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Police recovered two hand grenades from a government primary school in Gangni upazila of  Meherpur district on Sunday morning. The explosives, wrapped in red scotch tape, were found around 9 am on the third-floor corridor of Raipur Government Primary School in the upazila, causing panic among teachers and students. On information, police recovered the grenades and defused them by placing them in a bucket filled with water. Dhaka-Mymensingh rail communication resumes after BAU students lift blockade Fawzia Akter, the head teacher of the school, said students spotted the suspicious objects while going to their classrooms in the morning. "We then informed the Elangi police camp and the bombs were promptly removed by the police," she added. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gangni police station Bani Israel said  the grenades investigation is currently underway.    

BNP has announced a full convening committee for its Meherpur district unit and partial convening committees for seven other district units, including Chattogram South, Gazipur and Narayanganj. The party has also approved a preparatory committee for its upcoming council in Sirajganj district. The convening committees and the Sirajganj council preparatory committee were announced in a press release, signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on Sunday. A 31-member full convening committee has been formed for BNP’s Meherpur district unit, with Javed Masud Milton as convenor and Kamrul Hasan as member secretary. In Natore, a 16-member committee has been formed, with Rahim Newaz as convenor and Asaduzzaman Asad as member secretary. In Bandarban, Saching Prue has been made convenor and Javed Reza member secretary of a five-member convening committee. BNP forms Kurigram district unit’s partial committee In Chattogram South, a five-member convening committee has been formed, appointing Idris Mia as convenor and Helal Uddin as member secretary. In Manikganj, a seven-member convening committee has been formed, with Afroza Khan Rita as convenor. In Munshiganj, a seven-member convening committee has been formed, with Mizanur Rahman Sinha as convenor and Mohiuddin Ahmed as member secretary. In Narayanganj, Mamun Mahmud has been made convenor of a five-member convening committee. In Gazipur, a three-member convening committee has been formed, headed by Fazlul Haque Milon. For the Sirajganj district council preparatory committee, Amirul Islam Khan Alim has been appointed as convenor. BNP forms new committees in four city, five district units The new committees have been formed as part of BNP’s ongoing move to overhaul its different units to strengthen organisational capacity ahead of the next national election.

A Meherpur court on Thursday placed Farhad Hossain, former public administration minister, on a two-day remand. Meherpur Senior Judicial Magistrate Sharmin Nahar passed the order when police produced Farhad, also president of Meherpur district unit of Awami League, before the court. 4 get life imprisonment for killing farmer in Thakurgaon Earlier on Wednesday night, police took the AL leader to Meherpur jail. He was also shown arrested in two cases filed for attacking students during the anti-discrimination movement. Anisul, Atiqul put on remand again A number of cases have been filed against Farhad  in Dhaka and Meherpur district after the fall of the AL-led government on August 5. Police arrested Farhad from Dhaka's Eskatan area on September 14.

A 17-year-old boy died, another injured in a road accident in Meherpur's Gangni upazila on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Shipon Ali of Chitla village of the upazila, and his cousin Khokon, 23, said Officer-in-Charge Bani Israel of Gangni Police Station. Shipon and Khokon were travelling from Gangni to Bamandir on a motorcycle near Olinagar. They lost control while trying to overtake a truck and  Shipon was crushed under the truck's wheels on the Meherpur-Kushtia road around 6:30pm, said the OC. 2 college students die in Meherpur road accident Khokon was rescued by locals. Legal action will be taken following complaints from the victims' families, said the OC.

Meherpur, Jan 08 (UNB) – Two college students died in a road accident on the Meherpur-Kushtia regional highway in Gangni upazila of Meherpur on Wednesday. The accident happened when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a Rafraf Paribahan bus around 3:30 pm, said Gangni Police Station Officer-in-Charge Bani Israel. 6 killed in separate road accidents in Naogaon, Gazipur, Munshiganj The deceased were identified as Siam Hossain (18), son of Alek Hossain, a Saudi expatriate from Pirtala village and Abdullahel Baki (18), son of Sohrab Hossain alias Sentu, also a Saudi expatriate from the same village. Both were students of class XI at Kushtia Islamia College. Siam died on the spot and Baki was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the OC said. Man killed in road accident in capital’s Bijoy Sharani Locals seized the bus and handed it over to the police. The deceased’s body will be taken to the 250-bed General Hospital in Meherpur, the OC added.

