Jamalpur
Couple killed as truck ploughs through Jamalpur house
A man and his wife were killed as a truck ploughed through their roadside house at Garohori village in Dewanganj upazila early Monday.
The deceased are Joynal Abedin, 48 a farmer, and his wife Hasina Begum, 40.
Read: Auto-truck collision leaves 2 dead in Jamalpur
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Dewanganj Police Station Mohabbat Kabir said the Rowmari-bound fertilizer-laden truck skidded off the road and ploughed through the roadside house after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving the couple, who were asleep, dead on the spot.
However, the driver managed to flee the scene, the OC added.
Dewanganj mayor expelled from AL in Jamalpur
Dewanganj Municipality mayor Shahnewaz Shahan Shah was expelled from local unit of Awami League on Monday for assaulting the secondary education officer of Dewanganj upazila in Jamalpur district on the Victory Day.
President of Jamalpur district unit Awami League Advocate Baki Billah and General Secretary Faruk Amed Chowdhury announced it on Monday.
The ruling party took the decision on the ground of breaching party’s discipline, they said
On December 16, Mayor Shahnewaz physically assaulted education officer Md Meher Ullah at a Victory Day programme in the upazila.
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Md Meher was conducting the programme at Dewanganj Government High School premises. He was calling the names of the officials inviting them to place wreaths in serial.
As the mayor was the eighth in serial he got angry and started abusing Meher verbally. When the officer protested the mayor allegedly slapped him.
A case was filed against Shahnewaz in this connection on that day.
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Auto-truck collision leaves 2 dead in Jamalpur
Two persons were killed and two others injured in a collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a truck on the busy Jamalpur-Dhaka highway in Narikeli early on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Mintu Mia, 28, son of Shahjahan Ali of Chontia village in Jamalpur Sadar upazila, and Abul Kalam Azad, 45, son of Usman Gani of Munsinangla village in Melandah upazila.
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Eye-witnesses said the accident occurred around 5am when the Jamalpur-bound truck travelling at a high speed hit the auto-rickshaw on the highway in Narikeli in Jamalpur Sadar upazila, after its driver lost control of the heavy vehicle.
The impact of the crash was such that it left the four occupants of the auto-rickshaw injured, two of them fatally. The two injured, including the auto driver, have been admitted to Jamalpur Sadar Hospital.
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Jamalpur Sadar Police Station SI Harun Aur Rashid said the bodies were sent to the Jamalpur Sadar Hospital morgue for post-mortem. "Efforts are on to track down the killer truck and its driver," he added.
3 killed by lightning strike in Jamalpur
Three people in Jamalpur’s Islampur upazila were killed by lightning strike.on Sunday afternoon
The incident occurred at around 3 pm in the Kandarchar village of the upazila.
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The deceased were identified as Sundar Ali Sarder, 65, son of Bhola Sarder; his grandson Rafiq Sarder, 14, and Mosharraf Hossain, 25, son of Mofazzal Hossain, all from Kandarchar.
It was learned that they were working in the field when they were struck by a thunderbolt, and Sundar Ali died on the spot.
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Critically injured Rafiq died at Kandarchar Hospital Complex, and Mosharraf was referred to Jamalpur Sadar Hospital but died on the way there, according to the OC of Islampur Police Station Mazedur Rahman.
Two killed, one injured in Jamalpur train robbery
Two youths died and another sustained injuries after being allegedly attacked by a gang of robbers on a Dewanganj-bound train on Thursday night.
The deceased were identified as Md Nahid Hasan (24) and Sagar (25). The injured passenger, Rubel (22), is recuperating at Jamalpur Sadar Hospital.
Police said the trio came under attack when they tried to nab the robbers. The robbers had climbed on top of the train and started robbing passengers travelling on the roof.
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Faruq, who was also travelling on the train top, said as soon as the train left Gafargaon station, four to five robbers attacked the passengers sitting on the roof with knives.
