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Police launch a search after three sisters go missing from their city home
Police were looking for three sisters, two of them SSC examinees, on Friday, a day after they went missing from their house in the capital’s Adabar area.
Sajia Nawrin, maternal aunt of the three girls, lodged a general diary (GD) with the Adabar police on Thursday afternoon.
The missing sisters have been identified as Rokeya Ara, 18, who passed SSC last year and Jaynab Ara, 17, and Khadija Ara, 16, examinees of ongoing SSC exam.
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Investigation officer of the case Adabar Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Momin said that police went to the house at Shekertek Pisciculture road and checked the CCTV footage.
It was seen that at around 11.04 am, first the younger sister, then the middle one and finally the eldest sister came out of the house carrying bags, police said.
They said since the girls do not use mobile phones, it has been difficult to track them.
But police are trying their best to locate them.
Aunt Sajia said the girls have been living with her and another aunt since their mother died of cancer in 2003.
She claimed that their father left their mother after she gave birth to three successive daughters. He married another woman and never looked after his daughters.
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“Since my sister died, the three sisters have lived with me and my younger sister. They used to study from our houses in Adabar and Khilgaon,” Sajia said.
She said, the eldest of three sisters passed SSC last year. And two younger sisters have been taking SSC exams this year.
According to her, they have their next exams on November 22 but they left the house on Thursday morning without telling anyone. On that morning Sajia got back home to pick a file she forgot to take with her and found that the house was locked with the keys kept in a basket in front of the door. The girls have not been seen since then, she said.
However, Sajia thought that some TikTok user might have persuaded them to leave the house. The girls, she said started to use TikTok when they were confined home during Covid-induced lockdowns.
They took along with them their books, admit cards and registration cards, she added.
2 people go missing as boat sinks in Buriganga
Two people went missing as a boat sank in the Buriganga River near Kamrangirchar Hujur ghat in Dhaka on Monday.
Those went missing are Shital, 27 and Shafiqul, 7.
Mohammad Raihanul, station officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense Media Cell, said the boat capsized in the river around 9:15 am.
Four people went missing after the accident while the others managed to swim ashore.
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On information, divers from local fire service rushed to the spot and rescued Rekha, 29 and Sanzida, 8 while Shital and Shafiqul remained missing.
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The divers are continuing the rescue operation.
Businessman found dead in Chattogram
A businessman was found dead in his under-construction building at Jalalabad in Khulshi area of Chattogram on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Nezam Pasha, 65, son of Abdur Rashid of Fatikchhari upazila.
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Mohammad Shahinuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Khulshi Police Station, said local people found the body of Nezam on the ground floor of the under-construction building and informed the matter to police.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital.
The body bore several injury marks, said police.
Nezam remained missing since he went to the building area on Sunday for clearing the wages of the construction workers.
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However, the victim’s family claimed that some extortionists had demanded money from him and they also issued death threat.
Tourist’s body recovered from Nikli Haor, another goes missing
The body of a tourist who drowned in Nikli Haor in Kishorganj on Friday was recovered Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Roni,22, a pickup driver from Cumilla.
Besides, Md Alamgir, 20 of Gaibandha district, who also drowned in the waterbody, remained missing.
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According to locals, both of them drowned around 11 am Friday while taking bath in the waterbody at Ghoradhigha village in Nikli Upazila on Friday.
Officer-in-Charge of Md Shamsul Islam said the body of one tourist was recovered and rescue operation is going on to find the missing one.
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Three 'missing' madrasa girls rescued from Dhaka slum
Three minor girls who went missing from the residential hall of a madrasa in Jamalpur on Sunday, have been rescued, police said on Friday.
The three have been identified as Mim Aktar, 9, Monira,11, and Surya Banu,10, all students of Darul Taqwa Mahila Madrasa in Islampur upajila of the district.
The girls were rescued from a slum in the Manda area of Dhaka around 12am Friday by a police team, led by additional superintendent of Islampur circle Md Sumon Mia.
