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Two CUET students on motorcycle killed by speeding bus in Chattogram
Two students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) were killed after a speeding bus knocked down their motorcycle on Kaptai road in Chattogram on Monday.
The victims were Shanta Saha (ID-2001100), a student of the 20th batch of Civil Engineering Department and Toufiq Hossain (ID-2101006), of the same department of '21 batch.
BSF shoots another Bangladeshi dead along border, this time in Kasba
Shanto Saha was the son of Kajal Saha of Narsingdi and Taufiq Hossain was the son of Mohammad Delwar of New College Road of Noakhali's Sudharam.
The crash occurred around 3:30pm in the area adjacent to Selina Quader Chowdhury College on Chattogram Kaptai Road on Monday (April 22).
Bishwanath village in shock as minor cousins drown in pond
Fazlur Rahman, Deputy Director (Public Relations) CUET, said Shanto Saha's body was kept at Chittagong Medical College Hospital while Taufiq's body was in Evercare Hospital.
The bodies would be handed over to their families after due procedures, he added.
25-year-old dies of heatstroke in Ctg
A 25-year-old man died of heatstroke after falling ill on a moving tempo in the scorching heat of Chattogram metropolis on Monday.
The incident happened in front of the Shyamoli bus counter in the port city on Monday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Md Shukkur Ali of Hajibari of Dalal Bazar area of Lakshmipur district. He was currently living in CDA Jalil Gate area of Fauzdarhat of Sitakunda upazila.
Pahartoli Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Kefayet Ullah confirmed the matter.
According to eyewitnesses, Shukkur was going somewhere from Pahartali or Alangkar intersection to City Gate, panting in the heat on the moving tempo. Later, when the tempo stopped, other passengers took him down and laid him down in front of a bus counter. He died within a few minutes.
The police later recovered his body and sent it to the morgue.
“The cause of death will be known after the autopsy report comes,” said the OC.
BSF shoots another Bangladeshi dead along border, this time in Kasba
A 23-year-old Bangladeshi youth was killed in firing by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members on Monday along the Putia border in Kasba Upazila of Brahmanbaria.
The deceased Md Hasan was the son of Jaru Mia of Kaimpur village of Kaimpur union of the upazila. He was a farmer by profession.
According to eyewitnesses and BGB, victim Hasan along with some of his friends went to the zero line area of the Indian border in Putia around 9am.
A member of BSF from Gate No. 3 of that area opened fire, leaving Hasan injured.
His friends Md Yasin and Emon Mia with the help of locals rescued him and brought him to Kasba Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.
Raju Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Kasba police station, said that the body of the youth killed in BSF firing was kept in the upazila health complex. It would be sent to the district Sadar hospital morgue for post-mortem, he added.
Sultanpur 60BGB Captain (CO) Javed Bin Jabbar said that they are investigating the matter.
Meanwhile, a meeting was held between BGB and BSF in the afternoon.
In the meeting, BGB formally protested the incident.
Expressing sorrow over the incident, BSF assured that such an untoward incident should not happen again.
Man to die for killing niece after rape in Natore five years ago
A tribunal on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his niece after rape in 2019.
Natore Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim handed down the punishment.
The tribunal also fined Tk 20,000 to the condemned convict Shahadat, 35 of Deugacha village in Singra upazila of the district.
Double life sentence for man who abducted and raped teenager
According to the prosecution, Abdur Razzaque of Deugacha village in Singra upazila along with his wife Sonavan went to one of his relatives' houses, leaving behind his 16-year-old daughter alone on August 4, 2016.
Finding his niece alone at the house, the convict Shahadat violated the girl and strangled her to death.
However, local people caught Shahadat red-handed while he was trying to flee the scene.
A case was filed in this connection.
Madrasa girl raped in Bhola; one of two accused arrested
One kg gold seized at Chattogram airport
Members of National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Customs Intelligence seized one kg of gold from three Dubai returnees at Shah Amanat International Airport on Monday.Director of Shah Amanat International Airport group captain Taslim Ahmed, said a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG-148 landed at the airport around 6:30 am.Tipped off, a joint team of NSI and Customs Intelligence challenged three passengers of the flight and seized one kg gold from their possession.
2 held with 40 gold bars worth over Tk 4 cr in JhenaidahThe three passengers are Mobarak Ali of Chakaria in Cox’s Bazar, Nazmul Haque of Satkania in Chattogram and Anwar Shah of Sandwip.They were not arrested yet. Investigation is going on in this regard.2 arrested with foreign cigarettes, gold bars at Ctg airport
Father, son shot dead by robbers in Cox’s Bazar
A man and his son were shot dead reportedly by a gang of robbers at Thoaingakata Ghonarpara in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Jafar Alam, 52, son of late Nurul Islam and his son Mohammad Selim, 33.
Mir Kashem, a resident of Ghonarpara area of Gorjania union said, some robbers came to the house of Jafar Alam to lift cows.
Missing woman’s throat-slit body recovered in Natore
When they resisted, the robbers opened fire, leaving Jafar Alam and his son dead, he said.
