Thakurgaon
Father, son killed in Thakurgaon road crash
A 45-year old man and his teenage son were killed in a road crash on Pirganj-Thakurgaon road in Pirganj upazila of Thakurgaon district Saturday. .
The deceased were identified as Karimul Islam, of Bhakura Bagmara village under Sadar union of Pirganj upazila and his son Arman Hossain, 14.
Witnesses said whn Karimul and Arman were coming to Pirganj from Thakurgaon on a motorcycle it collided with a Thakurgaon-bound pickup van at Chilachapa around 7:45 pm, leaving Karimul dead on the spot.
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Seriously injured Arman Hossain was taken to Pirganj Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Pirganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Jahangir Alam said the pickup van driver was arrested and the vehicle seized.
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Another nilgai rescued in Thakurgaon
Another nilgai (blue buck, an antelope) has been found and rescued from Madhabpur village of Bairchuna union of Pirganj upazila on Friday evening.
Seeing the Nilgai roaming in the area, locals caught it after a chase and informed the UP chairman about it.
UP chairman Humi Sarker said the Nilgai was rescued from the village and later handed over to the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB).
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This is the fifth nilgai to be rescued in Thakurgaon in the last four years. Of these, four have died.
Earlier on November 26, an adult male nilgai was caught by a mob in Minapur village of Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila, which died of its injuries.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Rezaul Karim said the nilgai is safe now. It has been kept in BGB custody. Necessary steps are being taken to transfer it to the Livestock Department, he added.
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Nilgai is a large Asian antelope, usually brown or bluish grey, native to Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal.
Nilgai was previously declared extinct in Bangladesh by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Movement to continue until govt falls: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said their ongoing movement will not stop until the fall of the current government.
“A warm-up for a movement has begun across the country. This movement won’t stop until our chairperson Khaleda Zia is freed and the fall of the current monstrous regime is ensured,” he said.
Speaking at a rally, the BNP leader also said democracy and people’s voting rights will not be restored in the country as long as Awami League stays in power.
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“Let’s take a vow from this rally that we won’t return home from the streets until we can remove this regime from power and free our leader Khaleda Zia and send her abroad for treatment. Our movement will go on,” he said.
Thakurgaon district unit BNP arranged the rally on the premises of the public library in the district town, demanding Khaleda’s treatment abroad.
Recalling Khaleda’s role in different movements for the restoration of democracy and developing the country, Fakhrul said that leader has been now fighting for life for lack of advanced treatment.
“We urged the government to allow her to go abroad for treatment, but it’s not paying heed to our call,” he deplored.
The BNP leader said they have been carrying out a movement across the country for a month demanding Khaleda’s treatment abroad. “Movement doesn’t mean hartal and blockade. Thousands of people standing in rallies are loudly demanding Khaleda Zia’s release. It’s also a strong movement.”
He alleged that the current government has destroyed all the achievements of the country all the state institutions.
Fakhrul said freedom fighters did not liberate the country in 1971 to keep only a party and a person in power. “We liberated the country for democracy and having a democratic governing system.”
He said the government has been staying in power ‘using’ the state machinery by revoking the caretaker government system in 2012.
Referring to US sanctions on seven current and former officials of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the BNP leader said, “The sanctions need to be imposed on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as they acted at her behest.”
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He said the government has ‘politicised’ the judiciary, administration and law enforcement agencies to hang onto power. “This regime has become a liability for us. We need to remove this government as soon as possible.”
Fakhrul said their party is observing December 30 as voting rights snatching day as Awami League took away votes at night on December 29 in 2018.
“We want to get back our voting rights, freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Journalists' right to write freely has been snatched by enacting the Digital Security Act,” he observed.
3 touchstone idols recovered in Thakurgaon
Three touchstone idols worth Tk 66 lakh have been recovered from separate places in Thakugaon.
Tipped off, a patrol team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted a drive and recovered a touchstone idol and a pot from Dhantala in Baliadangi upazila around 11:15 pm on Saturday, said Md. Raj Mamud, Assistant Director of Thakurgaon 50 BGB.
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Besides, another BGB patrol team recovered two abandoned touchstone idols weighing about 31 kg each from Akhanagar in Sadar upazila.
However, no one was arrested in this connection, he added.
UP-polls clash: 1 shot dead at Asannagar Union
A man was killed on Sunday as police fired bullets at a centre in Asannagar union in Thakurgaon to quell a clash between supporters of two member candidates in UP polls.
The killed was identified as Hamidur Rahman, 55, a resident of South Asannagar union. He died on the spot and his body was sent to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital, police said.
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The rival supporters of the candidates contesting with ‘Tala’ and ‘Football’ symbols locked in a clash during counting of votes at the Dakkhin Asannagar Government Primary School center at 7 pm.
Police opened fire to take control of the situation, said Jahangir Hossain Superintendent of District police.
