Two sisters were found dead on Sunday two days after their father took them with him promising to buy dresses for Eid-ul-Fitr in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha. Police recovered the bodies of Hashi,12, and Khushi,13 from the Teesta River at Haripur village on Sunday after they remained missing for the last two days, Iftekharul Mokaddem, officer-in-Charge of Sundarganj police station. Aduri Begum, mother of the two girls,  alleged that their father and her ex-husband Hamidur Rahman, resident of Kani Charitabari village, killed the two girls. Also read: Woman found dead in Magura Aduri Begum said she was living with her two daughters at her father’s house in Bajra village in Kurigram since Hamidul divorced her over a family fued. “Two days ago Hamidul came to Bajra and took Hashi and Khushi saying he would buy Eid dresses for them. But they remained missing since then,”said Aduri Begum. Meanwhile, locals of Haripur village on Sunday noon found the floating bodies of the two girls in the river and informed police. Also read: 55-yr-old Hindu woman found dead in Kushtia OC Iftekharul Mokaddem,” We are investigating the matter. It might be a murder incident  as the father remained absconding since the recovery of the bodies.”

Two sisters have succumbed to the burn injuries they sustained in a fire that broke out at their flat in the Bakalia area of the port city Thursday. The deceased were Sabrina Aktar, a 23-year-old third-year honours student, and Samia Khaled, an 18-year-old second-year HSC student of Government Hazi Mohammad Mohsin College in Chattogram and daughters of Alauddin Khaled. Sabrina succumbed to her injuries on Sunday and Samia on Monday morning at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery under Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), said their father. Also read: 2 sisters burnt as building catches fire in Ctg The sisters were at first taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital and later shifted to DMCH as their condition deteriorated. The fire broke out on Thursday at the five-storey building in the Rahattarpul area, where they had their flat. According to fire service officials, the fire had originated from the leakage of gas from a cylinder on the fifth floor of the building followed by an explosion. Also read: Two siblings die in Ctg house fire