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Khulna fuel traders, workers called off indefinite strike
Fuel traders and workers in Khulna division called off their indefinite strike to press home various demands including a hike in their commission on fuel sales this evening (Sunday).
Syed Sajjadul Karim Kabul, central president of the Tank Lorry Owners Association, said a gazette was issued in response to the demand for an increase in commission on the sale of fuel. But it was not implemented.
“Oil extraction and transportation were suspended this morning. The strike was called off on the assurance of a marketing department official of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation in the afternoon. The gazette will be amended and implemented in a day or two,” he said.
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On Sunday morning, fuel traders and workers in Khulna division went on an indefinite strike to press home their various demands including hike in commission on fuel sale.
As part of the strike which started at 8am today, fuel traders of Khulna’s Padma, Meghna and Jamuna oil depots halted fuel oil extraction as well as transportation to 15 districts.
The traders and workers threatened that they will continue their strike till their demand for an increase in commission on fuel oil sale is met.
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The demands of the fuel oil traders also include raising commission on fuel sale to at least 7.5 percent, setting the economic life of tank-lorry to 30 years from 25 years, and issuing a gazette notification mentioning fuel traders as commission agents as per previous pledges.
Earlier on September 3, the fuel oil traders observed a strike to press home their similar demands and subsequently called off the strike upon receiving assurances from the authorities.
Two more accused in Hridoy murder case arrested
RAB arrested two more indigenous youths on Saturday accused of being involved in the kidnapping and murder of Shibli Sadiq Hridoy, a college student of Rauzan in Chattogram.
The arrestees were identified as Uchingthoi Marma, 23 and Kasai Ong Chowdhury, 36.
Rab-7 Commander Lt Colonel Md. Mahbub Alam said this at a press conference on Sunday afternoon.
Mahbub Alam said the perpetrators abducted Hridoy for protesting against stealing chicken food from a poultry farm and killed him. The body was chopped into pieces so that the body could not be identified.
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On Saturday afternoon, RAB arrested the accused Uchingthoi Marma from Patenga beach area. Based on the information given by Uchingthoi Marma, accused Kasai Ong Chowdhury was arrested on the same day from the New Bridge area around 5pm.
RAB claimed that the arrestees have given statements describing the murder.
While questioned about the news circulated on social media that the murderers had eaten his meat after killing Hridoy, the RAB official said,”We have questioned them about this. They said they didn't know about it. However, it is true that the flesh of the body was thrown apart. There was no information on meat eating.”
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On September 11, police recovered Hridoy's chopped body from the deep forest of Rauzan. One of the accused, Umangching Marma, was killed in a mob attack while returning after recovering the body.
Hriday was abducted 14 days before the body was found.
Fisherman’s severed head recovered from Sundarbans
The Forest Department on Sunday recovered the severed head of a 24-year-old fisherman from Sundarbans East Division under Sharankhola Upazila of Bagerhat District.
Kazi Muhammad Nurul Karim, divisional forest officer (DFO) of Sundarbans East Division, said they recovered the head of Shipat Hawlader, son of Faruk Howlader of Paschim Rajapur village of the upazila, from Tulatala area in the morning.
The forest official said Shipar illegally entered the Sundarbans last Wednesday for fishing and went missing.
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Being informed, the forest department staff and local people started searching and recovered his head.
Several tiger pugmarks were found near the spot. The forest official suspected that the tiger attacked the fisher and ate his entire body.
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Shipat’s face was disfigured and it was difficult to identify, but his father identified his son seeing his clothes, said Md Ikram Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sharankhola police station.
The dismembered head was handed over to his family.
An unnatural death (UD) case was registered at the police station in this regard, added the OC.
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Khulna fuel traders, workers go on indefinite strike
Fuel traders and workers in Khulna division went on an indefinite strike on Sunday morning to press home their various demands including hike in commission on fuel sale.
As part of the strike which started at 8am today, fuel traders of Khulna’s Padma, Meghna and Jamuna oil depots have halted fuel oil extraction as well as transportation to 15 districts.
The traders and workers have threatened that they will continue their strike till their demand for an increase in commission on fuel oil sale is met.
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Sheikh Murad Hossain, general secretary of Khulna Divisional Fuel Oil Distributors Association, said, "We have initiated several programmes to press for an increase in the commission for fuel sale. Although a gazette addressing the commission extension has been issued in response to our demand, it remains unimplemented.”
He referred to it as a formula gazette and said, "The gazette is full of mistakes. The demand has to be implemented, not just the gazette. Our programme will continue till the demands are met.”
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The demands of the fuel oil traders also include raising commission on fuel sale to at least 7.5 percent, setting the economic life of tank-lorry to 30 years from 25 years, and issuing a gazette notification mentioning fuel traders as commission agents as per previous pledges.
Earlier on September 3, the fuel oil traders observed a strike to press home their similar demands and subsequently called off the strike upon receiving assurances from the authorities.
