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Road crash leaves elderly man dead in Narail
A 60-year-old elderly man died as a three-wheeler rammed into him on the Kalia-Gopalganj road in Kalia upazila of the district on Tuesday.
The deceased--Moslem Mollah, was son of late Kuti Miah of Parbasona village under the upazila.
Sheikh Taslim Alam, officer-in-charge of Kalia police station, said the accident happened around 2pm when the three-wheeler easybike hit Moslemwhile he was crossing the road in Kalinagar area, leaving him critically injured.
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Later, locals rushed him to Upazila health complex where physicians declared him dead upon arrival, he said.
Apart from this details on the road mishap could not be known.
Border passengers go through rapid antigen test to curb spread of Omicron sub-variant BF.7
In an effort to contain the Omicron sub-variant BF.7, the authorities concerned of Darshana border in Chuadanga district have taken steps to test passengers from the neighbouring country for Covid through rapid antigen test.
The authorities concerned of Darshana check-post have strengthened the measures following the directives from the Health Division on December 24.
Abu Naim, sub-inspector of Darshana Immigration, said some 150-200 people cross the Darshana Check-post every day and Dhaka-Kolkata Moitri Express and goods-laden trains also pass through the border.
The authorities are checking the Covid negative report of the passengers and a rapid antigen test was made mandatory in case of Indian nationals, if he or she had not received the booster dose, he said.
Read more: 1st case of Omicron sub-variant BF.7 detected in Bangladesh
A total of 89 people have entered into the country from India till Tuesday afternoon, he added.
A patient infected with Omicron sub-variant BF.7 has been found in Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed on Sunday.
He is one of the four returnees from China who tested positive for Covid-19 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday and were then kept in isolation, said Prof. Dr Najmul Islam, director (diseases control) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Read more: Clinical guideline finalised to fight off Omicron
In the wake of the surge in the new sub-variant of Covid-19 infections, Omicron BF.7, in different countries including China and India, the government has asked all to take necessary steps in maintaining health guidelines in all airports, land ports and river ports across the country.
BGB man kills himself with service weapon in Satkhira
A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel apparently ended his life by shooting himself with his service weapon at a camp in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira early Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Lance Naik Parvez Alam, 30. He hailed from Noakhali and was posted at the BGB camp in Nildumur.
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Other BGB members at the camp rushed severely injured Parvez to Shyamnagar Upazila Health Complex around 4:30am.
He died on the way to another hospital, said Nurul Islam Badal, officer-in-charge (OC) of Shyamnagar police station.
The body was handed over to the BGB officials after an autopsy at Satkhira Sadar Hospital, said the OC.
Dr Ahmed Ali and Dr Tamim Hossain, physicians of Satkhira Sadar Hospital, said that Parvez died due to the bullet injury on the left side of his chest.
Read more: BGB personnel shoots self with service gun in Naogaon, dies
An unnatural death case was filed in this regard, the OC added.
1 killed, 5 others in family injured in Shariatpur road accident
A man was killed and five others in his family were injured when the private car carrying them overturned at Konekshwar union in the Damudya upazila of Shariatpur district.
The deceased, Kawsar Majhi, 26, was a resident of the Char Voyra area of Damudya upazila and son of Barek Majhi.
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The family was returning home from Dhaka Airport after receiving Al-Amin Majhi, the elder brother of the deceased.
According to locals and police, the car turned upside down and fell into a nearby pond after the driver lost control due to dense fog at around 3 am.
Police rescued them with the help of locals and rushed them to hospital. Kawsar died on the way to hospital, said Sofi Ullah, SI of Damudya police station.
Read more: Bangladesh sees 9,951 road accident deaths in 2022, highest in 8yrs: Report
One of the injured was sent to Dhaka for advanced treatment.
Road accidents in Khulna, Magura leave 3 dead
Three people were killed in road accidents in Khulna and Magura districts on Tuesday morning.
In Khulna, two people died in separate accidents that took place at Parchalna village of Chalna municipality in Dakope upazila and on Notun Rasta Mor area in the city.
According to locals, a woman died after being hit by a speeding motorcycle in front of her house at around 11 am at Parchalna village.
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Parul Biswas, 60, was seriously injured and later died on the way to a hospital.
In another road accident at around 9 am motorcyclist Aksar, 26 was killed following a collision with a tank lorry in the city, said Kazi Kamal, officer-in-charge of Daulatpur Police Station.
The driver and helper of the tank lorry flee the scene immediately.
In Magura, Md Pappu, 19, a college student, was killed in a collision between two motorcycles in Sreepur upazila of the district.
Read more: Mother, daughter among 3 killed in Faridpur road crash
Officer-in-charge of the Sreepur police station Shukdev Roy said Pappuwas seriously injured following the collision.
Later he died at Faridpur Medical College and Hospital.
Gaibandha-5 by-election on Wednesday
The by-election to Gaibandha-5 constituency, which was suspended due to irregularities, will be held on Wednesday.
On October 12 last year, the Election Commission (EC) suspended the by-election due to ‘rampant irregularities’ on the election day and later the commission fixed January 4 for holding the polls.
