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The bodies of two brothers, who had gone missing while bathing, were recovered from Brahmaputra river at Ulipur upazila in Kurigram district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Ibrahim, 12, and Imran Hossain, 08. The bodies were recovered around 7 am from Paler Ghat area of Hatia Union, around three kilometers downstream from where they went missing, said police. Upstream, downstream countries must work together to tackle climate change: Rizwana According to locals, the two boys went the river near their house for bathing in Char Jalangarkuthi village in the upazila and drowned. The boys could not be traced immediately despite extensive search efforts by the fire service teams and locals. On Monday morning, local residents spotted the bodies floating and recovered those. Zillur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Ulipur Police Station, said police were sent to the scene. The bodies would be handed over to the family members, the OC said.  

Police recovered the bodies of a couple from their residence on the 5th floor of a building on Hare Street Road at Wari in the capital on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Md Muid, 35, son of Md Musa from Araikandi village in Titas upazila of Cumilla and his wife Ayrin Akhter, 32, daughter of Joynal Abedin of Miaji Bari in Chauddagram upazila of the same district. Families of victims of enforced disappearances demand justice .Deputy Commissioner of Wari Division of DMP Harun-or-Rashid said locals informed police after the couple hadn’t opened their door for two days. Police later broke into the apartment and found the bodies, he said. “Preliminary evidence suggests that Muid had died earlier as his body had started to decompose while Irene’s body was still fresh. A note, believed to be written by Irene, was found at the scene,” the DC said. He said Muid had been suffering from cancer for a long time and had not stepped out of the house for nearly four years. However, it remains unclear whether it was a case of suicide. The couple had reportedly been separated from their families since their marriage, which their families did not accept. Youth shot in Hatirjheel, critically injured The note also requested that their bodies not be sent to their native villages and that they be buried side by side, said Harun-Or-Rashid. Babul Ali, a morgue assistant at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said police brought the bodies in on Friday night and that decomposition suggested the couple had died two to three days earlier. Whether Ayrin died by suicide will be confirmed once the autopsy report is available, said DC Harun.  

A 20-year-old man’s body has been recovered from the Buriganga River after being missing for four days. The deceased was identified as Arman, a resident of Sunibir Housing in the Adabor area. Bosila River police recovered the body on Monday night in a floating state, said Keraniganj Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sohorab Al Hasan on Tuesday. Unidentified body recovered from Meghna River in Chandpur Arman had been reported missing since Thursday. Despite extensive searches, his whereabouts remained unknown until the discovery of his body by Basilla River Police. He (Arman) worked for a private courier service company in Dhaka, the OC said. Following the discovery, Arman’s family identified the body at the Bosilla Police Station. The indicated signs of head injuries suggested that he had been murdered, said police. Madrasa teacher’s throat-slit body recovered in Manikganj A murder case was filed at the Adabor Police Station, and investigations are ongoing. The body was sent to Mitford Hospital for autopsy, added the OC.

The body of a 19-year-old youth was recovered from a space between two buildings in Jatrabari area of Dhaka on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Md Hasan, son of Shamsuddin of Alinagar Madrasa Bazar under Sadar upazila of Bhola. He used to live with relatives in Mirhazaribagh area under Jatrabari police station. Youth’s beheaded body recovered from Lalmonirhat’s maize field Sub-Inspector Md Sabbir Hossain of the police station said locals spotted the body lying in the space between the buildings around 10:45 am. Being informed, they recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, he said, adding that the victim might fell from one of the buildings. Security guard’s body recovered after missing for 5 day in Sirajganj There were marks of injuries on his head and other organs of the body, he said, adding that the victim might be a drug addict. An unnatural death case was filed in this connection, he added. 58-year-old woman’s body recovered in Narail

Two bodies were recovered from separate places in Bagerhet on Tuesday. Police recovered the body of a fisherman named Eskandar Sheikh, 65, from the Panighat area of Chitra River in Bagerhat Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning, five days after he went missing.  Election 2024: 21 candidates in Bagerhat lose security deposit Eskandar hailed from Tasir Uddin Sheikh of Bara Singharam village in Bishnupur union of Bagerhat Sadar upazila.  Bagerhat Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Saidur Rahman said, being informed by the locals, police recovered Eskandar’s body from the Chitra River. The body was sent to Bagerhat District Hospital morgue for autopsy. Woman beaten dead, 5 more hurt over enmity in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj The body of a woman named Parvin Begum, 54, was recovered from her house in Gabgachia village of Morrelganj upazila. Police recovered the woman's body after receiving a call on 999. Jubo Dal leader dies after ‘falling sick’ in Bagerhat jail Meanwhile, Mohammad Shamsuddin, officer-in-charge of Morrelganj Police Station, said Parvin’s body was found lying on the floor beside her bed. No injury marks were found on the body. The body was sent to the district hospital morgue for autopsy. A GD has been filed and police are investigating the death, said the OC.

