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Kurigram road crash leaves 3 dead
Three people were killed and three other sustained injuries in a collision between an auto-rickshaw and a tractor in Kurigram on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Habibullah,22, a college student, Rabeya Khatun,62,and Nur Ali,55.
The accident occurred near the Kurarpar area on the north side of Kurigram Dharala bridge road.
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Officer-in-Charge of Kurigram sadar police station Khan Md Shahriar said the Kurigram-bound autorickshaw collided with the tractor coming from the opposite direction, leaving Habibullah and Rabeya dead on the spot.
Another passenger, Nur Ali, succumbed to his injuries at Kurigram General Hospital, said Dr Pulak Kumar Sarkar, resident medical officer of the hospital.
Of the injured, a passenger named Nur Mohammad was referred to Rangpur Medical Hospital as his injuries were critical, said the doctor.
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Another passenger Habibur Rahman and autorickshaw driver Iman Ali are being treated at Kurigram General Hospital.
Three bikers killed in Gaibandha crash
Three men were killed when a speeding bus hit their bike on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Gaibandha district on Friday night, police said.
The deceased were identified as Mahbur Hossain, Bhuttu Mia and Abdul Karim, all residents of Kalugari village in the district's Gobindaganj upazila.
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The accident occurred around 9.30pm on the high-speed corridor at Balua Taltola in Gobindaganj when the bus driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the bike.
The impact of the crash was such that the three bikers died on the spot. The bodies have been sent to the local hospital morgue for post-mortem, police said.
Road Accidents in Bangladesh
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of this year, according to a report published in July.
It says the road accidents took place on various highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
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Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF), a platform of journalists, prepared the report based on news carried by 22 national dailies, 10 regional newspapers and eight online news portals and news agencies.
Barguna road crash kills two Chinese and their Bangladeshi interpreter
Two Chinese officials of a Thermal Power Station and their Bangladeshi interpreter have been killed when a microbus carrying them plunged into a ditch on the Amtali-Patuakhali highway at Kewabunia near Brickfield in Barguna.
The driver of the microbus was seriously injured in the accident on Sunday night.
The Chinese were identified as Leoen Tao, a safety officer of Shanghai Electric Power Construction Company at the Taltoli Isotech thermal power plant, and engineer Luziklong. Their interpreter was Md Fakhrul Hasan, son of Anisur Rahman from Gulshan in Dhaka.
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Eye-witnesses said they were traveling in a microbus from Dhaka to Taltoli Thermal Power Station on Sunday night.
The driver lost control on the Amtali-Patuakhali highway plunging the vehicle into a ditch along the road leaving the three dead on the spot.
Shah Alam Hawladar, officer-in-charge of Amtali Police Station, said the police recovered the bodies at night and took them to the police station.
The injured driver was admitted to Amtali Upazila Health Complex, the OC added.
District Superintendent of Police Jahangir Mallick said the Isotec thermal power plant authorities and the Chinese embassy would make all arrangements to repatriate the bodies of the Chinese nationals.
Filing of a case is underway, he said.
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Fatal road accidents, blamed on rash and unskilled driving and faulty vehicles, are common in Bangladesh.
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a report published in July.
Remembering Tareque Masud, Mishuk Munier on 10th death anniversary
The 10th death anniversary of late filmmaker Tareque Masud, a storyteller who is recognized for his creative brilliance and critical acclaim from home and abroad throughout his lifetime, is being observed in the country.
Tareque and Mishuk Munier along with three others were killed in a fatal road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Ghior Upazila of Manikganj on August 13 in 2011. The accident happened when a microbus carrying the two short-lived celebrities crashed into a bus on the highway while they were returning to Dhaka from Manikganj after visiting a shooting location.
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The day is being observed this year through various programmes organized by different organisations, including Tareque Masud Memorial Trust, Moviyana Film Society, Kathaprokash and Lagvelki, to name a few, adopting the new normalcy of virtual events.
Tareque Masud Memorial Trust and publishing house Kathaprokash jointly organized a virtual book launching ceremony on Thursday night, publishing the remastered edition of Tareque Masud’s book titled ‘Chalachchittrajatra’,
Catherine Masud, Tareque's widow, an American-born producer-filmmaker, Tareque Masud Memorial Trust chairperson and joint editor of the book joined the event alongside filmmaker and joint editor of the book Proshoon Rahman, Moviyana Film Society president and joint editor of the book Belayet Hossain Mamun, Indian film scholar Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, artist Dhali Al Mamoon and Kathaprokash owner Jashim Uddin.
Lagvelki, the first online pay-per-view movie streaming platform in the country, is organising an online discussion programme at 5 pm on Friday. Scheduled to be streamed live from LagVelki’s official Facebook page, the event will be joined by filmmaker Proshoon Rahmaan who will talk about his new book, ‘Tareque Masud O Tar Shwapnoshonkranto’, alongside Lagvelki founder Shariful Islam Shaon.
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Indian film scholar Sanjay Mukhopadhyay will deliver the Tareque Masud Memorial Lecture on Friday at 8.30 pm, which will be streamed live on Moviyana Film Society’s Facebook page. The event, being organized by Tareque Masud Memorial Trust and Moviyana Film Society, will be joined by Catherine Masud and Moviyana Film Society president Belayet Hossain Mamun.
Born on December 6, 1956, in Faridpur, Tareque was involved with the film society movement in the late 70s. His maiden film is ‘Adam Surat’, a documentary on the legendary artist SM Sultan which was released in 1989.