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Bodies of 2 workers recovered from septic tank in Feni
The bodies of two workers were recovered from a septic tank of an under-construction building in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni district on Saturday.
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The deceased were Mayeen Uddin, 25, son of Serajul Hoque of Khagrachhari district and Bikash Chandra Das, 35, son of Rabindra Das of Bagerhat district.
Police and locals said the workers remained missing since Friday afternoon.
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As they could not be reached on mobile phones, their families informed the contractor about the matter.
On Saturday morning, the bodies were found floating in the septic tank of the house owned by expatriate Shahidul in Thanapara area, they said.
Being informed, members of Chhagalnaiya Fire Station retrieved the bodies from the tank, said the fire station’s officer Mirazul Islam.
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He said the workers might have died after inhaling poisonous gas in the tank.
Md Wali Ullah, additional superintendent of Feni police, said the bodies were sent to Feni General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
9th grader ‘gang-raped’ in Bagerhat, 2 arrested
A ninth grader was allegedly gang-raped by three youths in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat on Friday evening.
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Police arrested two of the three accused in this connection, said Rampal police station’s officer-in-charge SM Ashraful Alam.
The arrestees Sheikh Russell, 26, son of Sheikh Farhad Hossain and Rakib Hossen Sajal, 25, son of Azmal Hossen, are from Paragovindapur and Kalekhar villages respectively of the upazila.
Another accused, Rahmat, Sheikh is now on the run.
OC Ashraful said the schoolgirl was alone going to her coaching centre on Friday afternoon. As she fell sick on the way she deiced to go to her maternal uncle’s house at nearby Kismat Jhanjhaniya village.
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Accused Rahmat and Russell intercepted the girl on the way and picked her up in a motorbike.
They took her to a fish enclosure at Durgapur Putiamari village where Sajal was waiting, the OC said adding that the three raped the girl by turns.
Later, the victim was sent back home by a local vehicle, he said.
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Victim’s uncle Saiful Islam filed a case against the trio with the police station in this connection on Friday night, the police officer said, adding that the girl was admitted to Sadar Hospital for a medical test.
He said they were conducting drives to arrest Rahmat Sheikh.
Woman’s body retrieved from pond in Magura
The body of a woman was recovered from a pond of a school in Sadar upazila of Magura district on Saturday.
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The deceased was Rubiya Begum, 55, wife of Kawsar Ali Sheikh of Bhaina village of the upazila.
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Locals spotted the body floating in the pond of Magura Government High School around 9am and informed police, said Sekandar Ali, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station.
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The body was sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, he said.
He said it is not clear whether she committed suicide or was killed.
3 killed in Feni road crash
Three people, including a couple were killed in a road accident as a speeding passenger bus rammed into a CNG-run autorickshaw on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni on Friday night.
The deceased were Bangladesh Army’s former warrant officer Abu Taher, 59, his wife Salma Aktar, 48, and autorickshaw driver Mona Miah, 30.
Taher’s brother Sadek Hossain, panel chairman of Ghopal union under the upazila, confirmed the deaths of the three saying that his brother accompanied by wife Salma went to the house of his father-in-law in Banglabazar area under Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram, a nearby upazila of Feni.
Police and locals said the Dhaka-bound bus of Shymoli Paribahan knocked down the autorickshaw when it was taking a U-turn after coming out from a refueling pump by the highway in Samitir Bazar area under the upazila around 7pm.
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The impact of the accident left the autorickshaw fallen into a roadside and the three critically injured, they said.
The injured were rushed to Feni Sadar Hospital where physicians declared them dead upon arrival.
Fazilpur Highway Police Station’s Officer-in-charge of Rashed Khan Chowdhury said the bodies were sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy.
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They recovered the damaged autorickshaw, he said, adding the bus could not be seized immediately.
2 killed in lightning strike in Habiganj
Two people died and another was injured after being struck by lightning in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila on Friday afternoon.
The deceased Shanta Akter, 30, Sadia, 13 and and the injured Sharmin Akter, 45, are from the same family.
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Lightning suddenly struck them when Sharmin, her daughter in-law Shanta and granddaughter Sadia were on their way home in Shimulghor Sarak Bazar area around 5 pm.
Dr Rakibul Islam of Madhabpur upazila health complex confirmed the matter.
Munjur Ahsan, upazila nirbahi officer, said the family will get government assistance.
Man crushed under train in capital’s Moghbazar
A 58-year-old man died when a moving train ran him over while he was crossing the rail tracks at Moghbazar wireless railgate area in Dhaka.
The incident happened around 7:45 am on Friday when the man was taking a walk
The deceased was identified as MD Abdul Latif. He was an electrician by profession.
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SI Harun Ur Rashid of Kamalapur Police Station, confirmed the matter.
Quoting the man’s son Arifur Rahman, the SI said, he went for a walk in his neighborhood.
His body was recovered around 10:30 am and handed over to his family later, he said.
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