Khulna
Three of family found dead in Khulna pond
Police on Tuesday morning recovered three bodies of a family from a pond in Bamia village of Khulna's Koyra upazila.
The deceased were identified as daily wager Habibur Rahman, 30, his wife Beauty Khatun, 26, and their seventh grader daughter Habiba Khatun Tuni, 13. They were residents of Bamia village.
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Police suspect the three were killed by miscreants in their home on Monday night and then their bodies were thrown into the nearby pond.
Shahadat Hossain, officer-in-charge (investigation) of the Koyra police station, said they had collected some evidence from the spot.
"Injury marks of sharp weapons were spotted on the three bodies. A probe is on," he added.
Man to die for killing wife in Khulna
A Khulna court sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2019.
The condemned convict is Mahmud Alam, a police constable of Khulna Shiromoni Armed Police Battalion and son of Jabed Ali of Jamalnagar village in Ashashuni upazila in Satkhira district.
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Public Safety Disturbance Crime Prevention Tribunal of Khulna Judge Md Saifuzzaman handed down the verdict.
According to the prosecution, Zohana Akter Usha, wife of Mahmud in Khan Jahan area of Khulna, was strangulated to death by her husband over family feud on April 6, 2019.
Sohel Islam, victim’s brother, lodged a complaint with Khan Zahan Ali Police Station.
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On August 15, 2019, police submitted a chagesheet against Mahmud in the case.
After examining the records and witnesses, the tribunal handed down the verdict.
Fire breaks out at Khulna market
A fire broke out at Terokhada Sadar market in Khulna on Tuesday night.
The fire started around 8pm and gutted about 10-15 shops and warehouses.
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Being informed, a fire tender of Rupsha Sener Bazar Fire Service rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control after an hour.
Nur Islam of Rupsha Sener Bazar Fire Service, said the fire broke out at a shop belonging to Sudhir Saha, a grocer in the market, while he was melting pitch.
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The owners of the gutted shops have claimed that their losses amount to Tk 2 crore.
Khulna Hospital technologist decamps with Tk 2.5 crore Covid test fees
A medical technologist (lab) at Khulna General Hospital has decamped allegedly with around Tk 2.5 crore collected from corona tests of people going abroad.
The accused has been identified as Prokash Kumar Das, 45, Khulna Civil Surgeon Dr Niaz Mohammad confirmed on Tuesday.
He said his office is preparing to file a case against him.
Sources at Civil Surgeon’s office said Prakash was in charge of collecting the fees for Covid-19 test samples taken from the people going abroad.
He had been manipulating the number of people taking the tests since July 2 in 2020 to gain illegal financial benefits, according to the allegation.
Suspecting foul play, an inquiry committee was formed against Prakash on 22 August. According to the inquiry report, the amount deposited was about Tk 2.58 lakh less than the amount that was supposed to be received.
Later, an explanation was sought from him on 22 September and he promised to provide it the following day.
Since then he has been missing, the office said
Civil surgeon Dr Niaz said the amount of embezzled money was about Tk2.58 crore. The Department of Health and the Health Ministry have already been informed of the incident.
4 killed in Khulna road crash
Four people were killed as a CNG auto rickshaw plunged into a ditch after being hit by a truck on the Khulna-Satkhira Highway at Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Friday.
The deceased were identified as CNG driver Ilias Sardar, 45, son of Zakaria Sardar of Sharafpur in Dumuria, Reshma Khatun, 32, daughter of Mohiuddin of Rudaghara village. The identities of two others are yet to be known.
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The accident occurred when a sand-laden truck hit the CNG on Khulna-Satkhira Highway near east Jilerdanga area around 2pm and then the CNG plunged into a roadside ditch.
After four hours of frantic effort, the fire service recovered four bodies from the ditch at 6 pm. However, the CNG could not be recovered.
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Obaidur Rahman, Officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, said they detained the truck driver Rakib Sheikh over the accident.
Khulna man buys land on moon for wife
A Khulna man has bought an acre of land on the moon as a token of love for his wife on their sixth wedding anniversary.
MD Ashim, a resident of Modern Mor area in Khulna city, handed over the land deeds to his wife Israt Tupma on Thursday.
Md Ashim, divisional head of a private TV channel, told UNB he fulfilled his dream of gifting something very special today inspired by a man in India, who also bought land on the moon for wife for their anniversary.
