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4 youths held for vandalising idol at Pirojpur temple
Four youths were held Monday for vandalising an idol of a Hindu goddess at a temple in Pirojpur Sadar upazila, police said.
Shubho Sheikh, 40, Abu Bakkar Siddiki, 17, Hasan Sheikh, 17, and Ramzan Mollah, 12, all from Sadar upazila, smashed the idol at Sri Sri Shitala Mandir in Durgapur union, Md Masuduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Pirojpur Sadar police station, said.
Kala Chand Mandal, the priest of the temple, said: "Around 11am Sunday, I left the temple after performing worship services and the next morning found the idol's legs, hands, and head smashed."
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The locals saw three or four youths wandering around the temple, he added. "They held Subho, Abu Bakkar, and Hasan, and the trio admitted that they had smashed and destroyed the idol along with Ramzan."
OC Masuduzzaman said: "We detained four people after being informed by the locals. Police forces have been deployed to secure the temple and a case will be filed in connection with the incident."
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Lightning kills two, injures 7 in Natore
Two people were killed and seven others injured by lightning strikes at Bagatiprara, and Boraigram upazilas in Natore on Monday.
The deceased were Ashik,20, of Bagatipara upazila and Salim Uddin,42, a farmer of Notabaria area in Boraigram upazila, said Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Natore model police station.
A steak of lightning struck a tea stall at Karamdosi Bazar in Bagatipara killing Ashik on the spot and injuring seven people including his father Sihab Uddin and shop owner Rupali Begum.
Five of them including Rupali were admitted to Puthia Hospital in Rajshahi, said the OC.
Meanwhile, Salim Uddin was struck by lightning at noon while working in the field beside his home , he said.
Both the bodies were handed over to respective families, said OC Sirajul Islam.
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Two kids drown in Chandpur
Two children drowned at Subidpur and Toragor villages in Hajiganj upazila on Sunday.In Subidpur, a seven-year-old girl drowned in a pond while plucking water lily at Sibidpur Uttar Para in the upazila.The deceased was identified as Sumaiya Akter, daughter of Rumon of the area.
Also read: Two siblings drown in PanchagarhSumaiya along with some of her friends went to the pond to collect water lilly around 4pm. At one stage, Sumaiya went missing.On information, a diver team from Chandpur Fire Service went to the spot and recovered the body, said Abu Mohammad Sajedul Kabir Joardar, an officer of Hajiganj Fire Station.The body was sent to Chandpur District Hospital morgue for an autopsy, Jubayer Sayed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chandpur Police Station, said.
Also read: Over 14,000 children die in Bangladesh due to drowning every yearIn another incident, a twenty-month toddler, Mohammad Hossain, son of Md Sharif Hossain in Toragor area of the upazila, slipped into a pond around 3pm while playing.Locals spotted his floating body in the afternoon.He was rushed to Hajiganj Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead, said Golam Maola, health and family planning officer of the Health Complex.
Microbus torched after schoolboy hurt in N’ganj road accident
Local people set a microbus on fire as a schoolboy was injured when the microbus hit an auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj district on Monday.
Quoting local people, Azizul Haque, officer-in-charge of Araihazar Police Station, said the microbus carrying some policemen hit the auto-rickshaw carrying some school students at Purinda area of the upazila, leaving a schoolboy injured.
One policeman was also injured during the accident.
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When the policeman tried to blame the auto-rickshaw driver, the students of Purinda KM High School students turned furious and set the microbus on fire.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
The injured schoolboy was given first aid.
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Vehicular movement on the busy road remained suspended for some time after the accident.
Around 600 sued over BNP men-police clash in Bhola
Two cases have been filed in connection with the clash between activists of BNP and police in Bhola that left one person dead and 30 injured on Monday.
Sub-inspector of Bhola Sadar Police Station Md Jasim filed a case with the police station Sunday night, said Enayet Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.
Around 250-300 unnamed people were made accused in a murder case while 75 named and 300 unnamed people were sued in the other case filed on charge of assaulting police, the OC said.
On the other hand, the joint general secretary of Bhola District BNP Humayun Kabir Sopan said that they are preparing to file a complaint over the death.
Police have so far arrested ten people in this connection, the OC added.
Meanwhile, the party office of BNP in Bhola remained closed since Monday morning.
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On Monday, BNP leaders and activists gathered in front of their district party office at Kalinath Roy Bazar in Sadar upazila on Monday morning to hold a rally as part of BNP’s demonstration programme.
At one stage, police obstructed them when they tried to stage demonstrations at Kalinath Roy Bazar around 11:30am.
The leaders and activists pelted brickbats targeting police, prompting them to fire bullets and lobbed tear gas shells, triggering a clash that left one person dead and at least 30 people injured, said police.
