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A man and his sister in law were killed as an autorickshaw hit their motorcycle while crossing a road divider in Rangpur on Tuesday evening. The two deceased were identified as Tanima Akter Panna, 20, daughter of Toriqul Islam Pappu  of Binodpur and Asadul Islam Asad, 40, son of freedom fighter Anchar Ali of Balapara. The accident occurred around 6:30 pm near Tajhat Police Station in Rangpur city.   The auto-rickshaw driver, Saddam Hossain, 25, was detained. Shahajan Ali, the officer-in-charge of Tajhat Police Station confirmed the incident and informed that the bodies were sent to the morgue of Rangpur Medical College Hospital, while legal actions were underway.

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a teenage van driver in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Hridoy Ali, son of Yunus Sheikh, a resident of Ward No. 3 of Kumarkhali municipality . Locals said that they found the body in a garden near Hashimpur of the Padma riverbank around 11 am and informed the police. Teen bride beaten to death in Kushtia Police said his family members lodged a complaint as he remained missing since Sunday afternoon. Yunus Sheikh said miscreants killed his son to snatch his van. Md. Amirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali Police Station, said that the body was sent to the morgue for postmortem and a case will be filed.

Another consignment of 660 metric tonnes of onions has arrived in Bangladesh from India through the Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj. The consignment entered the country on Sunday evening in 23 trucks, said Kamal Hossain, Manager (Operations) of Panama Sonamasjid Port Link Limited, which operates the port. He said this is the second shipment since the government permitted onion imports to control soaring prices in the domestic market.  100 metric tonnes of Indian onion arrive at Sonamasjid Land Port The first consignment of 100 metric tonnes arrived last Thursday, marking the resumption of imports after an eight-month pause. The import follows a directive from Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin, who announced the move on Tuesday (August 12) in an effort to stabilise onion prices ahead of the upcoming season.

Five coaches of an oil tanker derailed in Amanura area of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon, disrupting train services on multiple routes. Amanura Railway Station Master Hasibul Hasan confirmed the incident and said that train had been carrying furnace oil from Khulna to the Amanura power plant. “The train derailed while entering the station, causing disruption on both Chapainawabganj-Rahonpur and Rahonpur-Rajshahi routes. A commuter train is currently stranded at Amanura station,” he added. Man, grandson killed as timber-laden van overturns in Sherpur He further said a rescue train has been dispatched from Ishwardi. “The train is expected to arrive around 10:30 PM, after which the recovery operation will begin,” Hasan noted.

Intern doctors at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) went on an indefinite strike on Sunday demanding improved workplace security following attacks on medical staff. The strike began around 3:00 PM, hospital authorities confirmed in a press release issued by the Mid-Level Doctors’ Association in the evening. The protest disrupted patient care, leaving many admitted through the emergency department without treatment, causing suffering for patients and their relatives. Earlier in the day, a group of students and activists demanding reforms in the health sector staged a demonstration at the hospital’s main gate. During the protest, bricks reportedly thrown by the demonstrators injured three people, including a doctor. The intern doctors had initially gone on strike on August 14 demanding enhanced workplace security. They suspended the strike after a request from the hospital director and considering patient welfare, giving the director 48 hours to address their concerns. Irregularities in health sector: Road blockade underway, hunger strike begins in Barishal On Sunday, however, a group of miscreants attacked Dr. Dilip Roy, an indoor medical officer of the Medicine Department, and other staff members, throwing bricks at the hospital and creating a threatening environment. Citing continued insecurity, the intern doctors announced an indefinite strike. Mid-Level Doctors’ Association President Dr. Shakhawat Hossain Saikat said doctors left their posts after the attacks, disrupting medical services. He added that mid-level doctors resumed only emergency services from 5:00 PM under police protection and at the special request of hospital authorities to care for critically ill patients. SBMCH Director Brigadier General Dr. A K M Moshiul Munir said the doctors had left their posts out of fear after the attacks, leaving patients and relatives in distress. He said with police assistance, the doctors were brought back to ensure emergency services.

Three children including a 13-month-old baby drowned in separate incidents in flood-affected areas of Chapainawabganj Sadar and Shibganj upazilas on Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Mojahidur Rihan, 7, and Abdullah Al Arian, 5, both from the Charmohanpur-Chakpara area under Chapainawabganj municipality, and Abu Sayeed, 13 months, from Dasharashia village in Shibganj upazila. Matiur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chapainawabganj Sadar Model Police Station, said the lower-lying areas of Charmohanpur have been inundated following a rise in the water level of the Mahananda River. Rihan and Arian reportedly drowned while playing near a flooded pond. “Locals recovered their bodies floating in the pond around 2:30pm and rushed them to Chapainawabganj District Hospital, where doctors declared them dead,” said OC Rahman. A case of unnatural death has been filed at Sadar Police Station in this regard, he added. In a separate incident, 13-month-old Abu Sayeed drowned in a pond adjacent to his home in Dasharashia village of Shibganj upazila around 1pm while playing near the water. “Family members found the child in the pond and took him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead,” said Shibganj Police Station OC Golam Kibria.