"They snatched my cellphone,” he said.
Sub-inspector Sohel Rana of Jamalpur railway police station said the passengers were attacked by some muggers.
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Around 10 pm when the train reached Jamalpur station, police rushed the three severely injured passengers to Sadar Hospital. Two of them were, however, declared dead on arrival.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem. "Efforts are on to nab the robbers," Sohel said.
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.
Lightning strikes kill 10 across country, including 6 in Jamalpur
At least 10 people died after being struck by lightning in Jamalpur, Chapainawabganj and Sylhet on Thursday .
Six of the deaths were reported from Jamalpur, three from Chapainawabganj and one from Sylhet.
In Jamalpur, six people died and five others were injured in lightning strikes in different areas of the Islampur upazila after the storm hit around 5pm.
The deceased were identified as Enamul, 45, Kala Sheikh, 40, Shah Jamal, 45, Bilal, 36, Mofizul Haque, 50 and Jabed Ali, 60.
Islampur Upazila Nirbahi Officer SM Mazhar said all the victims were working in field during rain. The injured have been hospitalised.
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The local administration will provide Tk 20,000 to each to the families of the dead, he said.
Meanwhile, three people, including a child, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Chapainawabganj.
The deceased were identified as Jalal Uddin, 40, from Uportola village in Mobarakpur union, Rahima Begum, 25, from Goabari Chandpur village and Mashrufa Khatun, 8, from Ajhor village in Kasba UP.
Tohrul Islam said his brother Jalal was struck by lightning while bringing paddy from field in Borogachi area of Bholahat union.
Rahima Begum was struck by lightning when she went out to call her children home during the storm.
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Nachol Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Selim Reza Khan said Mashrufa died after being struck by lightning when she was collecting mangoes beside her house.
Shibganj upazila’s project implementation officer Ariful Islam said families of the deceased will get financial assistance from the government.
In Goainghat upazila of Sylhet, Babul Mia, 34, died due to lightning strike when he was working in his own field around 8am.
Lightning safety tips
Lightning strikes claim hundreds of lives in Bangladesh every year. The deaths mostly occur in the warmer period of the year from April to June, as hailstorms occur most frequently during this time.
The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief in a guideline says lightning usually continues for 30-45 minutes and urged people to stay indoors or take cover during the period.
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Installing lightning insulation bars in every building in lightning prone regions is an essential long term safety measure, according to the ministry.
Recommended safety tips while outdoors during lightning include finding shelter immediately, wearing shoes with rubber sole, sitting down on toes, shutting ears while in open field, staying away from each other, avoid using electric instruments, staying away from tall trees, electric poles and mobile towers.
Checking the weather forecast before participating in any outdoor activities is essential to be safe from lightning in the stormy season.
Doctor found dead in Jamalpur
Police recovered the body of a doctor of Melandah upazila health complex from the residential quarter of the hospital on Sunday night .
Jamalpur to get PCR testing facility next week
State Minister for Information Murad Hasan MP on Thursday said a coronavirus testing laboratory is going to be installed in Jamalpur in the next seven days dedicated to serving the 1.5 crore (15 million) people of four northern districts - Jamalpur, Sherpur, Sirajganj and Kurigram.
State Minister distributes relief among 500 families in Jamalpur
State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Murad Hasan distributed food aid among the underprivileged people of Sarishabari in Jamalpur early Tuesday.
He went door to door for distributing the relief materials with the help of local administration.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Shihab Uddin Ahmed and Officer-in-Charge of Sarishabari Police Station Majedur Rahman also accompanied Murad.
He distributed rice, lentil, oil, potato and soap among the unemployed and low-income families.
The relief distribution was launched as the ongoing general holidays, aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, has left a large number of people without jobs and food to feed their families.
Meanwhile, the death toll from coronavirus rose to 101 in Bangladesh on Monday. The country has so far confirmed 2,948 cases.