The throat-slit body of a ward-level leader of Jubo Dal, the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was discovered on Thursday morning in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district. Police recovered the body of Alamgir Hossain, 45, from the Raimantala playground, where it had been left overnight, said officer-in-charge (OC) of Gangni Police Station Bani Israil. He said the body was sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for post-mortem examination. 2 motorbikes hit by a car leave 3 dead in Rajshahi According to OC, the murder is believed to have occurred late on Wednesday night. “Miscreants slaughtered him and abandoned the body in the playground,” he said, adding that investigations are ongoing to ascertain the motive and identify those responsible. Saidul Islam, president of the Gangni municipal unit of Jubo Dal, said that Alamgir had been at Gangni Bazar on Wednesday night before going missing. “We found his body on Thursday morning but remain unclear about the motive behind this brutal killing,” he said. Youth stabbed to death in Narayanganj Alamgir Hossain, the convenor of Ward No. 1 unit of Gangni municipality Jubo Dal, had recently returned home from Dubai where he had been working, three months ago. A two-member convening committee, with Alamgir as its convenor, had been formed two months earlier.

A woman was killed and her husband was injured in a road accident on Monday in the Hawrapara area of Chhatiyan village in Gangni upazila, Meherpur. The deceased, Hira Begum (45), and her husband, injured Sajjadul Islam, both hailed from Baradi village in Meherpur Sadar upazila. Bani Israil, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gangni Police Station, confirmed the incident. Cumilla road crash leaves 3 dead According to eyewitnesses, Sajjadul Islam and his wife were traveling on a motorcycle to visit their son-in-law's house. When they reached the Hawrapara area of Chhatiyan village, a truck coming from behind hit them. Hira Begum was struck by the truck’s wheel, causing her death on the spot. Locals rescued Sajjadul Islam in critical condition and admitted him to a nearby clinic. OC Bani Israil said that the body of the deceased was recovered and taken to the police station.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday (November 11, 2023) seized 32,200 US dollars equivalent to around  Tk 39.84 lakh from Buripota bordering area in Meherpur district. Tipped off, a team of BGB -6 Battalion from Chuadanga conducted a drive near pillar no 116/4-s and seized the US dollars wrapped in black polythene in an abandoned condition at 10:30 am, Commanding officer of BGB-6 Lieutenant Colonel Syed Mohammad Zahidur Rahman said while briefing reporters. Read: Miscreants break two legs of Jamaat leader No one was arrested in this connection. A case was filed with Sadar Police Station in Meherpur. The seized money will be deposited to the treasurer office of Meherpur district. Read: 3 die in separate accidents in Dinajpur 

Two persons were killed when a speeding truck crashed into a stationary lorry on Meherpur-Chuadanga Road in the district early on Thursday morning, police said. The deceased were identified as truck driver Shahadat Hossain, 45, and his helper Faruk Hossain, 42, both residents of Sathia upazila of Pabna district. Read:Road crash claims three lives in Habiganj "The ill-fated truck coming from Chuadanga crashed into the sand-laden lorry that broke down and had been parked on the roadside in the Old Dorbeshpur area around 6am," said assistant sub-inspector ASI Shakhawat Hossain of the local police camp in Baradi. The bodies were sent to the Meherpur General Hospital morgue for post-mortem, he said, adding that the two vehicles had been seized.

Police have recovered 10 locally made grenades and bomb-making equipment from a house at Hijalbaria village in Gangni upazila  of  Meherpur district. Gangni Police Station officer-in-charge Abdur Razzak said being tipped off that there were two hand grenades in Abdul Jabbar's house they conducted a drive During the hour-long drive, 10 locally made grenades from different places of the house, 100 grams of gunpowder, iron nails, 100 grams of cannabis, cannabis cutter and other equipment were recovered. Read: Live grenade found in Chattogram’s steel factory However,  house owner Abdul Jabbar, his wife, bricklayer trolley driver Sohail Rana and younger son Samrat fled sensing the presence of police. The OC said Jabbar has also been involved in thefts, robbery and extortion in the area for a long time. OC Razzak said two cases will be filed against Abdul Jabbar—one under the Narcotics Control Act and another under the Explosive Substances Act.