An Awami League leader who had distributed sweets to celebrate the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi in a 1971 war crimes case has been handed over to police in Pirojpur’s Indurkani upazila. Md Ehsan Hiron is the organising secretary of the Balipara Union Awami League in Indurkani. He was arrested from the Ghosherhat Bazar area on Saturday night after being caught by locals, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Maruf Hossain of Indurkani Police Station. Four sent to remand for three days each over mob lynching in Rangpur Ehsan came under public attention in 2013 after he reportedly distributed sweets in the area following the International Crimes Tribunal’s verdict on 28 February that year, which sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami Naib-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to death for committing atrocities during Bangladesh’s Liberation War. Although the Appellate Division later commuted the sentence to life imprisonment, Ehsan’s public celebration had angered many in the local community, especially in Indurkani, where Sayeedi’s ancestral home is located in Saudkhali village. Sayeedi, who had served as a Member of Parliament from Pirojpur-1 constituency in 1996 and 2001 under the Jamaat banner, died in prison on 14 August 2023 at the age of 83. According to locals, Ehsan had gone into hiding following the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August 2024. Chankharpul killings: Tribunal orders protection for witness facing security threat On Saturday night, he was spotted at Ghosherhat Bazar where a group of people caught him. Later, they fed him sweets before beating him up. On information, police arrived at the scene and rescued Ehsan from the crowd and took him into custody. OC Maruf Hossain said there are multiple cases against Hiron.

A woman was killed and a police officer injured in a head-on collision in Gazipur Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as Nasima Akter, 28, a resident of Kamardjuri in Gazipur City Corporation and daughter of Sirajul Islam of South Bansh Kandi in Madaripur district. According to the police and locals, injured Assistant Sub-Inspector Saeed Hossain of the Armed Police Battalion (APBN), was driving the motorcycle with Nasima Akter as his passenger. They were traveling from Kamardjuri to Dhaka when the motorcycle collided head-on with the oil-laden truck coming from the opposite direction on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, beneath the BRT project flyover. Youth killed in accident on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway Nasima died on the spot, while Saeed was seriously injured and taken to Dhaka Central Police Hospital. Tongi West Police Station Officer-in-Charge Iskandar Habibur Rahman said the truck and motorcycle were seized and brought to the police station. A case is being prepared in connection with the accident.

A man and his grandson were killed when a battery-operated van carrying timber overturned in Rouha union of Sherpur sadar on Saturday noon, police said. The deceased were identified as Mofazzal Mistri, 65, and his grandson Hossain Mia, 11. They were residents of Halgora village. Teen bride beaten to death in Kushtia According to locals, the accident occurred around at 2:30 pm when the pair were transporting timber to Halgara in a van driven by the grandson Hossain Mia, who lost control near Beltoli Bazar and overturned. Hossain Mia died on the spot, while Mofazzal Mistri was rushed to Sherpur Sadar Hospital in critical condition and the on-duty doctor declared him dead. Md Zubaidul Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sherpur Sadar Police Station, said that police were dispatched to the scene.  

A task force has recovered 250,000 cubic feet of illegally extracted stone during a raid on a stone crusher mill and several residences in the Dhopagul area of Sylhet Sadar Upazila. The operation was led by Sylhet Sadar Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Khoshnur Rubaiyat, following secret information regarding illegal stone storage and looting from protected areas. According to the district administration, the recovered stones had been recently looted from the Saadapathar tourist spot and surrounding environmentally sensitive zones. Stones were found buried under sand near houses in Mahaldhik village and at a local crusher mill. Over 100,000 cubic feet of looted stones recovered from Shada Pathar and Jaflong UNO Khoshnur Rubaiyat said the stones will be returned and scattered in the Sada Pathor area. “Our operations will continue to curb the illegal extraction and transportation of stones, which severely harms the environment,” Rubaiyat added. In a separate drive on the same day, another 2,500 cubic feet of white stone were seized from the Binnakandi area of Fatehpur Union in Gowainghat Upazila. That operation was led by Gowainghat UNO Ratan Kumar Adhikari. HC asks to make list of looters of stones from Bholaganj tourist site The authorities have pledged to intensify enforcement efforts to prevent further plundering of natural resources, particularly from ecologically significant and tourist sites in Sylhet.