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The Bangladesh Trade Union Sangha on Sunday condemned the month-long ban on rallies, meetings, and human chains around the Chattogram Port area. Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) on Friday announced a prohibition on all kinds of gatherings and processions within the port and its surrounding areas from October 11 for the next one month. In a joint statement sent to the media, the organisation’s president Chowdhury Ashikul Alam, and general secretary Rajat Biswas urged the authorities to immediately withdraw the restriction and ensure citizens’ democratic right to assemble and express opinions freely. The leaders said that cargo transport at the port has been continuing as usual and argued that there was no justification for curtailing public gatherings. If the authorities feel the need to improve transport management, they can do so without infringing on people’s democratic rights, they said.

Bus services between Mymensingh division and the rest of the country remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Sunday due to bus workers’ strike in protest against the arrest of a transport worker, leaving passengers in trouble. Commuters who had purchased tickets in advance were forced to seek alternative arrangements. Many expressed frustration at bus stands early in the morning over the disruption. Police said on Friday night transport worker Arun Jhontu allegedly pushed Abu Raihan, a July warrior , while he was boarding a bus. Jhontu reportedly used abusive language and forced him off the bus. Bus strike on Sylhet-Sunamganj route withdrawn Following the incident, leaders and activists of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement staged a protest on Friday night in front of the United Service counter at the Dhaka bus terminal at Maskanda in the city. Later, police arrested Arun Jhontu. Alamgir Mahmud Alam, president of the Mymensingh District Motor Owners’ Association and joint convener of the district BNP, said the bus owners’ association took the decision to halt services. The suspension will continue until the arrested worker is released and the ban on the affected buses is lifted.

A 30-year-old man was shot and injured reportedly by muggers at Nandipara in Banasree area of the capital early Saturday. Bullet-hit Md. Nafiz was rescued around 4:30 am and taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College (Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Abu Bokkar Siddique, father of Nafiz, said when his son was returning home from a friend’s house in Jatrabari on his motorbike three young men intercepted him and tried to snatch his money, two mobile phones, and the motorbike. Businessman shot dead in Ctg in broad daylight; 4 held When he resisted, they shot him in the left leg and fled with the belongings, he said. He was first taken to Farazi Hospital in Banasree and then to DMCH. Inspector Md. Faruk, in charge of the police camp at DMCH, said the young man was brought from Titas Road in Nandipara. “We have informed the relevant police station about the incident.”  

Ferry operations on the Aricha-Kazirhat and Paturia-Daulatdia routes resumed on Saturday morning after  three and a half hours of suspension due to dense fog. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Aricha sector Deputy General Manager Abdus Salam said ferry services resumed around 7:30 am. Ferry services suspended at Paturia as ramp snaps He said the decision to halt operations was taken to avoid navigational hazards caused by poor visibility due to thick fog. Ferries named Motiur Rahman and Enayetpuri were among those stranded during the disruption. Four ferries with passengers and vehicles were stranded at the Paturia terminal while three others remained stuck at the Daulatdia terminal.          

A 17-year-old girl from Gaibandha died after allegedly raped at a residential hotel in Kaliakair, Gazipur. Her body was recovered Friday evening (Oct 10) and sent for autopsy. Two men have been detained in connection with the case. According to police and local sources, the incident happened Thursday around 7:30pm at a hotel in Chandra, Kaliakair. Mominul Islam Mohon, 22, and Atikur Rahman, 23, allegedly took the girl to the hotel, where Mominul raped her multiple times, causing severe bleeding. After initial treatment at a pharmacy failed, the suspects took her to Kumudini Medical College Hospital in Mirzapur, Tangail. Doctors advised transfer to Dhaka, but she died en route early Friday morning. The ambulance driver reported the death to Mirzapur police, and the police detained the two suspects. Later, they informed the Kaliakair Police Station. Mominul is from Uttar Sajuria, Bagmara, Rajshahi, and Atikur is from Nimaichura, Chatmohar, Pabna. Police said both worked at a garment factory in Ashulia, Savar, and Mominul had been in a three-year relationship with the victim. Abdul Mannan, Officer-in-Charge of Kaliakair Police Station, confirmed the arrests and said, “The body was sent to Tangail Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.”  

