Three activists of Sramik League were stabbed reportedly over intra-party feud in Natore town on Thursday. Read : Local Awami League leader stabbed dead in Natore Witnesses said, a group of youths entered the Sramik League office in Chakbaiddanath area of the town around 2 pm and  stabbed Chanchal,32,Al Amin,22 and Swapan Sheikh,30. Read : Imam stabbed in Jashore ‘for offering doa for Sayeedi’ Later the victims were rescued and admitted to Natore Sadar Hospital. Nasim Ahmed, officer-in-charge of sadar police station, said, the incident took place due to Chanchal’s dispute with Payel, another Sramik League activist, over a trifling matter.

A youth was killed after being hit by a train on Baral railway bridge in Natore's Bagatipara upazila on Monday. The identity of the deceased, aged around 25, couldn’t be known yet.  Read: Gas cylinder blast in fishing trawler in Cox’s Bazar: One dies at CMCH, 8 battling for lives Railway line man Abdul Aziz said the Uttara Express train hit him at 10 am when it was crossing the rail bridge. The body was recovered by Ishwardi GRP police.  Read: Woman found hanging in Sirajganj 

Natore's traditional sweet, Kachagolla, has been recognized as the 17th Geographical Indication (GI) product of Bangladesh. Natore Deputy Commissioner Abu Naser Bhuiyan said this information was revealed in a letter signed by Khandaker Mostafizur Rahman, Director General of the Department of Patent, Design and Trademark under the Ministry of Industries. Also read: Langra and Ashina mangoes recognised as GI product On March 30 this year, the Natore district administration filed an application to prevent the distortion of the nearly 250-year-old Kachagolla and to recognize its geographical innovation site. After verifying the application, Natore's Kachagolla has been recognized with Geographical Indication certification. As a result, there is an excitement prevailing among the people and sweet manufacturers in Natore. Read more: Famous Traditional Sweets and Desserts in Bangladesh

A case was filed on Sunday against 200 people in connection with staging demonstrations at Ajimnagar railway station, vandalizing the station and assault on the station master. Among the accused, four people were arrested, said Mihir Ranjan Deb, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi GRP police station. Assistant station master Aminul Islam filed the case naming four people including the convenor of the protest Nadim Alam. Read: ‘Death threat’ against PM: BNP leader Chand on 3-day remand again Protesters blocked the rail line demanding a stoppage of the newly inaugurated Chilahati Express train at Natore’s Ajimnagar station on Sunday. During their protest, the Tungipara Express train didn’t stop and the agitated protesters vandalized the railway station. The arrestees will be produced before the Pabna court, said the rail police.  

The body of a farmer was recovered from a canal hours after his attempt to steal fish from a pond in Baraigram upazila of Natore early Tuesday. Liakat Ali, 50, was son of Chayen Sarkar of Monpirit village in the upazila. Abu Siddque, officer-in-charge of Baraigram police station said Liakat, Halim Ali and Amir Chan went to steal fish from the pond at the village on Monday night. However, Halim was caught red-handed by a guard while the duo managed to flee, he said, adding Liakat had been missing since the incident.   Locals found his body lying on a side of the canal and informed police in the morning, he said. The body was sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.

A student of Jagannath University, who sustained burn injuries in a gas pipeline explosion at Dhupkhola Bazar in Gandaria area of Dhaka city on Monday, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan Shaon, 22, son of Abdul Latif from Sadar upazila in Natore district. With 30% burn injuries, Shaon was undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, where he succumbed to his injuries around 6:15 am today, said Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp. Earlier, on Monday, at least nine people sustained burn injuries in a gas pipeline explosion in Dhupkhola Bazar area. Also read: 2 women among 9 burnt in gas line explosion in Dhaka The injured were Md Sohel, 42, Mehedi Hasan Shaon, 22, Ali Hossain, 52, Rashed Miah, 32, Sahara Begum, 65, Abdur Rahim, 50, Mim Akter, 22, Alif, 22, Mizanur Rahman, 32. Of them, Abdur Rahim and Shaon received around 40 and 30 percent burns, respectively. All the injured were admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit. According to a statement of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, a contractor of WASA was setting up pipes for water supply in the area on Monday morning. The explosion occurred in the morning when the gas pipelines were damaged during digging by the WASA contractor, it said. Responding to the call, an emergency team from Titas Gas rushed to the spot and fixed the issue, it read.  

A 32-year-old man was shot to death at Hazratpur in Sadar upazila of Natore district early today. The deceased was identified as Farhad Khandaker. Abul Kalam, in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said a group of miscreants swooped on Farhad when he was returning home around 1 am and opened fire on him, leaving him dead on the spot. Finding no whereabouts of Farhad till 1 am, his wife Lutfunnahar went out in search of him and found his body, in a pool of blood, at Hazratpur Government Primary School premises. Hearing her screams, locals rushed in and informed the police. Also read: Man suffers bullet wounds in Natore clash over removing rain water A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from Rajshahi is on the way to the spot. Local people claimed that the area is a safe haven for drug users.

A case has been filed against a ward councillor as he allegedly tried to rape a woman in Natore's Naldanga municipality. The accused is Abu Bakkar, councillor of Ward-1 of the municipality and president of the ward unit of Awami League. On Sunday night, the woman’s husband, lodged a written complaint against Abu Bakkar at Naldanga Police Station. Read: 300 people sued over attack on police in Patuakhali Following the complaint, a case has been filed against the councillor under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, said Abul Kalam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Naldanga Police Station. According to the case statement, on Sunday afternoon, councillor Abu Bakkar went to the house of the woman and tried to rape her in the absence of her husband. Hearing her screams, when neighbours came, he fled the scene. "Efforts are on to nab the accused councillor," added the OC.      

Three people were killed in a collision between a pickup van and a truck on Natore-Bogura Highway at Jolarbata in Singra upazila on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Rahim Ali, 35, and Bidyut Ali, 32, both were residents of Punduri village of Kalam union and Kachuke, 50, a resident of Najarpur village of the same union. ANM Masud, officer-in-charge of Jhalmalia Highway Police Station, said that a truck hit a pickup van carrying saw mill workers at around 9:30 am, leaving van driver Rahim Ali dead on the spot and 4 others critically injured. On information, the fire fighters went to the spot and rescued the injured people and took them to a local hospital from where workers Bidyut Ali and Kachuke were rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in critical condition. They both died while undergoing treatment at the medical college hospital in the afternoon, the OC added.

Two people, including a woman, were killed and four others injured in two road crashes in Natore's Sadar upazila Friday, police said. The deceased were identified as Parul Begum, 30, and Hanif, 40. One accident occurred as a tanker hit a rickshaw van in the Chawk Tabaria area around 11am, ALM Masud, officer-in-charge (OC) of Jhalmalia Highway Police Station, said. Also read: Lalmonirhat mother, daughter crushed to death by train "Parul and other passengers of the van were rushed to Sadar hospital where she was declared dead upon arrival. The other injured are now undergoing treatment." A speeding microbus ran Hanif over while he was crossing the road in front of Harishpur Police Lines, killing him on the spot, the OC said. The bodies were sent to Sadar hospital morgue for autopsies, he added.