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Sumon said that after fleeing from the madrasa on September 12, the three girls took a train to Dhaka.
At least 1 dead, 10 missing in landslide near Mexico City
A section of mountain on the outskirts of Mexico City gave way Friday, plunging rocks the size of small homes onto a densely populated neighborhood and leaving at least one person dead and 10 others missing.
Firefighters scaled a three-story pile of rocks that appeared to be resting on houses in Tlalnepantla, which is part of Mexico state. The state surrounds the capital on three sides.
As rescuers climbed the immense pile of debris, they occasionally raised their fists in the air, the familiar signal for silence to listen for people trapped below. Firefighters and volunteers formed bucket brigades to pass 5-gallon containers of smaller debris away as they excavated.
“In this moment our priority is focused on rescuing the people who unfortunately were surprised at the site of the incident,” said Tlalnepantla Mayor Raciel Pérez Cruz in a video message. Authorities had evacuated surrounding homes and asked people to avoid the area so rescuers could work.
Rescuers carried a body on a stretcher covered with a sheet past AP journalists. The Mexico state Civil Defense agency said in a statement that at least 10 people were reported missing.
Among the volunteers were 30-year-old construction worker Martin Carmona, 30, and his 14-year-old son. “They organized us in a chain to take out buckets of sand, stone and rubble,” Carmona said. “A co-worker lives there. He has a wife and two young children under the debris.”
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Carmona and his son arrived to the pile before government rescuers and his friend was already there digging for his wife and kids.
Neighbors began to complain that they need more help and organization.
Carmona said rescuers heard children, but after two hours of removing debris, authorities told volunteers to leave the area. Only relatives stayed to help the rescuers.
Search dogs clambered over the rubble with their handlers.
Ana Luisa Borges, 39, said she lives just three houses down from those hit by the landslide.
“It thundered horribly,” she said of the sound of the slide. “I grabbed my youngest son and ran out (of the house). Then came a very big cloud of dust.” Fortunately, her other four children were in school.
“There are a number of houses there,” she said of the slide area. “There was a building, but they tell us there are people there and children. I saw one person come out with head injury.”
Borges said they have been warned that another rock could come down and that she didn’t know where they were going to sleep tonight.
“They’ve only told us that we have to leave (our homes),” she said.
Tlalnepantla officials announced they were opening several shelters for displaced residents.
The neighborhood is a heap of jumbled houses climbing the mountainside, many with corrugated tin roofs, separated in places by just a steep staircase.
One massive boulder stopped against a two-story house barely its equal, knocking out the front wall and spilling the home’s contents into the street. A path of destruction traced uphill.
Maximinio Andrade, who lives with his parents and siblings — 14 family members in all — near the slide walked down the steep street pushing a flat-screen television on a hand cart. He had not been home at the time of the landslide, but feared thieves would enter now that the surrounding homes had been evacuated.
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“They’ve already started stealing from the destroyed homes,” he said.
National Guard troops and rescue teams carrying lengths of rope made their way through narrow streets.
Images from the area showed a segment of the steep, green side of the peak known as Chiquihuite sheared off above a field of giant rubble with closely packed homes remaining on either side.
Mexico state Gov. Alfredo del Mazo said via Twitter that local, state and federal authorities were coordinating to secure the zone in case of more slides and to remove rubble to locate possible victims.
The landslide follows days of heavy rain in central Mexico and a 7.0-magnitude earthquake Tuesday night near Acapulco that shook buildings 200 miles (320 kilometers) away in Mexico City.
While visiting the scene later Friday, Del Mazo said authorities believe four homes were destroyed in the landslide and another 80 were evacuated as a precaution.
“It’s likely the earthquake and the intense rain we have had in recent days have affected (the area) and for this came the landslide and the break up of the mountain,” he said.
