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Wife drowns, husband goes missing while bathing in Padma
A 32-year-old housewife drowned while bathing with her husband and two offspring in the Padma River in Godagari municipality of Rajshahi on Friday morning.
Her husband Salauddin Quader, 38, also went missing.
The deceased—Manjuri Tanvir Nishi and her missing husband Salauddin were residents of Shrimantapur area under the Godagari upazila.
Salauddin, a private banker posted in Kishoreganj, his family members and some 15 others had a picnic on the bank of the river on Friday, said Namiruddin, deputy officer of Godagari Fire Service and Civil Defense station.
After travelling by boat, he and his family members were bathing in the river at noon. Suddenly a heavy tide came along and all four members including Manjuri went missing at first.
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Though others could rescue Nishi and her two offspring, Salauddin remained missing after the tide hit. Manjuri breathed her last on the way to hospital, the fire service officer said.
A team of divers was conducting a search operation in the river but till the filing of this report at 9pm, there was still no sign of him, he added.
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1 killed, 15 injured as 2 buses collide in Dhaka-Barisal highway
A person was killed and around 15 were injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Kashipur area of Barisal on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Md. Kalam, the driver of the SR Paribahan bus.
According to police, a Barisal-bound bus of Islam Paribahan crashed into a Swarupkathi -bound bus of SR Paribahan at about 3:30 pm.
“The accident left the driver dead on spot. Fifteen patients with critical injuries have been admitted to hospital,” said Lokman Hossain, Inspector of Airport Police Station.
The injured were admitted to Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital.
“Traffic has returned to normal. Both buses involved in the accident have been seized,” Inspector Lokman said.
Wife kills husband's brother over property feud in Cumilla
A grocer was killed in an attack allegedly by the wife of his younger brother, over a property feud in Adharsha Sadar upazila of the district on Friday.
Police, however, detained the accused woman identified as Selina Aktar, 30, in this connection.
The deceased—Ripon, 40, was son of Mobarrak Hossain of Dhigalgaon village under the upazila. He used to run a grocery shop at local Kalir Bazar.
Locals and police said the victim and his younger brother Babul’s wife Selina had been at loggerheads over ownership of a piece of land in the village for a long time.
On Friday morning, Selina barred Ripon from digging on the soil of the land, resulting in an altercation.
At one stage, the accused hit Ripon with a brick, including on the neck and other parts of the body leaving him dead on the spot.
Ahmed Manjur Morshed, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station, confirmed the murder saying that they detained the accused following the incident.
A process of filing a case was underway in connection with the murder, the OC added.
Tourist killed in Rangamati road crash
A tourist was killed in a head-on collision between ‘Chander Gari’( a vehicle that usually carries tourists) and a motorcycle on his way back from Sajek of Baghaichari Upazila in Rangamati.
The dead was identified as Hridoy, 30. Details about him are yet to be known. The accident occurred around 1:15 PM.
Officer-In-charge (OC) of Sajek Police Station Nurul Haque confirmed that the collision occurred in the Machalong area.
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After the accident, the seriously injured Hridoy was rescued and sent to Dighinala Upazila Health Complex with the help of locals.
He died while undergoing treatment there.
Jerry Lusai, General Secretary of Sajek Resort and Cottage Owners Association, said, they are struggling to keep up with the influx of tourists and additional traffic.
“Sajek's resorts and cottages are fully booked for the New Year”, he said.
2 bodies recovered from Tangail rail track
Police recovered bodies of two people from a rail track at Hatiya in Kalihati upazila of the district Thursday morning.
The deceased---Sagor Sikdar, 35, son of Chanchal Sikdar and Sajeeb, 33, son of Liakot Ali, were residents of Santhia upazila of Pabna.
Locals said the duo was going to Pabna from Dhaka by a private car on Wednesday night.
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A bus hit the private car on its way to Pabna in Kalihati upazila around 2.30am.
They remained unhurt and came out of their vehicle and then they were walking on the rail track.
The duo might have been crushed by any train at that time, locals said.
Fazlul Hoque, in-charge of Tangail Railway police outpost, said that the bodies were sent to morgue for autopsy.
13-year-old driving microbus killed in Chuadanga road crash
A 13-year-old boy was killed as the microbus he was driving crashed into a roadside tree in Damurhuda upazila of Chudanga district Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Riyad Hossain, son of Yunus Biswas of Aramdanga village of Karpasdanga union of the upazila.
