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Newborn baby sold for Tk 1 lakh, rescued, and returned to parents
Police rescued a newborn baby after the mother was forced to sell the baby as she could not pay her hospital bills in Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila on Wednesday.
A team from Ulipur Police Station rescued the newborn within two hours from Rajarhat upazila’s Nazim Khan union and returned the child to his parents, said Golam Mortuza, officer-in-charge of Ulipur Police Station.
According to Ulipur Police Station, Shirina Akhtar, wife of Golam Hossain from Monarkuti village, gave birth to a boy through a caesarean section at the Doctors Clinic in Ulipur on March 23. The total bill amounted to TK 30,000.
Forced to pay the bill alone as her husband was missing, she decided to sell her newborn at an unknown location on March 26.
Later, upon learning of the matter, the baby's father lodged a complaint at Ulipur Police Station on Wednesday afternoon.
The dispute between the couple was resolved later, added the OC.
21 shops burned down in Khagrachari
Twenty-one shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Merung Bazar in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachari district early Wednesday.The fire broke out at a shop around 3:30 am and spread soon, said Md Rubel, leader of Khagrachari Fire Service and Civil Defense.On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire after one hour.
Fire on several parked buses in Dhaka’s Demra under controlThe affected shop owners estimated the loss caused by the fire at Tk 1.5 crore.However, the origin ofthe fire could not be known immediately.
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Man stabbed to death at arbitration in Sylhet
A 35-year-old young man was stabbed to death during an arbitration meeting over family feud at Baghmara village in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet district on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Monai Mia, son of Burkan Ali of Ghilachhara union.
Local people said an arbitration meeting was arranged at the house of Manai over settling the family feud between his sister-in-law and Kalam Mia of the village around 8 pm.
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At one stage, Belai Mia, brother of Kalam stabbed Monai with a knife and fled the scene, leaving him injured.
Later, he was taken to the Fenchuganj Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared him dead.
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On information, police sent the body to the Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy.
KNF stages armed robbery at Sonali Bank branch in Bandarban; manager abducted, Tk 1.5cr looted
Members of the militant group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) looted approximately Tk 1.5 crore from Sonali Bank's branch in Ruma, Bandarban, in a brazen robbery that will surely ramp up tensions in the hills.
The incident occurred during Taraweeh prayers. The robbers looted 14 weapons from the Ansar members guarding the bank and abducted the bank manager, Nizam Uddin, from the mosque on the bank premises.
An eyewitness said that at 8pm on Tuesday, a group of KNF men on motorcycles arrived in the Hathimatha Para area of the upazila. One group went to the bank, while another group split off and went to the mosque and the upazila officer's quarters. They broke into the bank vault and looted the cash. Bank officials believe that 1.5 to 2 crore taka was looted.
The eyewitness, who requested anonymity, said that the terrorists looted 14 weapons from the Ansar members guarding the bank and abducted Nizam Uddin, the manager of Ruma Upazila Sonali Bank, from the mosque during Taraweeh prayers. They also entered the officers' quarters in front of the bank and took hostage the upazila engineer, Md. Saiful Islam, and took away the money kept for various works.
Ruma Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Muhammad Shahjahan said that the 'hilltop-based armed terrorists' looted the bank's money and weapons and abducted the bank manager. He said that he was at the scene of the incident and that members of the law enforcement forces and the army were present in the area.
Confirming the incident, Sonali Bank Bandarban District Branch Manager Rajan Kanti Das said that he was informed of the incident but had not yet been able to contact the bank manager.
He said that on Tuesday, the salaries and bonuses of the employees for Eid were taken to the bank. At night, the armed terrorist group attacked Sonali Bank. They looted the cash from the bank, along with 14 weapons and the bank manager, Md. Nizam Uddin. However, it is not yet known how much money was taken from the bank. It is believed that the terrorists looted Tk 1.5 to 2 crore.
Bandarban District Police Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance) Hossain Md. Raihan Kazemi said that the incident of bank robbery, arms looting and abduction had taken place. He said that an emergency meeting was underway with the district police and the army. He said that further details would be provided later.
3 die in separate road accidents in Ctg
Three people including an imam, died in separate road accidents in Chattogram's Raozan and Hathazari upazilas on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Syedul Haque, 45; Md Miraz, 24; and Md Faruk, 26.
Two die in separate road accidents in Ctg
In Raozan, Imam Syedul Haque died and another Imam was injured after their motorcycle collided with a CNG-run autorickshaw.
Syedul Haque was the Pesh Imam of the Aylikhil Baytun Noor Jame Mosque in Raozan.
According to an eyewitness, the autorickshaw collided with the motorcycle, causing the autorickshaw to overturn and fall into a ditch.
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Zainal Abedin, sub-inspector of Raozan Police Station, Said, “We went to the spot after receiving the information. One was found dead, and the other was sent to the hospital. The two vehicles were impounded."
In Hathazari, two motorcyclists, Miraz and Faruk, died after being hit by an ambulance.
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They were declared dead after being brought around 8:30 pm, said Dr Arefin Azim of the Hathazari Upazila Health Complex.
Arrest warrant issued against Hashem Foods MD, DGM
Labour court in Narayanganj issued arrest warrants against Managing Director Abul Hashem and Deputy General Manager Mamunur Rashid of Hashem Foods Limited, owned by Sajeeb Group.
