District
Ex-JCD leader ‘trampled to death’ by elephant in Moulvibazar
Moulvibazar, Sept 19 (UNB) – A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was reportedly trampled to death by a wild elephant in Sagarnal area of Juri upazila on Tuesday night.
Man held with 40 gold bars at Sylhet Airport
Sylhet, Sept 19 (UNB) – Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a man along with 40 gold bars, weighing 4.64 kilograms, from a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport on Wednesday.
The arrestee was identified as Zahid Mia, 40, of Shekhghat Kalapara area in the city.
APBn Additional Superintendent Joynal Abedin said Biman flight BG EA-228 coming from Abu Dhabi landed here around 6:45 am.
Tipped off, a team of APBn conducted a search operation in the flight and recovered the gold bars from under a seat.
Later, the team arrested Zahid for carrying the gold bars, he said adding that the current market price of the gold is around 1.89 crore.
Two students found dead in Kurigram
Kurigram, Sept 19 (UNB) – Police recovered the bodies of two students from BSCIC Industrial area in Nazira village of Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Selina Akter, 12, a class VIII student of Amin Uddin Dakhil Madrasa and daughter of Jabed Ali of Dakuapara village and Jahangir Alam, 14, a class IX student of Kurigram Technical School and College and son of Syed Ali of Purba Kallyan village in the upazila.
Locals spotted the bodies of the two teenagers from near the Naleyarpar irrigation pump house and informed police in the morning, said Mehedul Karim, superintendent of Kurigram Police.
Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Sadar Hosptial morgue for autopsy.
The necks of the two students were entangled by scarfs, said police.
‘Drug trader’ killed in N’ganj ‘gunfight’
Narayanganj, Sept 19 (UNB) - A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Shimrail in Siddhirganj upazila early Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Farid Mia alias Fenci Farid, a top listed drug trader of the area and son of Balai Mia of Tarabo in Rupganj upazila.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-11 conducted a drive in the area in the early hours on Wednesday.
Sensing presence of the elite force, the criminals opened fire on them, forcing them to fire back, said Alep Uddin, senior assistant director of Rab-11.
Farid sustained bullet injuries during the gunfight. Later, he was taken to Narayanganj General Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
Two Rab members were injured in the incident, he added.
One pistol, bullets and some Yaba tablets were recovered from the spot.
Farid Mia was wanted in 18 cases filed with different police stations, said the Rab official.
Flood situation in Kurigram improves slightly
Kurigram, Sept 19 (UNB) – The overall flood situation in the district is yet to be improved although the water of all the rivers has started to recede from Tuesday.
Despite the overall flood situation improving slightly in different upazilas of the district, the miseries of locals continue as crops of around 7,900 hectares of land have been damaged.
Most of the upazilas of the district went under water due to the onrush of hilly water from the upstream for over a week.
The water in Brahmaputra, Dharla and Teesta rivers have been flowing below the danger level on Wednesday morning, according to the Water Development Board.
Aman paddy in some 4,400 hectors of nine upazilas was inundated by the flood water, according to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE).
This year, the local DAE set a target of bringing 1,15,273 hectares of land under Aman cultivation.
Minor girl’s body recovered from Meghna
Chandpur, Sept 18 (UNB) – Police recovered the decomposed body of a minor girl from Meghna River in Ramdasdi village of sadar upazila on Tuesday.
Expat stabbed dead in Cumilla
Cumilla, Sept 18 (UNB) - An expatriate was stabbed to death over a previous enmity at Jora Meher village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
Shariatpur river erosion: WDB yet to start Padma dredging
Shariatpur, Sept 18 (UNB) – Two days have been passed since a dredger reached the affected areas of river erosion in Naria upazila of the district but the local Water Development Board (WDB) was yet to begin dredging the Padma river on Tuesday due to strong currents.
3 hurt in BCL infighting in Ctg
Chattogram, Sept 18 (UNB) – Three people were injured in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) over forming a new committee at Chattogram College here on Tuesday.
‘Arms trader’ held in Jashore
Jashore, Sep 18 (UNB) – Police here on Tuesday arrested a suspected arms trader along with arm from Rampur Bazar of Sharsha upazila in the district.