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Feni food factory catches fire
A fire broke out at a food processing factory at Kashimpur area of Feni town on Friday noon.
The fire started around 2pm at Star Line Food and Beverage factory near Feni-Noakhali regional road, said Purna Chandra Mutsuddi, deputy assistant director of Feni Fire Service and Civil Defence.
On information, 15 units of firefighters from Feni and Noakhali rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control after four hours, he added.
The origin of the fire could not be known yet. No casualties were reported so far, said the official.
Man to die for killing wife in Feni
A Feni court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Fulgazi upazila of Feni district in 2012.
The condemned convict is Abdul Quader Zakaria, 40, of Khajuria village of the upazila.
Additional Sessions Judge Md Kaysar Mosharof Yusuf handed down the verdict and fined the convict Tk 30,000.
According to the case statement, accused Zakaria tortured his wife Ayesha Akter and strangled her at his home on January 5 in 2012. She was later taken to a local hospital where doctors declared her dead.
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Later police arrested Ayesha's husband Zakaria .
On June 2 in 2012, the investigating officer of the case and Fulgazi police inspector Abul Manzur submitted a chargesheet against him. The trial began on October 9 of the same year.
30,000 villagers’ long wait for concrete bridge in Feni yet to end
Communication problem for want of a concrete bridge in different villages in Sadar and Dagonbhuiyan upazilas of Feni district has made the lives of local residents miserable but no initiative has been taken yet to end the problem.
Over 30,000 people in the two upazilas have been facing trouble every day while crossing the Feni River for different purposes. Small boats are the only mode of transport for local residents.
Residents of Panchgachia union and Razapur union under the two upazilas have been demanding a concrete bridge over the river for a long time but it has fallen on deaf ears.
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Even there is no makeshift or bamboo bridge over the river, forcing people to use small boats for crossing the river.
The students of local schools and madrasahs of the two upazilas especially the people of Purboghona village in Sadar upazila are the worst sufferers as they often fail to reach their educational institutions in time as only one boat is available for a large number of people.
Most of the time, the residents of Purboghona village fall prey to mishaps while crossing the river and during the monsoon it becomes more risky.
Kazi Nazrul Islam, president of Biroli Ideal High School and Government Primary School Managing Committee, said, “The local administration has not taken any initiative to end the untold sufferings of people. The reluctant attitude of the authorities concerned has frustrated us.”
People of the two upazilas have to depend on boats to go to any place of the district and over 500 students of different schools and madrasahs have to use it.
Mizanur Rahman, the headmaster of Biroli Ideal High School, said, “There are 1,000 students in the school and most of them are residents of Razapurghona village. Many students do not come to school during monsoon fearing boat capsizes amid storms.”
Monwar Hossain Shimul, a member of Biroli Darul Ulum Islamia Madrasha Managing Committee, said no boatman is available at night and so they fail to take any patient to any hospital immediately in case of emergency.
Sirajul Islam, a resident of Purboghona village said they have to use an alternative road to go to Sadar upazila which is time-consuming and difficult for them.
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Mahbubul Haque Liton, newly-elected chairman of Panchgachia union, said only a concrete bridge over the Feni River can bring an end to the sufferings of people and necessary steps will be taken soon after consultation with authorities concerned including the local MP.
Deputy Commissioner Abu Selim Mahmud-Ul-Hasan, said “Communication is the most important part of development. The demand of local people is logical and I will take necessary steps in this regard after scrutiny.”
3 cops closed in Feni after complaint of mugging trader
Three policemen were on Monday closed to the police lines in a punitive action after a trader complaint that he was mugged by them in Companiganj upazila of the district.
The action was taken against assistant sub-inspector of Feni Model Police Station Zahirul Haque and two constables of Adarshagram police camp—Kawsar and Anwar Hossain, said assistant superintendent of police (Sonagazi circle), Mashqur Rahman.
Sheikh Farid, a trader of Chotodhali village in Companiganj upazila, said three policemen riding a CNG-run auto-rickshaw waylaid him on his way home from business establishment around 12 am.
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They snatched away Tk 48,600 from him, he said. As he demanded the money back, the policemen tried to pick him up threatening to implicate him as a Yaba trader, said Farid.
When Farid raised hue and cry for help, local people caught them and handed them over to police.
Sajedul Islam Palash, officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Model Police Station, however, denied that the trader was mugged by the cops.
A probe body has formed to look into the matter and action will be taken after investigation, said ASP Mashqur.
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2 killed in Feni road accident
Two brothers were killed and two people injured when a private car hit a tree near BSCIC Industrial area on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Feni on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Biplob, 32, an assistant teacher of Mirsarai Sasarat Government Primary School and his brother Tushar, 40, an expatriate.
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They were sons of Dinesh of Sasrat Banglabazar area of Ichakhali union in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram.
