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An 18-year-old girl was stabbed to death by a youth in Shariatpur sadar upazila on Saturday, a day before her wedding and the accused was injured in a mob beating. The deceased was identified as Kakoli, 18, a student of class 11 in Shariatpur Sadar Alia Madrasa, and daughter of Nuruzzaman Madbor of Char Palong village in the upazila. She succumbed to her injuries around 3 am Sunday at a private hospital in the capital’s Dhanmondi area, said the family. Also read: Farmer, pregnant wife stabbed ‘by Jubo League leader’ in Narail Meanwhile accused Zahidul Islam, 18, former student of the same Madrasah of Kakoli and son of Mujibur Rahman of Kashabhog union was admitted to Dhaka Medical Hospital on Saturday night after he got brutally beaten by the locals after the incident. Kakoli was talking to her would be husband on phone in her house when Zahidul entered the house through a window and took her behind the house. There he stabbed her neck with a knife and hearing her cry Kakoli’s family members nabbed Zahidul. Locals locked him up in a room after beating. Also read: BCL leader stabbed to death in Rangamati Aktar Hossain, officer-in-Charge of Palong police station said the body was handed over to the family after an autopsy. He said a murder case will be filed under section 302 of penal code following the complaint lodged by victim’s brother Faruk Hossain on Saturday night. 

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam on Sunday said the government is working to bring the waste generated in the city as well as rural areas under proper management. Work is underway to bring the waste under proper management as waste is a challenge for all countries, he said at a meeting on 'Solid Waste Management Information Sharing' organized at Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in the capital. The amount of waste generated in the country has multiplied in the past as the purchase capacity of people increased, he said. Also read:Bangladesh, India share best practices in waste management Tajul Islam said that a lot of garbage, medical waste, is generated in the village now which contains many harmful substances harmful to human health. In this regard, he said, “We are also working following the formula that the developed world is generating electricity through incineration by collecting waste.” In the meantime, with the approval of the Prime Minister, arrangements have been made to start power generation from waste in Two City Corporation of Dhaka, Gazipur, Chattogram and Narayanganj City Corporation, he added. The minister also said all city corporations and districts, upazilas and municipalities will also get electricity generated from waste in phases. He urged everyone to refrain from dumping garbage in rivers, canals, lakes and other water bodies. He further said about three thousand tonnes of garbage is being generated daily in Dhaka North and South City Corporation, two thousand five hundred tonnes in Chattogram, two thousand tonnes in Gazipur and a lot of waste is being generated in Narayanganj. Also read: Italy to invest in waste management in Bangladesh: Ambassador Enrico There is a lot of stench in the secondary transfer station-STS causing a lot of problems for pedestrians and people living in the area. He directed the authorities concerned to review the technical alternatives so that the stench does not spread. LGRD Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed, Japanese Ambassador to Dhaka Naoki, Country Representatives from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and senior officials were present at the meeting.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a man from Sreepur upazila of Magura district over the murder of a schoolgirl ‘after rape’. The arrestee is Hasan Sheikh, 23, a three-wheeler driver and son of Fazlu Sheikh of Hatshrikol village of the upazila. Read:Four tie up man in Khulna, rape wife Sreepur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sukdev Roy in a press conference said the arrestee confessed that he had raped the girl before murder and it was preplanned. Razia Khatun, 12, was found dead on the banks of the Kumar River near her residence in Hatsrikol village of Sreepur upazila on Friday. A case was filed at Sreepur police station in this regard.

Members of the Fire Service and Civil Defense have recovered the body of a schoolboy two days after he had gone  in the Fuljor River in Sirajganj. The deceased was identified as Shuvo, 14,  a class X student of a local high school and son of Sukumar Chandra of Chandaikona union of Raiganj upazila. Read:HSTU student’s hanging body recovered Ataur Rahman, station officer of Sirajganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, said Shuvo and some of his friends went to the river for bathing  after Holi festival on Friday afternoon and at one stage Shuvo drowned. Fire service members and divers from Rajshahi could not trace the body even after searching for two days but the locals spotted his body on Sunday morning, he said. Read:Youth’s body recovered in Benapole Raiganj Police officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Shahidul Islam police recovered the body and handed it over to his family.

Two members of a family were in killed as their motorcycle crashed into a stationary truck at Kaugaon on Phulbari road of Dinajpur Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Anwarul Islam, a wood trader living in Balubari locality of the city and his brother-in-law Nazrul Islam. The truck was parked on the road due to mechanical glitch and the motorbike crashed into it as the biker lost control on it, Kotwali police sub-inspector Shamim Haque said. The bodies were sent to the morgue of M Abdur Rahim Medical College, he added. READ: Road crash claims three lives in Habiganj Meanwhile, locals alleged that truck has been stranded on the road for the last three days, disrupting movement of vehicles on the road.  The accident could have been avoided if it was removed in time, they said.