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The accident occurred when the microbus hit a roadside tree at Karpsdanga Natunpara area around 8:00am, Ferdous Wahid, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Damurhuda Model Police Station, said.
Riyad died on the spot, added the OC.
Jute godown, houses gutted in Gaibandha fire
At least 4 houses and a jute warehouse were gutted in a fire at a market in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday morning.
Arif Anwar, station officer of Gobindaganj Fire Service Station, said that the fire broke out in the jute godown owned by Ajhar Ali at Mahimaganj Market around 11am and soon engulfed the adjacent houses.
On information, three fire-fighting units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control after two hours of frantic effort.
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The fire might have originated from an electric short-circuit, he added.
No injuries or casualties were reported, said the officer adding that the extent of damages is yet to be ascertained.
3 arrested for raping, killing mentally-challenged woman in Sylhet
Police arrested three people in connection with the killing of a mentally-challenged woman after raping her in Gowainghat upazila of the district.
The arrestees--Jabbar Miah, son of Jalil Miah of Mujibnagar village, Bachhu Miah, son of Barek Miah of the same village and Sebul Miah, son of Harunur Rashid of Budhigaon Haor village, were all residents of the upazila.
Probas Kumar Singha, senior assistant superintendent of police (Gowainghat circle) of the district police, disclosed these at a press conference at Gowainghat police station on Tuesday noon.
He said the arrestees were Yaba addicts and accused of several cases including theft and other anti-social activities.
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The accused hit upon a plan to rape the mentally-challenged woman when they were taking Yaba at the house of Jabbar on the night of December 11.
As per plan, they took away the woman to a hillock on the pretext of giving her food and other things, he said.
The trio killed her by hitting her on the head and other parts of the body with sticks and stones when she tried to resist their attempts to rape her, the police officer narrated.
Police recovered the body from the hillock upon information from the locals as they spotted her on December 12 morning, he said.
The police station’s Sub Inspector Jahirul Islam Khan filed a murder case accusing some individuals as unidentified on the same day.
The clueless case’s Investigation Officer Emrul Kabir arrested Jabbar, Bachhu and Sebul on December 15, 18 and 19 respectively from several areas.
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Clothes and other valuables of the victim were recovered from the spot upon information revealed from the accused, he said, adding that the arrestees landed in jail through a court.
Sylhet tea workers bring out torch procession demanding dues
Tea workers in Sylhet brought out a torch procession to press home their three-point demand including payment of their dues at Malinichhara Tea Estate on Tuesday.
The workers under the banner of ‘Tea Garden Education Rights Implementation Council’ brought out the procession from Malinichhara Tea Estate and paraded towards Lakakkatura, Choukidekhi and ended at Rest Camp around 5:30 pm.
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Organiser Adhir Baurir, chief organiser Sanjay Kanta Das expressed solidarity with the workers and spoke at the procession.
Speakers from the procession said as per the rules, a bilateral deal was scheduled to be held per two years for raising the wages and other facilities of the workers but no deal has been signed yet in 2021-22.
The Tea Estate Owners did not pay any heed to the demand of the workers, they said.
The daily wage for the tea estate workers has been raised to Tk 170 from Tk 120 after a 19-day movement in August, but the owners did not provide their extended arrears for the last 19 months.
They demanded payment of their dues immediately.
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The tea workers also threatened to go for another movement if their demand goes unheeded and the owners and government would be held responsible for that.
The workers also demanded Tk 500 wage daily and 5kg of ration.
They also demanded to provide education stipend and educational materials to their children free of cost.
The workers at the country's 167 tea plantations went on a strike in August last to press for increasing their daily pay to Tk300, given the recent price hike of the essential commodities.
Unconscious man rescued from city’s Hatirjheel dies at DMCH
A 30-year old unidentified man who was found unconscious beside a footpath in Hatirjheel area in the capital on Tuesday died at a hospital in the city.
The man was rescued around 10 am and was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Rahmat Ullah Rony, Officer-in-Chareg of Hatirjheel police station.
A doctor at the hospital announced him dead around 11 am, he said.
The man was wearing a black jacket and brown pant, said the OC.
Crime scene members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are trying to know his identity and the body was sent for an autopsy, he said.