Police said the private car carrying the two brothers rammed a tree when its driver lost control over the steering, leaving them dead on the spot. The driver and another passenger sustained injuries.
Tushar went to Dhaka for treatment and the accident occurred while they were returning from there.
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Mohipal Highway Police inspector Zakir Hossain said that the bodies were sent to Feni General Hospital morgue.
Drug-addict son hacks mother to death in Feni: Police
A 50-year-old woman was hacked to death allegedly by her ‘drug-addict’ son at Charchandia union in Sonagazi upazila of Feni on Sunday, police said.
Police said accused Nur Karim Russel hacked his mother Amena Khatun indiscriminately at Borodholi village as she refused to give him money for buying drugs.
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The locals detained Russel and handed him over to police.
Sazedul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station, said a case was filed in this regard.
The body has been kept in the morgue for an autopsy.
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Bangamata Football: Cox’s Bazar moves to group final eliminating Feni
Cox’s Bazar District moved to the Group A final of the Bangamata National Women’s Football Championship eliminating hosts Feni District by 4-1 goal in tie-breaker at the Bir Shreshto Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Tuesday.
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The group semifinal between two teams ended in a goalless position in the stipulated period.
Cox’s Bazar will play group final on Wednesday (Jan 5) at 2 pm against Rangamati District, which eliminated Khagrachhari District by 2-1 goal in the group semis on Monday.
Joynal Hazari laid to eternal rest
Member of Awami League's advisory council and a former MP of Feni Joynal Abedin Hazari was laid to rest at the Mujib Udyan in Feni district town on Tuesday.
His namaz-e-janaza was held at 10 am at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.
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The veteran AL leader was buried around 5:30 pm after the second namaz-e-janaza at 5 pm at Feni Government Pilot High School ground.
Several thousand people including leaders and activists of Awami League attended the janaza.
Besides, he was given state honour at the initiative of local administration.
The body of the Awami League leader reached Mastarpara Hazari Bari around 2:30 pm from Dhaka and then it was taken to Mujib Udyan.
Joynal Hazari, , a lifelong bachelor, died at Labaid Specialized Hospital in the capital on Monday. He was 76.
Hazari, a valiant freedom fighter, was admitted to the hospital on December 15 with lung infections, cardiac and kidney problems.
Born on August 24, 1945 in Feni, Hazari was elected MP thrice--1986, 1991 and 199--with Awami League ticket from Feni-2 constituency.
Later, Hazari was the general secretary of the Feni district unit of AL from 1984 to 2004.
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In 2001, a joint forces team conducted a drive at the house of Hazari during the caretaker government, but he managed to flee to India.
He was expelled from Awami League in 2004 when he was on the run in India.
In 2019, Hazari was made a member of Awami League's advisory council. He was also Editor of a newspaper, ‘Hazarika Pratidin’.
Feni election violence: 11 suffer bullet wounds, 72 detained
Eleven people, including a woman and a child, were shot and wounded during a clash between the supporters of two candidates of ongoing UP polls at Sonagazi upazila in Feni on Sunday.
The wounded were identified as child Asma Akhter, her mother Fatema Akhter, Mizan, Yusuf, Fakir, Shipon, Ismail, Siddique, Nabi, Mia Saheb and Raj.
Witnesses said supporters of member candidate Omar Farooq Sajib opened fire when the supporters of another candidate blocked their way to get inside the centre of Charchandia Hossainiya Government Primary School at noon.
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Later, the injured were sent to Sonagazi Health Complex.
Titu Ranjan Das, presiding officer of the centre, said no untoward incident occurred inside it.
Additional Superintendent of Police Thoai Ampra Marma said the situation is under control now.
Meanwhile, Sajedul Islam, acting officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Model Police Station, said police arrested 72 people on various charges during the election.
Hardware store staff killed by UP chairman & his men in Feni, 4 held
A hardware store employee was killed on Thursday night in an attack allegedly led by Mirzanagar union parishad chairman in Feni's Parashuram.
The deceased was Identified as Shahin Chowdhury, employee of a hardware store in Parshuram Bazar. He's survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.
After the deceased wife lodged a complaint, four people were arrested in connection with the murder. However, UP chairman Nuruzzaman Bhutto is on the run.
According to locals, Hashem, an associate of chairman Nuruzzaman, Thursday went to the store and asked for Tk 7 lakh that he had loaned to its owner.
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An argument broke out between Hashem and the victim. Soon, Hashem called the UP chairman and his men. All arrived in no time and badly thrashed Shahin.
Locals rescued him and took him to the Upazila Health Complex where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
Parashuram police station officer-in-charge Khaled Hossain said that the deceased’s wife filed a complaint on Thursday night. 'Four people have already been arrested in this regard. Efforts are on to arrest the other accused," he said.
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