A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in Kusumbagh area of Fatulla in Narayanganj on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Marufa Akter,16, daughter of late Motaleb Miah of Telikandi area of Rajoir upazila in Madaripur district. Shefali Begum, 65, mother of the girl, filed an unnatural death case with Fatullah Model Police Station in this regard. According to the statement, Marufa took her life as her mother refused to buy her a new dress. On information, police recovered the body on Friday around 10am, said Rokibuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Fatullah Model police station.

An eighth grader committed suicide by hanging herself, after being shamed by teachers for not paying school fees in Faridganj upazila in Chandpur on Friday night. The deceased was Panna Akter, 13, student of Rampur Bazar Majidia High School in Putia, and daughter of UAE expatriate Sohel Talukder of Paschim Char Dukhia union. The incident occurred around 9 pm at their house in Putia area in the upazila. Panna’s mother Hasina Begum said, "Panna’s father could not send any money for the last three months as he had no work in UAE and Tk 1,630 fees of the school remained unpaid. The teachers of the school often mocked, shamed Panna and, unable to tolerate it anymore, my daughter might have ended her life.” Mhommad Shahid Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Faridganj police station, said the body was recovered around 12 am, informed by the locals. “The body has been sent for autopsy and a case of unnatural death has been filed in this regard,” said the OC.

A farmer and his pregnant wife were stabbed allegedly by a Jubo League leader over Union Parishad election-related rivalry in Kalia upazila in Narail district on Saturday. The injured were identified as Jannat Molla, 45, his wife Shila Begum,35, residents of Chanchuri village. The injured are currently undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH). According to witnesses and police, accused Tourut Molla, general secretary of Chanchuri union Jubo League, who contested for the chairman post in the UP election held on November 28, was defeated. Jannat Molla, who campaigned for Tourut’s rival candidate in the election, and a conflict betewwn them started since then. Read: Road crash claims three lives in Habiganj Tourut and his associates started chasing Jannat Molla carrying sharp weapons after an altercation with him at his house over a trifling matter Saturday morning. As Jannat’s wife Shila went to save her husband they attacked both, leaving them severly injured. Locals rushed them to Narail Sadar Hospital and later they were transferred to KMCH as their condition deteriorated. Ratanuzzaman, Inspector of Kalia police station said efforts are on to arrest the attackers and a case will be filed in this regard. Victim Jannat Molla said, “Since the UP election local Jobo League leader Tourut Molla and his men were harassing us and finally they injured my pregnant wife and me with sharps weapons on Saturday.” When contacted, accused Tourut Molla said,” I went to help resolve a small family feud there but didn’t even take any side”.

The hanging body of a student of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) in Dinajpur was recovered from a private hostel at Bansherhat adjacent to the university campus early Saturday. The deceased was Mizanur Rahman Palash, a batch 18 student of Food & Process Engineering Department and son of Abdus Sattar from Gazipur. His body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room in ‘Blue Moon’ hostel. Read: Road crash claims three lives in Habiganj “I found the room locked from inside after being informed by a student, “ said Rezaul Islam, owner of the dormitory. The student’s body hanging with a gamcha (towel) wrapped around his neck was recovered around 1 am and was taken to M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital where the doctors announced him dead, said Asaduzzaman, inspector of the kotwali police station. The body was handed over to family after an autopsy, he said. HSTU Proctor Professor Dr Mamunur Rashid said police was informed immediately after spotting Palash’s hanging body.  

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has claimed insurance money of USD 22.48  million for their ship, “Banglar Samriddhi” which was damaged in a rocket attack at Olvia port in war-ravaged Ukraine. The organization recently sent a later to state owned insurer Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) seeking USD 22.48 million equivalent to TK 193.32 crore. “According to a deal with BSC, Sadharan Bima Corporation and London-based Beazley Insurance will pay the claimed money. We have claimed the money following the rules of insurance,” said Commodore Sumon Mahmud Sabbir,  managing Director of BSC. On March 3, the BSC ship stranded at Olvia port in Ukraine since February 23 came under attack leaving its third engineer Hadisur Rahman dead. Later the Bangladesh government announced the ship abandoned and managed to safely rescue other crew members. Also read: Ukraine conflict: Bangladeshi killed in rocket attack on ship The ship remained anchored in the Ukrainian port however. As no international classification  society surveyor will be able to assess the amount of the damages in that ship until the Russia-Ukraine war ends it will take time to get the insurance money, said BSC officials. In 2018, the ship was included in BSC fleet. According to BSC, its making cost was USD 25.30 million equivalent to Tk 215 crore. Also read: Crew of 'Banglar Samriddhi' returns home The Ministry of Shipping formed a seven-member probe committee led by a joint secretary to investigate the reason of the attack on the ship.