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A man died and two others went missing after a boat capsized in the Padma River in Godagari upazila of on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Jiten Mondol, 60, of Kathalbaria village in the upazila. The missing were Dilip, 32, of Faradpur village, and Horen Saha, 65, of Dumuria village. A diving team of the Fire Service is conducting a search operation to rescue them. 49 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania's coast Maksudur Rahman, in-charge of Premtali Police Investigation Center, the boat sank carrying 20-25 people sank in the river due to strong current. They were going to join the funeral of a relative of Premtoli village. Though most passengers managed to swim ashore three people went missing. Later, locals rescued Jiten Mondol and took him to Premtali Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.

Police have recovered the body of local leader of Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal leader, who went missing a day ago, in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur. The deceased was identified as Mobarak Ali, son of Ibrahim Hossain of Chargonai area and convener of Tepamadhupur  union unit of Krishak Dal. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kaunia Police Station Abdul Latif Shah said Mobarak’s body, wrapped in cloth, was exhumed from behind the house of Mominul Islam, a local resident, around 11pm on Friday. His wife filed a general diary (GD) with Kaunia Police Station after he had gone missing. Family members and locals said Mobarak left home on Thursday night after Esha prayers but did not return. Missing schoolboy's body retrieved from Meherpur’s Bhairab River The next day his mobile phone was found in a paddy field near Mominul’s house. As local people saw freshly dug soil in a nearby banana grove they dug the spot and found the body wrapped in cloth and informed police. OC Latif Shah said the body was sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. Police detained one person, Nazrul Islam, in connection with the incident.

Another firefighter who had sustained burn injuries while extinguishing blaze at a chemical warehouse in Tongi died at National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital on Saturday. Khondaker Jannatul Naeem ,37, warehouse inspector of FSCD,  breathed his last around 10 am at the hosptial, said Anwar Islam of FSCD headquarters(media cell). With this, three firefighters of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) died from burn injuries in the fire incident. Tongi warehouse fire: Another firefighter dies at DMCH Earlier, two other firefighters-Shamim Ahmed Nurul Huda succumbed to their injuries on September 24 and 24 respectively. Naeem, born in 1988 in Sherpur’s Nokla upazila, joined the Fire Service and Civil Defence in August 2016 and served in several stations including in Manikganj, Narayanganj, Chattogram, and lastly Tongi. He is survived by his wife, a child, and his parents.

A dawn-to-dusk road blockade is  Khagrachhari district in protest against the alleged gang rape of a schoolgirl and the oppression of hill women. Vehicular movement came to a halt due to the blockade enforced by protesters under the banner of Jumma Chhatra-Janata. Witnesses said supporters of the blockade have been picketing throughout the district. Protesters have set tires on fire and placed tree branches on the roads to obstruct traffic in different areas in the district town  including Chingiskar, Jiromail, Balpai, and Adam, as well as on the Khagrachhari-Chattogram, Panchhari, Dighinala, and Mahalchhari roads. The suspension in vehicular movement caused suffering to  people, particularly tourists visiting the area. Army raid in Khagrachari leaves MLP commander dead However, no untoward incidents have been reported so far. Khagrachhari Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Baten Mridha said they are working to remove the barricades and restore normalcy. Additional police have been deployed at key locations and security measures across the district have been strengthened. A Marma schoolgirl on the evening of September 23 was  gang raped while returning from private tuition. The victim’s father filed a case with Khagrachhari Sadar Police Station naming three unknown people as suspects. OC Abdul Baten said a suspect, Shoyon Shil, was arrested with the assistance of the army and a court put him on remand.

A bank official was hacked to death by allegedly his wife and mother-in-law in his house in Lalbagh area of the capital on Friday. The deceased was identified as Md Nazrul Islam, 40, son of late Nawab Ali of Teligati area in Khulna. He used to work as an officer at Standard Bank’s Lalbagh branch. Police recovered his body in the evening from the  6th floor of a building in the area and sent it to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy at night. Youth hacked to death allegedly by ‘Kobji Kata Group’ in Adabar Nazrul’s elder brother Nurul Islam alleged his brother was killed by his wife Nova and her mother over family dispute Inspector (Investigation) of Lalbagh Police Station Md Saiduzzaman said whether it is a murder or something else can only be confirmed after receiving the autopsy report. No one has been arrested yet in connection with the death, he said.

