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Man stabs mother-in-law to death in Faridpur
A 55-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her son-in-law in Sabar village of Faridpur district early on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Rahima Begum of the village.
Habil Hossain, officer-in-charge of Nagarkanda Police Station, said that Rahima stepped out of her house to answer the call of nature around 1am. "It was then that Yunus Molla, her son-in-law, stabbed her with a knife, leaving her critically injured."
Later, she was taken to a local hospital where doctors declared Rahima dead on arrival.
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The motive behind the killing is yet to be ascertained, the OC said. "Efforts are on to nab the accused, who is on the run."
“The body has been kept at the morgue of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College and Hospital," he added.
Fire at Sylhet colony makes five families homeless
A fire that broke out at a colony in Sylhet city’s Pathantula area on Friday has made five families destitute in the blink of an eye.
According to Shahidul Islam, a unit leader of Sylhet Fire Service and Civil Defense, three firefighting units brought the blaze under control around 8:00pm after an hour’s efforts.
Although no casualties have been reported as of filing this story, the scale of losses is yet to be ascertained.“The fire engulfed Faruk Mia’s Colony adjacent to the south gate of Ragib-Rabeya Medical College Hospital on Friday evening. The blaze quickly spread to the nearby installations, including a residential building for the students of the medical college,” Shahidul said.
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Shahidul added they are suspecting that an electrical short circuit had caused the fire.
“No one was hurt in the accident. However, the entire colony has been reduced to ashes. Besides, the nearby residential hall for the medical students has also been damaged. Moreover, five families who were living in the colony have lost everything in the fire,” added Shahidul.
Truck crushes three twelfth-graders of same institution to death on Benapole-Jashore highway
Three twelfth-graders of the same educational institution were killed after a truck mowed them down on their motorcycle on the Benapole-Jashore highway Friday night, police said.
The accident claimed the lives of Asif, Arman, and Salman – all twelfth-grade students at Jashore Sadar upazila's Natunhat Public College.
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The crash occurred at 9:15pm in the Natunhat Gazir Dorga as the truck ran over the twelfth-graders after hitting their motorcycle.
"Asif and Armaan died on the spot. Salman succumbed to his injuries at Jashore General Hospital," Navaran Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mizanur Rahman said.
"Legal action will be taken in connection with the accident," he added.
Chittagong Hill Tracts: 'The orchard of Bangladesh'
Agriculture Secretary Md Sayedul Islam on Friday stressed the need to highlight the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) as the orchard of Bangladesh.
“Cold storages need to be built to preserve the fruits grown in the CHT. Besides, the number of collection centres needs to be increased to collect and store fruits coming from the remote parts of the region,” Sayedul said.
He made the remarks during a views-exchange meeting with agricultural scientists from Chattogram and the three hill districts that comprise the CHT region, at the conference room of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Bandarban.
Speaking as the chief guest, Sayedul pointed out various measures that need to be taken in order to boost fruit production in the CHT.
“The agricultural loan at 4 percent interest rate announced by the government needs to be ensured. State-of-the-art technologies must be used to enhance the irrigation system. Most importantly, participation of educated people is necessary for a technology and knowledge-based agricultural system,” Sayedul said.
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The secretary claimed that no other country in the world provides as much subsidy as Bangladesh in the agricultural sector.
“The government provides subsidies worth Tk 30,000 crore every year to the agricultural sector, an amount equal to the total cost of the Padma Bridge. The government is doing it for the sake of making the nation food-sufficient,” Sayedul added.
Sayedul also said that focus should be given on fruit production rather than rice production in the CHT.
“Rice is produced in most parts of the country, so we need to use CHT to grow various fruits that we have to import from other countries. The fruits grown in the CHT have the potential for export. That’s why our concern has to be ramping up fruit production in this area,” Sayedul said.
One dead, five injured in Bagerhat road crash
A person was killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a jeep in Bagerhat’s Mollahat area on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Shuvo Elahi, 24, the driver of the jeep.
According to police, a Dhaka-bound bus of Imad Paribahan crashed into a Khulna-bound jeep in Kahalpur area under Bagerhat’s Mollahat upazila at about 2:00pm.
“The collision left six people, including Shuvo, in critically injured conditions. They were rushed to Mollahat Upazila Health Complex from where they were sent to Dhaka for better treatment. Shuvo died on his way to Dhaka,” said Sheikh Abul Hasan, In-charge of Mollahat Highway Police Outpost.