Abu Taher Dewan, officer-in-charge of Ramu Police Station, confirmed the death.
There might be a clash between two groups over establishing dominance, said the OC.
Missing woman’s throat-slit body recovered in Natore
The throat-slit body of a housewife, who went missing on Friday, was recovered from a tenant’s house in Natore Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Eti Begum, 45, wife of Md Shafiqul Islam, imam of Murcha Baitul Noor Jame Masjid in Lohagara upazila of the district.
Police and locals said Eti Begum used to live in the village alone but her husband Imam Shafiqul lives in Lohagara for job.
Bishwanath village in shock as minor cousins drown in pond
Around one year back, day labourer Monirul Mollah of Bagerhat rented a room of the couple to live with his family. But around two months ago Monirul sent back his family to his village.
Imam Shafiqul returned to his workplace last Wednesday.
The doors of the houses of the victim and the tenant were found closed since Friday.
On Sunday afternoon, residents smelt odour from the tenant’s house and informed the imam.
MV Abdullah reaches Dubai’s Al Hamriya Port
Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Saiful Islam said being informed they recovered the body from under the bedstead and seized a sharp weapon used in the murder.
Drives will be conducted arrest suspect murder Monirul and a process was underway to file a case in this regard, he said.
Bishwanath village in shock as minor cousins drown in pond
Two cousins aged 10 and 11, who were also friends and playmates, drowned in a pond at Chansirkapon village in Sylhet's Bishwanath upazila on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Rihan Ahmad Yasin, 10, son of Siraj Mia of Barhatta upazila of Netrokona district and Yusuf Ruhan, 11, son of Titon Mia of Chansirkapon village.
According to the locals, Rihan and Ruhan lived with their family in a rented house in a colony in Chansirkapon village of Ward No. 7 of Bishwanath Sadar.
The two kids fell into the water body in the absence of any family members, while they were playing on its bank around 5pm.
At one stage of a frantic search, the bodies of the children were found floating in the pond.
Later they were rescued and taken to Bishwanath Upazila Health Complex. The doctors of the emergency department declared them dead.
Rama Prasad Chakraborty, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bishwanath police station, confirmed the deaths.
Driver of wayward bus that killed 15 last week in Faridpur arrested
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested the driver of the Uttara Unique Paribahan Bus over a crash that cost the lives of 15 people last Tuesday.
The driver was arrested from a market in Kotchandpur Upazila Sadar area of Jhenaidah district on Sunday afternoon, according to the Faridpur company captain of RAB-10, Lt. Commander KM Shaikh Akhtar.
The arrestee Khokon Mia is the son of Delwar Hossain, a resident of Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah district.
Details will be disclosed in a press briefing on Monday at 11:30am, added the RAB officer.
Enamul Sheikh, the elder brother of Iqbal Hossain, who died in the road crash on April 16, filed a case against the bus driver at Faridpur Kotwali police station.
Meanwhile, a 7-member investigation committee headed by Additional District Magistrate Md Ali Siddiqui was formed by the district administration to investigate the accident.
MV Abdullah reaches Dubai’s Al Hamriya Port
The Bangladeshi-flagged ship ‘MV Abdullah’ which was released with all 23 crew members after 31 days of captivity by Somali pirates who hijacked the ship in the Indian Ocean, reached Al Hamriya Port of Dubai safely on Sunday.
The cargo vessel anchored at the port around 4:30 pm (Bangladesh time), said Mizanul Islam, media advisor KSRM group.
The vessel is now kept anchored at the port, according to the Marine Traffic Website.
Family counting days for safe return of MV Abdullah's chief engineer
The vessel will be taken to the jetty for unloading coals today or tomorrow.
Captain of MV Abdullah, Mohammad Abdur Rashid, said all the 23 crew members are safe and sound and two crew members will go to Bangladesh by a flight while the others will reach the vessel in the first week of May after unloading coal.
The Bangladeshi-flagged ship and its 23 crew members were released on April 13.
It took eight days to reach the United Arab Emirates.
Hijacked ship MV Abdullah released with 23 sailors
A Somali news outlet reported that MV Abdullah was released for $5 million (Tk 55 crore).
Earlier, on March 12 at 1:30 pm Bangladesh time, Somali pirates boarded and took control of the MV Abdullah while it was en route from the port of Maputo, Mozambique, to the United Arab Emirates.
The ship was carrying 55,000 tons of coal. All 23 crew members on board are Bangladeshis. The ship is owned by SR Shipping Limited, an affiliate of Chattogram-based Kabir Group. The pirates then took the ship to the coast of Somalia.
Nine days after the ship was hijacked, the pirates contacted the ship's owner's group to demand ransom. There were then negotiations at various levels. The ship's owner had hinted that the sailors would be released this month.
Owner of hijacked vessel MV Abdullah doesn’t want armed operation
SR Shipping is one of the largest shipping companies in the country. They operate ocean-going merchant ships. The bulk carrier MV Abdullah, with a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 45,653 tons, has an overall length (LOA) of 185.74 metres and a width of 30.4 metres.