A woman in Dakshin Kolapara village of Parashuram upazila in Feni has alleged that she was raped multiple times by a relative who threatened to kill her two daughters. On Friday morning, the woman, wife of a Dubai expatriate, filed a complaint at Parashuram Model Police Station against her brother-in-law’s son, Zihad, 22, son of the late Asru Majumdar of Gharga Gazi Majumdar’s house. According to the complaint, Zihad allegedly raped her several times by holding her hostage and threatening to kill her daughters. The woman said her husband has been in Dubai for the past year, and the accused took advantage of her being alone at home. Feni College Chhatra Dal leader suspended She also claimed she now feels insecure with her children and suspects she may be pregnant as a result of the assaults. Md Nurul Hakim, officer-in-charge (OC) of Parashuram Model Police Station, said legal action will be taken following an investigation.

A housewife was allegedly strangled to death with Tk 5.5 lakh looted from her home in Nalchity upazila of Jhalakathi early Friday. The deceased was identified as Sukhi Begum, 40, wife of local meat trader Monir Howlader of Bharatkathi village under Dapdapia union. She was the mother of two sons and two daughters. Locals and relatives said Monir went to his meat shop in the morning. Later, his younger brother’s wife called him saying Sukhi was not responding. When he came home, he found the doors and windows locked. Breaking the window grill, he entered the room and found his wife lying dead on the bed. Monir claimed that around Tk 5.5 lakh kept in a drawer for buying cattle was missing with the lock broken. DNA unmasks unknown killer in Jhalakathi murder case, CID arrests accused Abdus Salam, Officer-in-Charge (OC ) of Nalchity Police Station, informed that the police recovered the body and prepared an inquest report. “We are investigating the incident to find the reason behind the killing,” he added.

Brahmanbaria, Sep 26 (UNB) – Two young siblings drowned in a pond in Bogdohor village under Nabinagar Union in Brahmanbaria on Friday. The deceased were identified as Tisha, 9, and Arian, 6, children of one Jamal Mia of the village. Both were students of Bogdohor Primary School. Eyewitnesses said the children fell into the pond near their home while playing around noon. The tragedy came to notice when a neighbor found one of the children’s bodies floating in the pond. Soon, a search party was gathered. The search found the body of the other child in the pond. UNO walks out amid rice distribution chaos in Brahmanbaria; Hasina’s name on sacks sparks controversy Local residents took the bodies to Nabinagar Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared both children dead. Helal Uddin, chairman of Nabinagar East Union Parishad, confirmed the incident.    

A 70-year-old man has been stung to death by a swarm of hornets while clearing his home yard in preparation for Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the minority Hindu community, on Friday. The deceased was identified as Satin Ojha, a resident of Bhangarhat village in Kotalipara upazila of Gopalganj. Family members said Satin was cleaning bushes around his house in the morning when he unknowingly disturbed a hornet nest around 10:00am. Soon, a swarm of hornets from his banana grove descended on him. He collapsed on the ground following the attack. Locals rescued him and took him to the 100-bed Kotalipara Upazila Health Complex. He was declared dead around 4:30pm. “Stings triggered a severe allergic reaction that the poor old man could not survive,” said Dr Abir Ahmed Zaman, a physician at the hospital.

Munshiganj, Sep 26 (UNB) – Police recovered the hanging body of an elderly man with his hands tied behind his back beside a one-storey house in the Koykirttan area of Sreenagar upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Rafiq Sheikh, 60, a resident of the upazila. According to family members and police, Rafiq worked as a caretaker for his neighbor, Rana Sheikh’s house. Around 2 am, he told his elder daughter that the presence of unknown people near the house had increased recently. After that, he went out. When he did not return by 4 am, his daughter began searching for him and found him hanging from a tree with his hands tied behind his back. Hearing her screams, locals and family members rushed to the scene and cut the rope, hoping he was still alive. However, he had already died. His family alleged that Rafiq was murdered and that his body was hung to make it appear as a suicide. On information, police recovered the body. Madrasa student, 8, dies from electrocution in Gazaria, Munshiganj Md Anisur Rahman, Additional Superintendent of Police (Sreenagar Circle) said that no injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection. The body was sent to Munshiganj General Hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.