Dinajpur
School teacher killed in Dinajpur road crash
A 53-year-old teacher riding his bycycle to school died after being knocked down by a speeding bus on Dinajpur-Phulbari road in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Nur Jamal, an assistant teacher at Panchbari Government Primary School and son of Salim Chairman of Sadar upazila.
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Noni Gopal, an inspector at Kotwali Police Station, said the accident occurred in the morning in the Jaliapara area, leaving him dead on the spot.
Agitated local people blocked Dinajpur-Phulbari road in protest against the accident, disrupting vehicular movement for an hour.
Now triplets named after Padma Bridge in Dinajpur
After the triplets in two other districts, now triplets born in Dinajpur have been named after the much-awaited Padma Bridge.
A housewife named Sadina Begum, 32, gave birth to triplets through normal delivery at a community hospital in Birampur municipality under the district on Monday afternoon.
To commemorate the Padma Bridge, the largest communication infrastructure in the country, Jahidul Islam, father of the triplets named his daughters Shwapno, Padma and Setu.
The mother and the triplets are fine. They have been asked to take advice from a child expert in Dinajpur.
The couple also has an 11-year-old daughter.
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Jahidul Islam said they (Jahidul and Sadina) work at a readymade garment factory in Gazipur. They came in the native Tegra village on Eid vacation and delivery purpose.
"I named my daughters after Padma Bridge to show love to the much-hyped Padma Bridge and commemorate the event.
Three kids drown in Dinajpur, Kurigram
Three children drowned in Dinajpur and Kurigram districts on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In Dinajpur, two minors drowned in the Atrai River.
The deceased are Jitu 12, daughter of Jewel of Fakirganj of Nilphamari and Bhulanath, son of Bhupati Roy of Kachharipara village under Birganj upazila.
Khansama fire service station officer Talha Bin Jasim said Jitu drowned in the river while he was bathing Wednesday afternoon.
On information, firefighters conducted a drive and recovered the body of the teenage girl.
Jitu came to her maternal grandfather's house on Eid vacation, he added.
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Earlier in the day, fishermen recovered the body of Bhulanath, who went missing in the Atrai river at Kalarghat on Tuesday.
He also came to his maternal grandfather's house.
In Kurigram, a child drowned in a hole filled with water which was dug for installing a tube well in Ulipur upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.
Relatives said Raihan Mia, son of Rezaul Islam, of Tabakpur union under the upazila, came to his maternal grandfather's house on Eid vacation. The child drowned while he was playing.
He was rushed to Ulipur upazila health complex where doctors declared him dead, said Maidul Islam, RMO of the health complex.
Engineer killed in Dinajpur road crash
A-30-year-old engineer was killed and 15 others were injured in a road accident in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur on Friday.
The deceased Mozaharul Islam was from Tengrapara Vinail union.
He worked as a sub-assistant engineer of Gaibandha’s Palashbari upazila. However, the identities of the injured are yet to be known.
The accident occurred when a pickup van hit Mozaharul when he was returning home on his motorbike and overturned the pickup after it lost control, leaving him dead on the spot and 15 others, including the driver injured, said Ziaur Rahman Zia, sub-inspector of Ghoraghat police station.
The injured were admitted to a local hospital, he said, adding that the condition of 6 injured is critical.
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3 killed, 15 injured as inter-city bus crashes into bridge in Dinajpur
Three people including a woman were killed and 15 others were injured as an inter-city bus lost control and crashed against a bridge at Bankkali in Dinajpur.
The identities of the deceased could not be known yet, police said.
The accident occurred at around 8.30 pm on Monday.
Kotwali police sub-inspector Mahbub said a coach of Ahsan Paribahan, on its way to Dhaka from Thakurgaon, lost control after one of its front wheels punctured at Bankkali area of Dinajpur district headquarters.
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It then rammed into the railing of a bridge, leaving several of its passengers injured.
They were rushed to M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital where two people were declared dead. Later a woman died while undergoing treatment, SI Mahbub said.
Seriously injured 15 people were being treated at the hospital, he added.
Road accidents claim 7 lives in 3 districts
At least seven people were killed and two injured in three road accidents in Keraniganj, Jashore Sadar, and Dinajpur Friday, according to police.
In Dhaka's Keraniganj, five people were killed and another injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided with a lorry at Teghoria.
The deceased were identified as CNG driver Tamal, 17, and his passengers Zunayed Hossain, 22, Nayeem Hossain Fahim, 21, and Samad, 20. However, the identity of another deceased could not be ascertained immediately.