Nagar Paribahan service resumes in Khulna city after 2 years
Nagar Paribahan service resumed in Khulna city Monday morning after remaining suspended for over two and a half years.
The Nagar Paribahan service will ply between Khulna city’s Fultola and Rupsha Ghat.
Passengers travelling on this route regularly are relieved now as they won’t have to rely on human-haulers and CNG-run auto-rickshaws and spend Tk60-70 as fares.
Resumption of Nagar Paribahan service has also opened up new avenues of income generation for transport workers of the area, said passengers and drivers.
The fare for travelling from Fultola to Rupsha Ghat through Nagar Paribahan has been fixed at Tk 30. Up to Daulatdia, the fare for students has been fixed at Tk 10 while for general passengers the fare is Tk 15.
Low and middle income people and students had to suffer a lot due to the absence of Nagar Paribahan. Exorbitant fares, rough behavior of the human-hauler and auto-rickshaw drivers , traffic jam and reckless driving made the lives of Khulna city residents miserable.
All these problems will be over now thanks to the re-launch of Nagar Paribahan service, they hoped.
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Man stabbed to death in Chattogram
A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death in the EPZ area of port city Chattogram Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Rahim Bachan of Labour Colony under EPZ Police Station.
Locals said Bachan and another Tawsif, neighbours of the colony, locked into an altercation over the family feud on Saturday evening and at one stage of the brawl Bachan slapped Tawsif’s sister.
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Tawsif’s paternal cousin Rony, who also resides in the same colony, allegedly stabbed Bachan with a knife after a heated-altercation between them over the matter in front of the colony around 9:30pm, they narrated.
The incident left Bachan critically injured and rushed to Chattogram Medical College hospital where physicians pronounced him dead.
Kabir Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of EPZ Police Station, said they were looking into the incident and trying to detain the accused.
Tiger couple gives birth to 4 more rare white cubs in Ctg Zoo
After giving birth to the country’s first rare white tiger cub, tiger couple Raj and Pori have now parents of four more white cubs.
Pori delivered four healthy cubs weighing between 800-900 grams each around Saturday evening at Chittagong Zoo, said Dr Shahadat Hossain Shuvo, deputy curator of the zoo.
With this the total number of tigers in Chittagong Zoo has reached 16 now, he said.
On July 19, 2018, Royal Bengal Tigers Raj and Pori had given birth to the country’s first white tiger cub who was named ‘Shubhra’.
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“The cubs are drinking their mother’s milk and living with her inside the cage. Within seven days their sex can be identified,” said Dr Shahadat Hossain Shuvo.
The white tiger or bleached tiger is a leucistic pigmentation variant of the Bengal tiger, Siberian tiger and hybrids between the two. For a white Bengal tiger to be born, both parents must carry the unusual gene for white colouring, which only happens naturally about once in 10,000 births. Dark-striped white tigers are well-documented in the Bengal tiger subspecies (Panthera tigris) as well as have been reported in several other subspecies.
Moulbhibazar residents find Venezuela mentioned as birth place in NIDs
At least 12 permanent residents of Moulvibazar district found their birth place mentioned as South American country Venezuela in their National Identity Cards (NID).
The comical mistake occurred after these NID holders living in the country or outside as expats submitted their cards to district and upazila election offices to correct some previous mistakes.
“I was born in Moulvibazar but now I have become a citizen of Venezuela, a country I didn’t know existed until now. My children are making fun of the fact that their mother has become an American citizen!,`` Romana Begum from Talimpur village of Baralekha upazila told the UNB reporter on Sunday.
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Romana said her second name was mistaken as Akter in the NID so she submitted an application in May to fix it instead she now received the card with a more serious mistake.
ASM Sadikur Rahman, Upazila Election Officer of Baralekha upazila said, “ The mistake occurred due to a glitch in the central server of Election Commission. EC has been informed about this situation.”
According to the district election office the same kind of mistakes occurred in recently issued NIDs of several districts including Sunamganj, Moulvibazar in the country due to the technical glitch in EC server. EC is trying to resolve the issue.
Man on bike killed by city bus
A 40-year-old man riding on his bike was killed after being hit by a bus in the Jatrabari area of the city Sunday morning, said police.
The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, son of late Abdur Razzak, originally from Darikandi village of Daudkandi upazila in Cumilla. He used to work in a Rod shop in Bangshal’s Nayabazar.
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Rashedul Islam, the cousin of the deceased said that Razzak died on the spot when he was run over by a Taj Paribahan’s bus on the Dhaka Chittagong highway between Rayerbazar and Matuail around 10:30 am.
Later, police recovered his body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Tamanna Akhtar, sub-inspector (SI) of Jatrabari police station confirmed the matter to UNB.