A woman was killed and her young daughter injured in a road accident in Kaliganj, Jhenaidah on Saturday. The girl was admitted to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex for treatment. The accident occurred around 7pm on the Jhenaidah-Jashore highway in the Dulalmundia area. The deceased, Aleya Khatun (50), was a resident of Agmundia village in Kaliganj and the wife of Madhu Kazi. According to eyewitnesses and police, Aleya Khatun was traveling in an auto-van to Kaliganj to visit a patient when the vehicle’s axle broke near Dulalmundia on the Jhenaidah-Jashore highway. She was thrown onto the road and seriously injured. Locals rushed her to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared her dead. Duty Medical Officer Dr. Abdullah Al Mamun said Aleya Khatun had died from excessive bleeding before reaching the hospital. Kaliganj police station OC Shafiqul Islam said that, as the family had no objection, the body was handed over to them for burial.

Three children tragically drowned while bathing in a pond in Chapatala village of Mohammadpur upazila, Magura on Saturday afternoon. Abdur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station, confirmed that the the victims were Tarin, 8, daughter of Anarul Mia; Cynthia, 9, daughter of Sajjad Mia; and Tanha,9, daughter of Tarikul Islam. They went into the canal next to their homes to bathe and went missing simultaneously. Locals searched for them and later rescued the children, taking them to the Mohammadpur Upazila Health Complex. Schoolboy drowns in Kumar River in Magura Duty doctor RMO Md. Asadur Rahman examined them and declared them dead. The incident has cast a shadow of grief over the area. A case has been filed with Mohammadpur Police Station.

One person was killed and at least eight others injured when a wedding party's autorickshaw collided with a passenger bus in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha on Friday night. Two of the injured are in critical condition. The accident occurred around 8pm at Gazi Kura area in Sundarganj municipality. According to the police source, the auto-rickshaw carrying wedding guests was traveling from Beradanga village in Gaibandha Sadar toward Sundarganj along the Gaibandha-Sundarganj road. It collided head-on with a Dhaka-bound Sonali Paribahan bus near the municipal boundary. Concrete span, broken hopes: Gaibandha awaits the road ahead The injured were taken to Sundarganj Health Complex where Raju Mia, a resident of Theltheli Purbo Rajibpur village, died. Abdul Hakim Azad, Officer-in-Charge of Sundarganj Police Station, confirmed the accident and said, “The identity of the deceased is known, but it is not confirmed whether he was a wedding guest.”  

A 7-year-old boy drowned while bathing with friends in a pond in Sejia village of Maheshpur upazila, Jhenaidah on Friday afternoon. The deceased, Yakim Hasan, was son of Rezaul Islam of the locality. Yakim went to the pond near his house around 2pm with friends. He drowned while playing in the water. Lightning kills 2 farmers in Jhenaidah His friends informed his family, who rushed to the spot and recovered his body. The tragedy has left the family in deep grief. Maheshpur Police Station OC (Investigation) Sazzadur Rahman confirmed the incident.

At least 15 people, including women and children, were injured when a passenger bus collided head-on with a truck in Narail Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The accident occurred in front of Tularampur Highway Police Station on the Narail–Jashore highway. After the collision, the bus veered off the road and fell into a roadside ditch. According to police and eyewitnesses, the bus was heading to Jashore from Narail when it lost control and hit a Dhaka-bound BRTC truck coming from Benapole. Locals rescued the injured and rushed them to Narail Sadar Hospital. Highway police and fire service personnel later reached the spot. Firefighters rescued passengers trapped inside the bus and sent them to the hospital. Two siblings drown in  Narail pond Dr. Sharif Md Hasan Ferdous of Narail Sadar Hospital said, “15 people were admitted. Truck driver Enamul and passenger Urmila were later sent to Khulna for better treatment.” Police Sergeant Imran Ali of Tularampur Highway Police said that vehicle movement on the highway has returned to normal state.”