Couple drowns in boat capsize in Titas River, minor girl missing
A couple drowned and their minor daughter went missing when a boat overturned in the Titas River due to strong current in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Riyad, 30, son of Dulal Mia of Kaitala, Riyad’s wife Liza Akter, 25. The couple’s only daughter Maria, 7 went missing.
Nure Alam, inspector of Nabinagar police station, said the couple along with their child went for a boat ride in the river.
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When the boat reached Bhairabnagar-Khulia point of the river, it capsized in swift current.
Three people managed to swim ashore while Riyad, Liza and Maria went missing.
Later, local people recovered the bodies and sent those to the local hospital.
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Missing woman, daughter found dead in Barguna, husband absconding
Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her nine-month-old baby dumped underground at East Hatempur in Patharghata upazila of Barguna district on Saturday, four days into their missing.
The deceased were identified as Sumaiya, wife of Shaheen Munshi and her nine-month-old daughter.
Mohammad Abul Bashar, officer-in-charge of Patharghata Police Station, said local people spotted a new grave near the house of Shaheen and informed police.
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On information, police unearthed the body of Sumaiya and her daughter, their hands and legs tied with rope.
Quoting local people, police said Saheen marrid Sumaiya after a village arbitration over his relationship with her led to the birth of the baby.
On Wednesday, Sumaiya along with her daughter went to her parents’ home for lunch. But Shaheen did not go.
Sumaiya and her daughter returned home and since then they remained missing.
Shaheen also went into hiding since Wednesday.
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Police arrested three people including Sumaiya’s mother-in-law, grandmother-in-law and brother-in-law—over the issue.
At least 19 missing as mudslide west of Tokyo hits houses
A powerful mudslide carrying a deluge of black water and debris crashed into rows of houses in a town west of Tokyo following heavy rains on Saturday, leaving at least 19 people missing, officials said.
Dozens of homes may have been buried in Atami, a town known for hot springs, said Shizuoka prefecture spokesman Takamichi Sugiyama.
Public broadcaster NHK gave the number of missing people at 20, but Sugiyama said the prefecture confirmed at least 19, although he said the number may grow.
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Torrential rains have slammed parts of Japan starting earlier this week. Experts said dirt had been loosened, increasing landslide risks in a country filled with valleys and mountains.
Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu told reporters that the Coast Guard had discovered two people who had been washed into the sea by the mudslide. Their hearts had stopped, but their deaths were not yet officially declared, he said. Other details of their identity were not released.
“I offer my deepest condolences to everyone who has suffered,” he said, adding that utmost efforts will be made to rescue lives.
Both Kawakatsu and Sugiyama said it had been raining hard in the area all morning. Self-defense forces will join firefighters and police in the rescue operation, and a minister from the national government had also arrived, they said.
Japanese media reports said Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called an emergency meeting for his Cabinet.
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Evacuation warnings were issued for a wide area, including the so-called “Level 5,” which is the highest possible alert.
The landslides appeared to have struck multiple times, about as fast as a car. Footage showed a powerful, black mudslide slither down a mountain, knocking over and crushing houses and sweeping away cars in its path. Helpless neighbors watched in horror, some recording on their phones.
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NHK TV footage showed a part of a bridge had collapsed.
Atami is a quaint seaside resort area in Shizuoka prefecture, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Tokyo. The area that was hit by the mudslide, Izusan, includes hot springs, residential areas, shopping streets and a famous shrine.
Woman goes missing in Meghna trawler capsize
A woman went missing after a potato-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna River near Kazipura in Gajaria upazila of Munshiganj on Tuesday.
The missing woman was identified as Belayetunnisa , 52, wife of Abdul Jalil of Molla Char in Munshiganj Sadar Upazila.
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Abdus Salam, in-charge of Gazaria Naval Police Outpost, said Belayetunnisa was going to Chandpur from Muktarpur area of Munshiganj in the large trawler carrying 400 maunds of potatoes.
The trawler sank in the Meghna at around 8:15 am. Three people managed to swim ashore but Belayetunnisa went missing, he said.
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Police said the trawler has not been salvaged yet.