The accident occurred when five friends, workers of a factory in the Hasanabad area, were on their way to visit the Padma Bridge on an auto-rickshaw, Mohammad Shah, officer-in-charge of Hasara Police Station, said.
In Jashore Sadar upazila, a 22-year-old assistant of a truck driver was killed after their vehicle fell into a roadside ditch in Shyamnagar. The deceased Munna was from the upazila.
The accident occurred as the driver of the brick-laden truck lost control of his vehicle near, which overturned and pinned Munna underneath, Assistant Sub-Inspector Munir Hossain, in-charge of Sajiali Police Outpost, said.
In Dinajpur, a 32-year-old woman was killed, and her husband injured after a tractor-trolley hit their motorcycle.
The deceased was identified as Shamim Akhter Panna from Kabirajpara, Dinajpur Sadar, Abdul Jalil, sub-inspector of Pulhat Police Outpost, said. "The paddy-laden tractor-trolley crashed into the motorcycle, leaving the woman dead on the spot and her husband injured."
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Two bikers killed in Dinajpur road crash
Two young men were killed while another was injured when a truck hit their bike in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur in the early hours of Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Nahid Hasan Shabuj, 26, and Tazin Ahmed, 18, of the upazila.
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The accident occurred around 1.30am when the three were returning home from the Phulbari rail crossing area, police said.
On their way home, a truck transporting rice hit their bike in front of Nimtala MP Market of the upazila, leaving the duo dead on the spot, said Ashraful Islam, officer-in-charge of Phulbari police station.
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An injured Khalid Hasan, 20, was sent to Dinajpur M Abdur Rahim Medical College and Hospital for treatment, said the OC.
The truck driver and his helper have been detained and the vehicle was compounded, he added.
DIFE DIG caught red-handed by ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday caught a high official of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) red-handed while taking bribe from a company in Dinajpur.
The detainee is Mostafizur Rahman, deputy inspector general of the DIFE Dinajpur region.
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Deputy Director of ACC Public Relations Office Muhammad Arif Sadeq told UNB that Mostafizur demanded Tk 80,000 as bribe from Ishan Agro Food of the district for the renewal of its license.
Being informed through ACC hotline 106, a team of the anti-graft body, led by Mohammad Moazzem Hossain and Ahsanul Kabir Palash, deputy directors, ACC, Dinajpur, caught him red-handed at noon while taking the bribe at his office, added Arif Sadeq.
3 to die, four get life imprisonment for murder in Dinajpur
A Dinajpur court on Monday sentenced three persons to death and four others to life imprisonment for killing a 24-year-old grocery shop owner in 2009.
The condemned convicts are—Rezaul Karim Babu, Sharifur Islam and Atoar Rahman.
The lifers are—Golam Rabbani, Ekramul, Shahed Ali and Jahangir Alam.
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Dinajpur Additional District and Session Judge Mehedi Hasan Mandal handed down the punishment in presence of all the convicts.
According to the prosecution, the convicts killed Humayun Kabir, son of Shahidul Islam of Phulbari upazila on August 20, 2009 over land dispute.
On August 21, 2009, Humayun;s family lodged a complaint with Phulbari Police.
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Of the convicts, Rezaul gave confessional statements admitting his guilt before the court.
UP member among 3 killed in Dinajpur road crash
A motorcyclist and two pillion riders, including a UP member, were killed when a truck hit their motorbike at Mangalpur in Bochaganj upazila of Dinajpur early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Rakibul Islam Rakib, 42, member of Atgaon Union Parishad No. 4 in Bochaganj, Noajim, 16, and Shamim Osman, 22, of Thakurgaon district.
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The accident occurred when the trio was returning from a petrol pump with fuel for their microbus that ran out of fuel on their way home with family.
A truck from opposite direction hit the motorcycle at Mongalpur around 12am and fled the scene, leaving them dead on spot, said Fakhrul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Birol police station.
The bodies were handed over to their respective families, he added.
Road crashes in Bangladesh
As many as 376 lives were lost while 1500 people were injured in 283 road accidents across the country during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, according to a report.
Road Safety Foundation (RSF), an organisation that campaigns for safer roads, on May 12 revealed this information in a new report on accidents on Bangladesh’s roads from April 25 to May 8.
A total of 156 people were killed in 128 accidents involving motorbikes, which accounted for 41.48 per cent of the total deaths.
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According to the RSF findings, at least 54 pedestrians were killed in road accidents, which accounted for 14.36 percent of the total deaths.
Some 49 drivers and their assistants were also subjected to road fatalities and that is 13 per cent of the total deaths.
Of the total accidents, 132 accidents occurred on the national highways, 87 on regional highways and 41 on rural roads and 23 on city roads, the report said.