The dead body of a person who went missing after a ferry capsized was retrieved on Monday by divers of Aricha Fire Station at Bahadurpur, about 7-8 km away from the spot. 2 of a family among three dead in Manikganj road crash Fire service personnel recovered the body of Humayun Kabir, assistant master of Rajanigandha Ferry in Paturia upazila of Manikganj, six days after the accident. The body was recovered at 4:30 pm, said  Manikganj Fire Service Deputy Assistant Director Abdul Hamid Mia. Nomination papers of all Jatiya Party candidates in Manikganj cancelled On January 17, the ferry with pickup trucks and covered vans sank in the Padma River. The assistant master was the only person on board who went missing. Sexagenarian killed in Manikganj road accident

Police recovered the body of an auto-rickshaw driver from Trishal upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday. The body was found at a banana plantation in Ragmara Chairman Bari area near Dhaka-Mymensingh highway of the upazila on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rakib, 14 of Konabari village of Sadar union of the upazila. Homeo doctor given no chance in macabre daylight killing murdered in Mymensingh Abu Bakar Siddique, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Trishal Police Station, confirmed the matter. According to police and family sources, Rakib was a physically challenged auto-rickshaw driver. On Monday afternoon, he left home with his autorickshaw and did not return home at night. Rakib's family members could not find him after searching in various places. ASI killed in Mymensingh road accident A day after he was missing, locals found the body lying on the plantation on Tuesday afternoon and informed the police. Later, police recovered the body from the spot. However, his autorickshaw was not found. Family members went to the spot and identified the body. Rakib's father Babul Mia said, "My physically challenged son was missing since yesterday. He used to drive an autorickshaw. I searched for my son all night in the surrounding upazilas. I couldn't find him. Although his body was found today, we did not get the autorickshaw. We, father and son, used to earn money with this autorickshaw." Mymensingh-3: Poppy's win confirmed, AL moves to 263  The body was sent to the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. A case in this regard is under process to be filed at the police station, said the OC.

The hanging body of a female student was recovered from her house in Nandigram upazila of the district on Thursday, police said. She was a student of Grade IX. The 15-year-old Rokeya Khatun was the daughter of Abdur Rahman of Mirzapur village under Bhatara union of the upazila and a student of a local high school. Locals and police said her mother and sister-in-law on Wednesday went to a relative's house leaving behind Rokeya and her father at the house. Read: University student’s hanging body recovered The father went out of the house in the morning on his job and spotted the body hanging from a pole with her scarf when he returned home at noon, they said. Mostafizur Rahman, in-charge of Kumida Panditpukur investigation centre, said the body was sent to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy after the recovery. An unnatural death case was filed in this regard, the police officer added.

The death toll from the boat capsize in the Nabaganga River in Narail rose to four with the recovery of two bodies Sunday noon. Two people drowned and five others went missing after their boat capsized in the river off the coast of Kalia upazila on Friday night. The bodies of Labu, 32, son of Tuku Chowkidar of Babupur village, and Khanze Sheikh, 55, son of Matiar Sheikh of Jokar Char village, were recovered today. Fire service divers fished out the bodies from the Nabaganga River in Kalia upazila, said Sheikh Tasmeem Alam, office-in-charge (OC) of Kalia police station. Also Read: Mother, son drown as boat capsizes in Narail “The bodies were handed over to the Naval Police. They will take necessary legal steps,” said OC Tasmeem. Efforts are on to find the others who went missing after the accident, he added. The boat with 17 people on board capsized around 8:30 pm while heading towards Bahirdanga from Baghbari of Kalia municipality. Ten of them managed to swim to ashore.  

Police have recovered the body of a housemaid of former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team, Akram Khan, from the city’s Mohakhali DOHS area. The deceased was identified as Sahida Akhter, 25. Read: Gazipur teacher-couple found dead in car On information from Akram, police found the body lying near his residence in DOHS around 11 pm on Sunday, Md Hasib, sub-inspector (SI) of Kafrul police station. The body was later sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added. “Details can be informed after the autopsy,” said the SI.