Following the death of Gaibandha-5 lawmaker and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Fazle Rabbi Miah on July 22, 2022, it became a constitutional obligation to hold election for the parliamentary seat by October 20, 2022. Accordingly it was scheduled for October 12.
Elections will be monitored through CCTV cameras as before while voting will be held through electronic voting machines(EVMs) from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
A three-member committee was formed to look into the election irregularities on October 12.
Following the recommendations of the committee, the Election Commission took punitive actions against 133 officials including an additional deputy commissioner, five sub-inspectors and returning officer of the election.
The candidates of the Gaibandha-5 by-election are-Awami League candidate Mahmud Hasan Ripon, Jatiya Party candidate AHM Golam Shaheed Ranju, Bikalpa Dhara candidate Advocate Jahangir Alam, independent candidate Syed Mahbubur Rahman.
The constituency consists of Saghata and Phulchhari upazila and 339,743 people will exercise their franchise.
UNB Gaibandha correspondent reports: Election materials including EVMs were distributed for 145 polling centers on Tuesday.
Returning officer Abdul Motaleb and assistant returning officer Kamrul Islam were present.
Rab, police, BGB and Ansar members will remain deployed to hold the election peacefully, said Abdul Motaleb.
Vermicompost production makes Faridpur woman self-reliant
Once Tania Parvin had to struggle to make ends meet. One day she saw a video on Youtube titled how to make vermicompost, a kind of organic fertilizer, at home, and it changed her life.
After receiving training from the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), she began vermicompost production with three ring slabs in 2017. Gradually her production expanded.
Talking to the UNB correspondent, she said, “12 to 15 tons of fertilizer is produced from my 36 houses every month. I had only 12 houses in the beginning. The retail price per kg is TK15 and the wholesale price is TK12,"
Now she earns TK100,000 per month by producing the organic fertilizer.
Read: Faridpur woman earning Tk 1 lakh per month from vermicompost
Tania, a resident of Shovarampur area of Faridpur municipality and mother of two children, is now selling this fertilizer in various parts of the country. She said the demand for this fertilizer is increasing day by day.
“My fertilizer has become popular locally. I'm also selling it in various parts of the country. My husband is very supportive,” she added.
Inspired by her, many women in the district started producing the fertilizer at home.
Man’s wrist slit over land dispute in Sylhet
One of the wrists of a 35-year-old man was slit allegedly by his cousins in Sylhet's Companiganj upazila over land dispute on Monday.
The victim was identified as Helal Ahmed, of East Kathalbari village of the upazila.
According to the locals, there was a long dispute over a piece of land between the sons of Jashim Uddin and his brother Abdul Hashem Mia.
On Monday afternoon, a clash broke out between the supporters of the two brothers that left 13 people injured.
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Of them, Islam Uddin,25, Sagor Mia,24, Ahammad ali,35 and Ariful Islam,26 suffered serious injuries.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, Sukanta Chakraborty, officer-in-charge (OC) of Companiganj police station said.
Police detained Khurshed Mia,55 and Tara Mia,40, two sons of Abdul Hashem for quizzing, said the OC adding that no written complaint has yet to be received over the attack.
Narail boat capsize: Death toll climbs to 5
The death toll from the boat capsize in the Nabaganga River in Narail rose to five with the recovery of one body on Monday.
Sheikh Tasmim Alam, officer-in-charge of Kalia Police Station, said the divers from local fire service fished out the body of Royel Par, son of Imamul Mandal of Bahirdanga village around 3:30 pm.
Another victim identified as Mahmud Sheikh, 41, son of Khalek Sheikh of Kalia village and son-in-law of Enamul Mandal, still remained missing since the boat capsized.
Efforts are on to find Mahmud, he added.
Also Read: Narail boat capsize: Death toll rises to 4
Two people drowned and five others went missing after a boat capsized in the river off the coast of Kalia upazila on Friday night.
The bodies of Labu, 32, son of Tuku Chowkidar of Babupur village, and Khanze Sheikh, 55, son of Matiar Sheikh of Jokar Char village, were recovered on Sunday.
The boat with 17 people on board capsized around 8:30 pm while heading towards Bahirdanga from Baghbari of Kalia municipality. Ten of them managed to swim to ashore.
Elephant dies at Gazipur Safari Park
An elephant has died at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur.
Although the safari park authorities filed a general diary in this regard on December 22, last year, a day after the death of the elephant they did not disclose the matter to media until Sunday.
Imran Ahmed, project director of the park and forest conservator, said the elephant died after being hit by another elephant in the elephant shed of the park on December 21.
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“It was seriously injured and died from a stroke instantly,” he said.
After conducting an autopsy, the park's animal hospital's veterinary surgeon said the elephant died from a stroke, he added.
The elephant was about 47 years old.
The Forest Department has formed a three-member investigation committee, led by the divisional forest officer of Dhaka, to know whether the park authorities had any negligence in its death.
In January last year, 11 zebras and a tiger in this park died mysteriously.