Chowdhury and others spoke.
Two motorcyclists killed, 3 injured in Rajshahi road crash
Two people were killed and three others sustained injuries after a dump truck hit two motorcycles in Rajshahi's Poba upazila on Friday.
The deceased are Julhas Uddin, 32, son of Rabiul Islam of Aliganj area of Damkura Thana and Rimon Hossain, 35 son of Manik Mia of New Kasba area of the same area.
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Ali Akbar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Damkura police station, said that 5 people on two motorcycles were heading towards the city around 4 pm.
Around 4:30 pm, when they reached Muralipur area, the dump truck knocked down the two motorcycles, leaving Julhas and Rimon dead on the spot.
Rickshawpuller injured in road accident dies at Dhaka hospital
The injured were rescued and admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. However, the condition of two of the injured is critical, doctors said.
On information, Damkura police and fire service personnel went to the spot and recovered the bodies, said the OC.
Retired army personnel dies in road accident in Rajshahi
The bodies were sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsies, he added.
Attacks on doctors: BMA Ctg unit announces work abstention on Sunday, Monday
The Chittagong branch of the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) has announced a two-hour work abstention on Sunday and Monday protesting the recent attacks on doctors in several hospitals in the district.
In addition, there will be no private practices for two days, it said.
The decision came from a human chain organised with the participation of various organisations of doctors in front of the Chittagong Medical College and Hospital on Thursday.
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Presided over by Professor Dr Mujibul Haque Khan, Chittagong district president of BMA, 9 organizations including Bangladesh Medical Association, Swadhinta Prakash Parishad and Chittagong Prakash Samiti participated in the event.
The BMA leaders said that doctors are being tortured in various ways while discharging their professional duties. Attacks on doctors are increasing due to a lack of justice. Doctors are very unsafe at their workplaces, they said
They also demand immediate arrest of all the attackers and bring them under the law.
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Mujibul Haque said that they were waiting for 5 days to get justice over the attack. “As there was no progress we were forced to take to the streets,” he added.
Earlier on April 10, Raktim Das, a doctor of Patia General Hospital in Chattogram, was seriously injured after being attacked by local Awami League leaders for the delay in treating a patient who suffered a heart attack.
Later on April 14, another doctor named Riaz Uddin Shiblu sustained injuries after being attacked by the relatives of a one-year-old who allegedly died due to wrong treatment.
Jhalakathi road crash ends couple’s life on honeymoon
The newly married couple’s wedding vow was to stay together forever. Little did they know the end would come before the honeymoon days were over.
Bangladesh Air Force’s soldier Imran Hossain, who was posted at Dhaka Cantonment, tied the knot with Nipa Aktar, a resident of Rajapur upazila in Jhalakathi, on March 8 this year, were among the 14 people who perished in Wednesday’s road crash in Jhalakathi.
The car carrying them was waiting to pay toll at Gabkhan Toll Plaza under the Sadar upazila when a recklessly driven truck crushed the vehicle along with four others.
Trucker, helper held over after 14 killed in Jhalakathi road crash
The couple lost four other family members in the accident -Nipa’s elder sister Nahida Akter Sonia, her husband Hasibur Rahman, their children Takia and Tahmid.
Driver Ibrahim of the private car carrying them was also dead in the road crash. All the victims except BAF member were buried at their respective graveyard in Rajapur upazila on Thursday.
The body of Imran, who was the only son of his parents and lone brother among four sisters hailing from hilly Rangamati district, was handed over to his father Nurul Islam upon completion of legal procedures on Thursday morning.
Later, a BAF ambulance carrying the body started its journey for Rangamati where he would be laid to rest at the family graveyard.
While receiving the body, father Nurul said Imran was the youngest among all his children and his mother and sisters broke down after losing their loved one.
17 deaths in Jhalakathi accident: Bus driver had a license for light vehicles, RAB says
Earlier on Wednesday, fourteen people were killed and 25 others injured when a speeding cement-laden truck ploughed through five vehicles before plunging into a roadside ditch near Gabkhan Bridge in Jhalakathi municipality area.
The accident occurred around 1:30 pm when the Barishal-bound truck ploughed through five vehicles including a microbus carrying a bridal party, three auto-rickshaws, and one pickup van standing in front of the toll gate. It then hurtled into the roadside ditch, leaving fourteen people dead and 25 others injured.
Trucker, helper held after 14 killed in Jhalakathi road crash
Police arrested the truck driver and his helper in connection with the road accident in Gabkhan Toll Plaza area that claimed the lives of 14 people on Wednesday.
The two were held from a house at Basonda in Sadar upazila of Jhalakathi district, said police.
The arrestees were identified as Al Amin, 30, truck driver and son of Ansar Ali Hawladar of Baroigati village and Nazmul Sheikh, 27, son of Kalu Sheikh of the upazila.
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Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said both the driver and his helper were hiding at a house and the local people kept them confined there when they sought help from them.
Later, they were handed over to police on Wednesday afternoon.
Earlier on Wednesday, fourteen people were killed and 25 others injured when a speeding cement-laden truck sloughed through five vehicles before plunging into a roadside ditch near Gabkhan Bridge in Jhalakathi municipality area.
The deceased were identified as Nahida Akter Sonia, 27, Hasibur Rahman, 32, Takia, 4, Tahmid, 8, Nipa, 22, Imran Hossain, 26, Ibrahim, 35, Shafiqul Majhi, 50, Atiqur Rahman Sadi, 11, Nurjahan, 7, Tahmia, 25, Sania Begum, 30, Ruhul Amin, 23 and Shahidul Islam.
17 deaths in Jhalakathi accident: Bus driver had a license for light vehicles, RAB says
The accident occurred around 1:30 pm when the Barishal-bound truck ploughed through five vehicles including a microbus carrying a bridal party, three auto-rickshaws, and one pickup van standing in front of the toll gate. It then hurtled into the roadside ditch, leaving fourteen people dead and 25 others injured, said Jhalakathi police super Mohammad Afrujul Haque Tutul.
4 shops, warehouses gutted in Gazipur fire
Four shops and several warehouses, used to keep daily essential products, were gutted in a fire that broke out at Alupotti in Tongi Bazar of Gazipur on Wednesday midnight.
The fire broke out at a warehouse around 11:45 pm near Tongi Sonavan Market and spread soon, said Shafiqul Islam, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defense (Uttara zone).
Onion, potato and daily essentials items were stored in the warehouses.
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Five firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze after one hour.
The cause of fire and the extent of the damage could not be determined immediately.
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Teen drowns in Sitakunda waterfall
An 18-year-old boy drowned while bathing in a waterfall in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday.
The deceased was Tahmid, of Gahira village of Raozan and a resident of Kusumbagh area of the metropolis.
Tahmid and his two friends came to the waterfall in the Chhoto Darogarhat area under Sitakunda upazila from the port city in the morning.
Around 1:30 pm, they all went down Suptodhara waterfall to take a bath and suddenly Tahmid drowned.
On information, a team of Sitakunda Fire Service rushed to the spot and recovered the body of Tahmid around 3 pm, said Nurul Alam Dulal, senior station officer of Sitakunda Fire Service and Civil Defense.
Kamal Uddin, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sitakunda Police Station, said that as there was no complaint the body was handed over to the family.