The situation at the polling centre is currently under control, said the SP.
SSC examinee stabbed dead in Thakurgaon
A Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants at Duramari in Thakurgaon municipality area on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan, 15, a student of Thakurgaon Govt. Boys' High School and son of Abdul Malek of Sonihari village in sadar upazila.
A group of miscreants attacked Mehedi on Wednesday evening behind a hotel at Duramari and fled away, said witnesses.
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Hearing his scream local people rushed in and took injured Mehedi to Thakurgaon sadar hospital where doctors declared Mehedi dead. Another youth Arman was also injured during the attack.
Dr Sabrina, a physician of the hospital, said Mehedi died due to excessive bleeding and Arman is currently under treatment at the hospital
Mehadi’s uncle Amzad Hossain , said Mehedi’s friend Galif called him out of his house before the incident.
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Tanvirul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Thakurgaon sadar police station, said a case will be filed in this regard.
Biker killed in Thakurgaon road crash
A motorcyclist was killed as a speeding truck hit him on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway at Salandar on Sunday.
The victim was identified as Abdur Razzak Sabuj, 40, son of late Shahajadar Rahman of East Goalpara in Thakurgaon district town.
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Redwan Hossain, an assistant officer at Thakurgaon Fire Service and Civil Defence, said Sabuj died on the spot when the truck crushed him as he slipped from his bike.
Biker killed in road crash in Thakurgaon
A 35-year-old biker was killed in a head-on collision with a local public transport vehicle on the busy Ranisankail-Nekmorod highway in Thakurgaon on Monday night.
The deceased was identified as Khokon, son of freedom fighter Abdul Motaleb of Moholbari village.
Fire service sources said that on his way to Ranisankail, Khokon lost control over his speeding bike and collided head-on with a bhatvati (local transport) coming from the opposite direction on Monday night.
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A critically injured Khokon was rushed to Ranishankail Health Complex by firefighters, where duty doctors declared him dead on arrival.
SM Zahid Iqbal, inspector of Ranisankail Police Station, said they had seized the bhatvati and detained its driver. "No written complaint has been filed by the family of the deceased so far. After receiving a complaint, legal action will be taken."
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UP Polls: 3 shot dead during clash in Thakurgaon
Three people were killed in firing reportedly by members of a law enforcement agency during a clash over elections at Khangaon union in Pirganj upazila of Thakurgaon district on Sunday night and early Monday.
Jahangir Hossain, Superintendent of Police of Thakurgaon, said, “As officials of the local administration were confined to a polling centre, a BGB team went there to rescue them. They had to open fire at one point of time to bring the situation under control. The three might have died in BGB firing. However, we need further investigation to be sure about it.”
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Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge of Pirganj Police Station, said one of the three died on the spot while two others succumbed to their wounds at Sadar Hospital.
Two of the injured are undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital and Thakurgaon Adhunik Sadar Hospital.
The deceased were identified as Aditya, 18, Mojaharul Islam, 35, and Hossain, 26.
Police said Nuruzzaman, an independent candidate, and his supporters confined the officials of the administration, including the presiding officer, to Ghidob Primary School when the vote count ended around 8pm.
When Haripur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mohammad Abdul Karim reached the spot along with a BGB team, the candidate’s supporters attacked them and vandalized the vehicle.
After nearly two hours, BGB men opened fire to bring the situation under control, leaving one dead on spot and four others injured, said the OC.
The injured were sent to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital where two others succumbed to their injuries.
With the death toll in Thakurgaon, at least eight people were killed and over 100 others injured as the 3rd phase of union parishad (UP) elections ended on Sunday afternoon amid sporadic violence and irregularities.
Violence was reported from different parts of the country, including Narsingdi, Brahmanbaria, Lakshmipur, Jashore and Khulna.
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The first and second phases of UP elections were marred by violence and irregularities.
At least six people were killed and over 100 others injured in the 2nd phase of the Union Parishad (UP) elections on November 11.
Violence was reported from different parts of the country, including Narsingdi, Cox’s Bazar, Cumilla and Chattogram.
Three people were killed and a number of people were injured in the first phase of union parishad election that concluded with reports of sporadic violence and clashes on September 20.
Indian nilgai dies of injuries in Thakurgaon
An adult male nilgai that was caught by a mob in Minapur village of Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila on Friday afternoon, died of its injuries hours later, officials said.
The nilgai had sustained injuries while rushing through the barbed wire fence along the border to enter Bangladesh from India, according to Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) officials.
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"It was caught by locals in Minapur village as it strayed into agricultural fields. But we rescued it," said Haripur’s Karigaon BGB camp’s Naik Subedar Kafil Uddin.
The BGB members rushed the animal to Haripur Upazila Animal Resources Hospital but the nilgai died in the evening "due to excessive bleeding".
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Haripur police officer-in-charge Tajul Islam said the animal died during treatment.