Fifty-six fishermen who were detained by the members of Myanmar Navy released on Thursday.Commanding officer of Teknaf-2 Battalion, Ashikur Rahman, said earlier on Wednesday, Myanmar Navy detained 56 Bangladeshi fishermen along with six trawlers from the Bay of Bengal at gun-point.Later, they released the fishermen on Thursday morning but kept the trawlers and nets.

At least 21 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Chhatrahazari village of Noagram Union of Narail's Lohagara upazila over a trivial matter on Thursday. According to locals, there had been a long-standing dispute between the current union member, Sayed Mina, and former member Akhter Kazi. Ashiqur Rahman, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Lohagara Police Station, said, "Police have been deployed in the area, and the situation is now under control. If a complaint is filed regarding this incident, a case will be registered, and the accused will be arrested." On Thursday, around 7:30 am, Akhter's brother Khoka Kazi grazed his cows in the northern field of the village. A conflict arose when one of the cows entered Sayed Mina's field. Sayed Mina's son, Monirul, scolded the workers in the field, which escalated tensions between the two sides. Eventually, a clash broke out, with both groups using local weapons. As a result, 12 people from Akhter's side and 9 from Sayed Mina's side were injured. Among the injured, Kazi Sagar Hossain, 48, of Akhter Kazi Group, was in critical condition and had been sent to Dhaka for advanced treatment. The rest were undergoing treatment at Narail Sadar Hospital. Others injured are Akhter Kazi, 48; Kazi Moni Mia, 45; Kazi Samad, 38; Kazi Ikhlas, 50; Kazi Sabu, 38; Kazi Saikat, 55; Kazi Billal, 55; Kazi Rejoan, 20; Kazi Arif, 48; Beauty Begum, 55; and Kazi Shakib, 22. The injured from the Sayed Mina group are undergoing treatment at the local Lohagara Health Complex.

Thousands of unruly people have looted fish from at least 10 leased out waterbodies in three upazilas of Sunamganj—Shalla, Dirai and Jamalganj—over the past week. Locals said the looting plan was announced in advance through loudspeakers, drawing crowds from nearby unions. Despite prior the announcement, law enforcement agencies looked helpless in preventing the mass looting, said leaseholders. On Wednesday, large groups stormed Medha Beel and Betargang waterbodies in Dirai and Aila Beel in Jamalganj. BNP leader suspended in Jashore for ‘looting’ rice  The leaseholders said they suffered huge financial losses as their fish stocks were completely wiped out. Witnesses said thousands of people from villages like Shyamarchar, Loloarchar, Maiti, Chandrapur and others in Dirai-Shalla descended on the waterbodies at dawn with traditional fishing tools to catch fish from the leased-out areas. Desperate leaseholders urged the villagers to stop it but the looting continued. Even police presence at the scene failed to deter the looters, who took off with fish worth crores of taka, said witnesses. Rushan Mia, president of Machranga Cooperative Society, one of the affected leaseholders, said, "Thousands of people stormed our leased waterbodies and took away everything. We tried to stop them, but it was impossible. We have lost crores. We don’t know how to recoup the losses." 3 held over attempted looting at Gulshan house: CA’s Press Wing  On Sunday, thousands of people looted Meghna waterbody in Dirai and Atni Beel near Joypur village in Shalla. On Monday, around 8,000-10,000 people looted fish from Kashipur Laira Digha Group Fisheries protected area. On Tuesday, mobs ransacked fish stocks from the Satua River in Shalla’s Atgaon village. Leaseholders said their investments and government revenue were at risk due to the recurring mass lootings. Projesh Das, general secretary of Uttar Jarulia Fishermen’s Cooperative Society, said, "This is unprecedented. We pay Tk 45 lakh in revenue every year. Fish were supposed to be harvested next year, but within two days, 10,000-15,000 people took everything. Even informing the police did not help. We have lodged a written complaint with the Deputy Commissioner." Sunamganj Additional Superintendent of Police (Media) Zakir Hossain assured that law enforcement was aware of the situation. "We are in discussions with leaseholders, and legal actions will be taken against those responsible," he said. Deputy Commissioner Dr. Mohammad Elias Mia, who also heads the district waterbody management committee, acknowledged the severity of the issue. "Around 40,000-50,000 people were involved in these incidents. They used traditional fishing tools and weapons to capture fish illegally.These waterbodies are under government leases, and such looting will discourage future leasing, impacting national revenue. If leaseholders seek legal action, law enforcement agencies will take necessary steps," he said. Leaseholders and local officials have urged authorities to take immediate measures to prevent further looting and ensure that such illegal activities do not threaten legal leaseholders in the future.  