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Hasan added that although the driver and the helper of the bus have managed to flee, efforts are on to apprehend them.
All the injured were passengers of the jeep, police said.
Mobile court sentences 4 for catching Hilsha in defiance of ban
A mobile court sentenced four people to a year's rigorous imprisonment each for catching Hilsha during a 22-day ban period in Hizla upazila of Barishal on Friday.
Besides, the court released two minor boys, detained with the four, to their guardians after taking a bond in this connection.
The convicts Saiful Mollick, 30, Nazmul Sikdar, 25, Nurul Islam Talukdar, 27, and Kawsar Mollah, 25, are residents of different areas of the upazila.
Bikash Chandra Dey, in-charge of Hizla River Police Unit, said they conducted a drive in association with fishery officer and members of Coast Guard (CG) and detained six people for fishing Hilsha during a ban period from a distributary of the Meghna River in the early morning.
Besides, a 5,000 metre fishing net was also seized during the drive, he said.
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Later, the mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Mohammad Tarek Hawlader sentenced the four fishermen to one year of rigorous imprisonment each.
Mentionable, the government imposed a 22-day ban, on fishing Hilsa, selling and transporting, staring from October 7 it will remain in place till October 28.
4 killed, 15 injured as bus crashes into tree in Gopalganj
Four people, including a policeman, were killed and 15 others injured when a speeding passenger bus crashed into a tree on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Chandra Dighalia upazila of Gopalganj early on Friday morning.
The deceased cop was identified as Barishal Metropolitan Police member Abdul Alim, while the identities of the other victims are yet be ascertained, said Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Sadar police station.
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Alim was deployed to ensure security during the visit of the President and the Prime Minister to Gopalganj on Friday, he said.
The accident occurred around 6am when the driver of the Mongla-bound bus of Didar Paribahan lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the roadside tree, leaving four people dead on the spot, said the OC.
Monirul Islam, one of the passengers hailing from Khulna, claimed that the accident occurred due to reckless driving.
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OC Nasir said that of the injured passengers, 10 were admitted to Gopalganj General Hospital while others received primary aid.
Of the injured, two people were transferred to Khulna General Hospital as their condition was serious, said Md Faruq Ahmed, resident medical officer of the hospital.
30 Rohingyas detained while trying to cross border in Cumilla
Thirty Rohingyas including children and women were detained on Thursday from Burichang upazila of Cumilla while trying to to go India illegally.
They were detained from Kharera border onThursday afternoon, said Maruf Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Burichang police station.
Police said the members of five families from Kutupalang Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar were trying to cross the border illegally.
Of the detainees 16 were children, eight were female and six were male, said the OC.
They came to Cumilla from Cox’s Bazar by road on Wednesday and were detained by Border Guard Bangladesh members while trying to cross the border, he said.
They will be sent back to their camp in Cox’s Bazar, he said.
Tangail road crash leaves six dead
Six people were killed and 35 others injured when a bus crashed into a microbus in Bangabandhu Bridge East Golchattar area of Bhuapur upazila in Tangail district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Dulal Hossain, 52, driver of the microbus, his assistant Sushil Shil, 45, passenger Zahirul Islam, 50, passengers of the bus Rifat Hossain,35, his mother Ruby Begum, 65, from Bagura and Tamim,7, from Natore, said Shafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Bangaandhu Bridge East police station.
The accident occurred at 12:30 pm in the area when the Dhaka-bound ‘Ekata Paribahan’ bus from Chapainawabganj hit the microbus and then overturned, leaving microbus driver and passengers dead on the spot, said Rafiqul Islam, safety in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge authority.
On information, police, local fire service men and the army rushed to the spot and conducted a rescue operation.
The injured were taken to Tangail General Hospital and other local hospitals.
Tangail Deputy Commissioner Ataul Goni said a four-member probe body has been formed in this regard and has been asked to submit a report in the next seven days.
Army detains armed Jana Sanghati Samity man in Rangamati
Bangladesh Army Wednesday detained an activist of the Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) from Bangalhalia in Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati for his involvement in "extortion and kidnapping," police said.
The detainee was identified as Aunghla Pru Marma of Bandarban. He used to collect extortion money for the JSS.
Tipped-off, a team of 56 Bengal Army Camp detained Aunghla with a gun, two rounds of bullets and cash from the Chhagolkhaiya area around 10 am, Iqbal Bahar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chandraghona Police Station, said.
Legal action will be taken against the detainee when he is handed over to the police station, the OC said.