'Matir Moyna', the most acclaimed film made by Tareque Masud, earned the FIPRESCI Prize in the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and became Bangladesh's first film to compete for the Academy Award for the best foreign-language film in the same year. His other major films are ‘Runway’, ‘Ontorjatra’ ‘Muktir Gaan’ and the unfinished 'Kagojer Phul'.
In addition to filmmaking, Tareque was also a pioneer of the independent film movement in Bangladesh. He was a founding member of the Short Film Forum, the leading platform for independent filmmakers. He organised the country’s first International Short and Documentary Film Festival in 1988.
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For his majestic and influential role in modern Bangladeshi filmmaking, Tareque Masud was posthumously awarded Ekushey Padak in 2012.
Mishuk Munier was a former faculty member of the Department of Journalism at Dhaka University and a well-revered cinematographer. He was the son of cultural activist Lily Chowdhury and Bangla Academy Award-winning educationist, playwright, literary critic and political activist Munier Chowdhury, an intellectual martyr who was assassinated by Pakistan Army and its local collaborators on December 14, 1971.
ASI killed in Cumilla road crash
A police officer was killed in a road crash Tuesday afternoon at Devpur area of Cumilla-Sylhet highway as two motorcycles collided.
The deceased was identified as Raki Chandra Singh, an assistant sub-Inspector of Nabinagar police station in Brahmanbaria.
Police citing the eyewitnesses said Raki Chandra Singh was on his way to Cumilla Cantonment. At Devpur area of the Cumilla-Sylhet highway, while he was trying to overtake a vehicle he collided head-on with another motorbike coming from the opposite direction.
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After the accident both the bikers fell on the road being seriously injured. Locals rushed them to Mainamati Medical College Hospital.
Later in a critical condition, assistant sub-Inspector Raki was taken to Cumilla Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
Meanwhile, the critically injured other biker Rafi Ullah was sent to Dhaka for advanced treatment after initial treatment.
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Assistant Sub-Inspector of Highway Police Abdur Rashid confirmed the death of assistant sub-Inspector Raki and said the motorbikes were recovered from the spot.
Six killed as truck overturns in Madaripur
Six people were killed and two others injured when a truck overturned near Arial Kha Bridge toll plaza in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur district on Saturday night.
Two of the deceased were identified as Sohan Hossain, 26 and Pulok Hossain, 25, of Sadar upazila while the identities of the others could not be known yet.
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Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Shibchar Highway Police said, the accident occurred around 9 pm when the truck loaded with construction materials turned turtle after hitting the railing of the bridge, leaving three dead the spot.
Of the injured, one died at a local hospital while two others died at Faridpur Medical College and Hospital.
Three killed in Thakurgaon road crash
Three people were killed and four others injured as a truck hit an auto-rickshaw on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Thursday noon.
The deceased were identified as Mojibur Rahman, 50, of Shingpara village of Sadar upazila, Chanchal, 35 and Golam Mostafa, 40, of Chongaghata area of the same upazila.
Police said the Panchagarh-bound truck hit the auto-rickshaw in Auliapur Board Office area, leaving two auto-rickshaw passengers dead spot and five others injured.
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The injured were taken to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital where one succumbed to his injuries.
Thakurgaon Adhunik Sadar Hospital residential medical officer Rakibul Alam Chayan said that the condition of the injured is critical.
Tanvirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Thakurgaon Police station, said the truck driver managed to flee.
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Policeman 'killed' in Dhaka road accident
A 30-year-old policeman was reportedly killed in a motorcycle accident in Dhaka's Science Laboratory area Saturday night.
Police constable M Latifur Rahman was from Kurigram's Chilmari and would live in the capital's Jatrabari with his wife and child.
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"Latifur was found lying on the street in Science Laboratory at 10:30pm. We are suspecting that he was hit by a speeding car while riding his motorcycle," Md Bachchu Miah, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, told UNB.
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"The constable was rushed to DMCH's emergency unit where he was declared dead at 11pm. Latifur's body has been kept at the hospital's morgue; inquiries are on."
3 killed in Satkhira road crash
Three youths were killed in an accident on the Satkhira-Kaliganj road at Parulia area of Debhata upazila.
The incident occurred at around 10 pm on Tuesday.
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The deceased were identified as Mamun Hossain, 17, son of Jahangir Hossain of Alipur union, Ashraful Islam, 25, son of Taslima Khatun and Sajib, 19, son of Mofizul Islam of the same union.
Debhata Police Station OC Biplob Kumar Saha said the three youths were on their way to Satkhira on a motorcycle. Their motorcycle hit an electricity pole while giving passage to a freight truck near the Parulia High School area.
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Three of them died on the spot, the OC said.
Their bodies were recovered and sent to Satkhira Sadar Hospital morgue.
Son gets married after father's burial in Chandpur
A person on Friday was killed in a road crash in Chandpur’s Matlab Dakkhin upazila, on the day of his son’s marriage.
The deceased was identified as Abul Bakaul, 65, of Uttor Nagda village of the upazila.
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After Jummah, Abul went to buy sweets for his son’s wedding when in Dagarpur area a three wheeler collided head-on with the battery powered auto-bike carrying him.
He was rushed to the Chandpur General Hospital by his son and locals where he died in the afternoon.
Later that evening after the funeral of his father Rubel Bakaul got married.
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By Saturday it became a matter of common gossip in the village.
Neighbor Jilani Talukder said that the limited scale wedding ceremony took place on the decision of both families.
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Matlab Dakkhin Police Station Officer-in-charge Mohammad Mohiuddin Mia said no one from the family had informed the police and there was no complaint.
However, police were sent to the spot, on information, he said