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A husband and wife were killed in a fire that broke out at their house in the Bilashpur-Radhanagar area under Dohar Police Station in Dhaka early Saturday, while their two children and a grandson managed to escape safely. The deceased were identified as Salam Sikder, 55, and his wife Nasima Begum, 45. The fire erupted around 1:15am and spread through the house within minutes, trapping five family members inside, said Tamim Hawlader, station officer of the Dohar Fire Service. Family members managed to break open a window and rescue two daughters and a grandson from the burning house, but Salam and Nasima were unable to escape and died in the blaze. On information, firefighters and police rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control within five minutes. The bodies of the couple were later recovered from inside the house. Jannatul, daughter of the deceased couple, however claimed that the house door had been locked from the outside, raising suspicion over the incident. Tamim Hawlader said the fire had already engulfed much of the house by the time firefighters arrived. After extinguishing the blaze, rescue workers recovered the bodies and handed them over to police. Abu Bakkar Siddique, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Dohar Police Station, said the fire might have originated from a gas cylinder in the kitchen. He said the family had applied to receive the bodies without autopsy and the handover process was underway. An unnatural death case will be filed in connection with the incident. Dohar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Maidul Islam visited the scene around noon. The fire cast a pall of gloom over the area as grieving relatives gathered at the scene.

A couple was killed and three other members of their family were injured when an air-conditioner exploded at a house at Chander Bari in Rajapur upazila of Jhalakathi district early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Forkan Hawladar, 45, son of Zohr Ali and his wife Mahinur Begum, 40. Also read: Dhaka warehouse blast: Death toll rises to 8 The explosion occurred in the dead of night, leaving the couple and three others–Mainul 14, Sara, 3 and Mahfuza Begum, 30 injured, said Shyamal Dey, officer-in-charge of Rajapur Police Station. Getting no response from the inmates of their house of till Saturday noon, Selim Hawladar, brother of Forkan, went into the house and found them wounded. Also read: 5 to hang in Ctg naval base blasts case Later, they were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared the couple dead.

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.

A couple was found dead in a house at Subarnapur in Sadar upazila of Cumilla district early Monday. Kamal Krishna Dhar, inspector of Kotwali Model Police Station, said local people found the door of the couple’s house open in the morning and saw them dead. The hands and legs of the couple -- Billal Hossain, a rural doctor, and his wife Safura Begum -- were found tied up, but there was no injury mark in their bodies. Also read: Couple killed in Sunamganj over family feud On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Cumilla Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy. Also Read:Uttara stabbing: ISP worker killed in 'merciless' attack by friends Police suspected that miscreants might have entered the house some time at night and strangled them to death.