Labour Court Judge Kiran Sankar Halder issued the warrants in a case filed by the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, said Court Police Inspector Asaduzzaman.
On June 30, 2021, Nesar Uddin Ahmed, inspector of the Narayanganj district branch of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, filed the case, alleging several irregularities, including a lack of adequate safety measures in the factory, inconsistency of the factory's machine layout plan with the approved design, an unsafe electrical system, and the employment of child labourers.
Just one week after this case was filed, a devastating fire broke out at the Hasem Foods Limited factory located in Narayanganj’s Rupganj, which claimed the lives of 54 workers, including women and children.
A murder case was filed on July 10, 2021, at Rupganj police station against eight people. On September 4, 2023, the CID submitted the charge sheet to the court, excluding Abul Hasem and his four sons.
Woman’s decapitated body recovered in Chattogram
The decomposed body of an unidentified women was recovered from the Bolirhat area in Chattogram on Tuesday.
Police recovered the head and body parts after locals spotted the body this morning.
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Police suspect that the woman was murdered 10–15 days ago, and later her body was cut into pieces and buried.
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“Foxes or dogs dig up the buried body parts. Locals informed police in the morning,” said Chattogram Metropolitan Police Additional Deputy Commissioner (North) Pankaj Dutta.
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“We found only the partial head and hand bones from the scene. Those have been sent to the forensic department. The rest of the body was not found,” he added.
Imam dies as motorcycle collides with autorickshaw in Ctg.
An imam of a mosque died and another imam was seriously injured after their motorcycle collided with a CNG-run autorickshaw at Raozan upazila of Chattogram on Tuesday.
The deceased Syedul Haque was of the Puichari Union of Banskhali upazila. He was the Pesh Imam of the Aylikhil Baytun Noor Jame Mosque in Roazan.
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The injured is Hafez Maulana Ali Hossain (42) of the Chambal Union of Banshkhali Upazila. He is the Pesh Imam of Ailikhil Dawat Khola Bar Auliya Astana Sharif Jame Masjid. He has been admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital for treatment.
Zainal Abedin, sub-inspector of Raozan Police Station, confirmed the matter.
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The autorickshaw driver and some passengers were injured in the incident, but their identities were not found immediately.
According to an eyewitness, the autorickshaw collided with the motorcycle, causing the autorickshaw to overturn and fall into a ditch.
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"We went to the spot after receiving the information. One was found dead, and the other was sent to the hospital. The two vehicles were impounded," said the Si
Swecchasebak League leader arrested over abduction, gang rape of teenager in Sylhet
A ward-level leader of Swecchasebak League of Sylhet city was arrested over raping a teenage girl holding her captive for 22-days.
The girl was later moved to another district and gang raped.
Abdus Salam, 40, president of ward 11 Swecchasebak League, was arrested from Sylhet's Golapganj upazila, said RAB-9 Commanding Officer Md Mominul Haque at a press briefing at the Rab headquarters on Tuesday.
A drive is underway to arrest the other absconding accused and Salam will be handed over to Kotwali police station for further legal action, he added.
Earlier, the victim's mother filed a case against Salam and his two accomplices at Kotwali police station of Sylhet Metropolitan Police last Friday (March 29) night.
According to the case statement, the Swechasebak League president kept the girl captive for 22 days at his residence and raped her.
The man kept the girl captive after her neighbour Rekha Begum introduced her for availing a better job on January 7.
When the victim’s family returned from the village, they didn’t find her in the residence and started looking for her. When the family decided to go to the police, the neighbour, Rekha, took them to the man’s house.
Salam didn’t confess to the girl’s family the first day. The family went to the house again the next day and the man finally confessed to his crime. The girl was taken by her family.
Just three days after this, the man abducted the girl, moved her to a place in the neighbouring Moulovibazar district, where he was gang-raped by Salam and his cohorts.
Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Moin Uddin said, the medical examination of the victim has been completed at the One-Stop Crisis Centre of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital and she is now with his family.
Satkhira medical students asked to vacate halls after BCL infighting
A day after a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Satkhira Medical College, the authorities asked all the students to vacate the halls on Tuesday.
The decision was taken at the academic council of the medical college on Tuesday at 12 pm. The order was issued in a notification signed by Principal of the College Prof. Dr. Ruhul Kuddus
Prince Saha, vice-president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of the Medical College unit, was injured in a clash between two factions ensued on Monday over declaring the newly elected BCL president Abdul Muhith and general secretary Tanvir Ahmed, unwanted on the college premises.
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On March 27, the college authorities suspended the internship of Chhatra League leader Abdul Muhith for two months over vandalism and showdown on the campus the night before the 12th parliamentary election.
Then on March 29, the new committee of Satkhira Medical College Chhatra League was announced. Abdul Muhith and Tanvir Ahmed were made president and general secretary of the committee.
Since the announcement of the committee, the leaders and activists of the two groups have been in a face-to-face position. At one stage,president Abdul Muhith and general secretary Tanvir Ahmed were declared unwanted by the leaders and activists of the rival group.
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Bost sides took position on the campus on Monday and clashed, leaving several people, including BCL Vice-President Prince Saha, injured.
According to the decision of the academic council, the students were asked to leave the halls by 2;30 pm today to avoid any untoward incident.