On September 20, Ashim bought the land worth $45 from a US agency named ‘Lunar Embassy’ owned by a man named Dennis Hop.
Ashim said after buying the land he received a selling agreement, a satellite photo of the land, geographical position of the land and legal documents from the agency.
Israt Tumpa said she feels as if she literally has got the moon in her hands as a surprise gift.
Lunar Embassy is the most famous company known for selling land on the moon. According to the company per acre of land costs $24.99 to $499.
Covid claims 7 more lives in Khulna division
Seven more people died of Covid-19 and 130 others tested positive in Khulna division in 24 hours till Monday morning, health officials said.
Of the deceased three died in Jashore, two in Kushtia, one each in Khulna and Narail, said Divisional Health Director of the health directorate Dr Jashim Uddin Hawlader.
With the fresh figures, the total fatalities in the division have reached 3,086.
The fresh numbers took the total caseload to 1,10,870.
Besides, 538 more patients recovered from Covid during this period.
In Khulna division, the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Chuadanga on March 19, 2020.
However, Khulna district has so far recorded 782 fatalities which is the highest in the division.
Covid-19: 8 more die in Khulna
Eight people died and 166 tested positive of Covid-19 in Khulna in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning, according to health officials on Wednesday.
The number of fatalities and cases were six and 163 respectively on Tuesday.
Of the deceased three died in Jessore, two each in Khulna and Kushtia and one in Chuadanga.
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The office of the Divisional Health Director of the health directorate Dr Jashim Uddin Hawlader provided the information.
The fresh numbers took the total cases to 1,10,226 and deaths to 3,061.
Meanwhile, 1,01,403 people have recovered from the fatal disease so far.
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Charges against Hefazat’s Mamunul in explosive case on Oct 10
A Khulna court Sunday set October 10 to frame charges against Mamunul Haque, former joint secretary general of Hefajat-e-Islam in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.
Additional metropolitan session court judge SM Ashikur Rahman announced the date after Mamunul was brought before the court from Khulna district jail, said public prosecutor advocate KM Iqbal Hossain.
According to the charge-sheet of the case, on February 22, 2013 a demonstration of around 3,000 members of 12 parties including Jamaat-e-Islam, BNP and Hefazat took place in Khulna demanding abolition of International Crimes Tribunal, release of arrested war criminals and chanting anti-government slogans.
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Headed towards the Gonojagoron Moncho in the city the procession at one point faced police obstruction and allegedly started attacking police with cocktail bombs and gun fires.
In self-defense police also fired 20 rounds of bullets in the air.
In the attack some members of police got injured by the blast and some 26 people were arrested from the spot.
Later in the day, Sub-Inspector of Sonadanga police station, Alamgir Kabir filed a case against 26 people including Maulana Mamunul Haque.
According to the charge-sheet of the case, Mamunul Haque directed his followers to vandalize Gonojagoron Moncho and attack police during an waz mahfil held at Moylapota mosque roundabout a day before the attack.
The charge sheet was submitted on April 21, 2015 by investigation officer of the case SI Md Moktar Hossain against 107 people.
On September 3, Mamunul was transferred to Khulna district jail from Kashimpur high security central jail in Gazipur.
A Narayanganj court on June 5, sent Mamunul to Kashimpur Central Jail on completion of his 18-day remand in six separate cases.
On April 18, a joint team of Tejgaon Division police and DMP's Detective Branch arrested Mamunul from Jamia Rahmania Arabia Madrasah in Mohammadpur.
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He was remanded for 18 days till June 5, in six different cases over rape, vandalism and Hefazat mayhem. Among them, three were filed by the district police, two by the CID, and one by the PBI.
The former Hefazat leader currently has 27 cases against his name.
Rail link with Khulna and country’s other parts restored after 11 hours
Rail communication between Khulna and other parts of the country, which was disrupted following a derailment at Uthli in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga district, resumed after 11 hours of suspension on Monday afternoon.
The train services had remained suspended since 1 am as five bogies of an oil-laden train, KN-17, from Khulna veered off the tracks in Jibannagar upazila, said Ali Ahmed, the stationmaster on duty at Uthli railway station.
No causality was reported from the incident, but four trains got stranded in Darshana, Ansarbaria and Sabdalpur Station following the incident.
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A rescue train from Ishwardi reached the spot around 8 am to clear the tracks by removing the bogies.