A local BNP leader has been suspended by the party in Sharsha uapzila of Jashore over alleged looting of 155 sacks of rice meant for a government's food-friendly programme. The suspended BNP leader is Ruhul Kuddus, vice-president of Sharsha Upazila unit BNP and a former chairman of the Kaiba Union Parishad. Jashore district took the action on Wednesday when Shahjahan Kabir, a designated dealer for the food-friendly programme in Kaiba’s wards 1, 2, and 3, brought the allegations against him.   Sharsha Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Kazi Najib Hasan said he had been informed of the rice looting and instructed the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sharsha police station to recover the rice.   Former Sirajganj MP Abdul Aziz remanded Shahjahan Kabir alleged that he loaded the rice from the Bagachhra food warehouse and sent multiple trolleys towards his dealer points. When the trolleys reached Bokultala in Bagachhra Ruhul Kuddus and his brother Kalu, who held the drivers hostage, took 155 sacks of rice to their own warehouse, he said.   Sharsha Police Station Officer-in-Charge M Rabiul Islam learned that the trolleys carrying the rice had already been released. He added that legal action would be taken if a formal complaint is lodged. BNP leader Ruhul Quddus denied the allegation of looting rice.

The fire that broke out at a jhut warehouse in the Ambagh area of Gazipur’s Konabari on Wednesday night was brought under control nearly two hours after efforts began. The blaze broke out around 9:30 pm, said Konabari Modern Fire Service Warehouse Inspector Saiful Islam. On information, four firefighting units of Konabari Modern and Bhogra Modern Fire Services reached the spot and brought the fire under control around 11:15 pm, he said. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage could not be known yet.

A group of nursing officials from Cumilla Medical College Hospital staged a human chain on Wednesday, demanding the removal of the hospital’s Supervisor (service) Farhana Akhter.  The demonstration was organised in front of the hospital by the anti-discrimination nursing officers of the medical college hospital.  During the demonstration, the speakers alleged that Farhana Akhter had been harassing and mistreating the nurses working at the hospital. They claimed that her actions had caused significant distress among the nursing staff, making it difficult for them to perform their duties properly.  Man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in Munshiganj Cumilla Medical College Hospital Nurses’ Association President Farhad Ahmed Chowdhury, General Secretary Hasan Ali Khan, Senior Vice President Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, Joint General Secretary Rina Rani Banik, and Senior Staff Nurse Christina Lovely Ganguly, spoke at the event. 

An 88-year-old woman has died in a fire in Majhkandi village of Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur. The deceased was identified as Shomiron Begum, said Mohammad Officer-in-Charge Nuruzzaman of Madhukhali Police Station. The fire originated from an electrical short circuit, he said. The fire broke out around 7:30 pm on Tuesday. Shomiron who was praying in her house at the time, died on the spot. College student killed in Rajshahi road crash Upon receiving a 999 emergency call, Madhukhali Fire Service team and local residents worked together to bring the blaze under control Local resident Farid Mia said, "Around 7:30 PM, elderly Shomiron Begum was praying at home. Since no one else was there, she didn’t realise the fire had started. This is why she couldn’t react in time and died in the fire." “An investigation is underway, and further details will be available after the investigation,” the OC said.

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Louhajong, Munshiganj, on charges of murdering and attempting to conceal the body of a woman in 2018. The verdict was announced on Wednesday (March 5) at noon by Dr. Md. Alamgir, Judge of the Munshiganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Court. The accused, Habibur Rahman Miji (35), is the son of Abdul Razzaq Miji from North Kurmira village in Tongibari. The victim's brother, Noor Mohammad Dofftari (60), filed a case on March 22, 2018, with Tongibari Police Station, accusing Habibur Rahman Miji of murder. Ice cream vendor held for murder of minor girl in Munshiganj Arif Hossain, government lawyer, stated, "The court has delivered the correct judgment. The state is satisfied with this verdict." According to case and court sources, the victim, Saleha Uddin alias Dolly (30), from Lakharn village in Tongibari, was mentally ill. She left her home on March 2, 2018, without informing anyone. After failing to find her, her family filed a general diary. On March 7, through a newspaper report, it was revealed that the accused, Habibur Rahman Miji, who lived as a tenant in Nopara, Louhajong, had hidden a woman's body in a secret room. Dolly's brother identified the body as his sister's. Habibur Rahman claimed the body had washed up in the Padma River, but locals alerted the police, who recovered the body and arrested him. Later an investigation found Habibur had committed the murder.

A Sirajganj court on Wednesday granted a one-day remand for former lawmaker Md Abdul Aziz of Sirajganj-3 in connection with a case filed over an attack on an election rally of a BNP candidate in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj during the 2018 national election. Sirajganj Judicial Magistrate Obaidul Haque Rumi passed the order following a five-day remand appeal, said Public Prosecutor Md. Humayun Kabir. Anisul, Mamun remanded again, Salman, 8 others shown arrested in new cases Earlier, Md Asaduzzaman Asad, president of Baruhash union unit BNP, filed the case against former MP Abdul Aziz, accusing him of attempting to murder. According to the case statement, the motorcade of BNP candidate in Sirajganj-3 constituency Abdul Mannan came under attack during the 2018 election campaign. On February 3, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the former lawmaker from Kalabagan in the capital in connection with the case.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a cornfield in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday. The body was found in the afternoon in the Bamanatari area of Mogolhat Union in Lalmonirhat, said Nur Nabi, officer-in-charge of Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station. Unidentified youth’s body recovered from Sylhet railway station According to locals, a farmer discovered the woman’s body in the cornfield, with its head missing. They later informed the police. The police recovered the body and sent it to the Lalmonirhat District Hospital morgue. Both the Detective Branch (DB) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are working with the police to investigate the murder and identify the victim, added the OC.