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At least seven people were killed and two injured in three road accidents in Keraniganj, Jashore Sadar, and Dinajpur  Friday, according to police. In Dhaka's Keraniganj, five people were killed and another injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided with a lorry at Teghoria. The deceased were identified as CNG driver Tamal, 17, and his passengers Zunayed Hossain, 22, Nayeem Hossain Fahim, 21, and Samad, 20. However, the identity of another deceased could not be ascertained immediately. The accident occurred when five friends, workers of a factory in the Hasanabad area, were on their way to visit the Padma Bridge on an auto-rickshaw, Mohammad Shah, officer-in-charge of Hasara Police Station, said. In Jashore Sadar upazila, a 22-year-old assistant of a truck driver was killed after their vehicle fell into a roadside ditch in Shyamnagar. The deceased Munna was from the upazila. The accident occurred as the driver of the brick-laden truck lost control of his vehicle near, which overturned and pinned Munna underneath, Assistant Sub-Inspector Munir Hossain, in-charge of Sajiali Police Outpost, said. In Dinajpur, a 32-year-old woman was killed, and her husband injured after a tractor-trolley hit their motorcycle. The deceased was identified as Shamim Akhter Panna from Kabirajpara, Dinajpur Sadar, Abdul Jalil, sub-inspector of Pulhat Police Outpost, said. "The paddy-laden tractor-trolley crashed into the motorcycle, leaving the woman dead on the spot and her husband injured." Also read: Road accidents claim 14 lives in 4 divisions

A 22-year-old youth was stabbed to death allegedly by some miscreants in the Colony area of Bogura city on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Boni, son of Anishur Rahman Babu, a dentist from Maltinagar Paschimpara in the town. Police said a month-long weaving and textile fair was underway at Bogura Mohammad Ali Hospital playground. As a part of this fair, some youths were selling lottery tickets in front of Taj Pharmacy in the Colony Battala area on Friday evening. Boni bought a lottery ticket from them. When Boni went to put down the lottery into the lottery box, he had an altercation with another youth named Sohan. At one stage, some others along with Sohan hacked Boni mercilessly, leaving him seriously injured. Later, he was taken to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where Boni died after a while. Police recovered the body immediately after being informed, said Additional Superintendent of Police Sharafat Islam of Bogura Sadar Circle. The body has been kept in the hospital morgue. “Efforts are on to nab the culprits,” added the officer. Also read: Trader stabbed to death in Narail

 A schoolgirl and a youth have been found dead in the Bayazid Bostami area of the port city and Hathazari upazila of the district, police said on Friday. The deceased were identified as a tenth grader student of Bayazid Bostami area and Prince Das, 30, of Hathazari upazila. The hanging body of a 10th grader girl was recovered from her residence at Bayazid Nagar residential area this morning, said Sub-Inspector (SI) of Bayazid Bostami Police Station Mostafizur Rahman. Police suspect the girl might have committed suicide. “However, details can be known after a probe,” said the SI. Read: Councillor arrested for rape attempt in Gazipur The body was sent to CHattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) for an autopsy, he added. In Hathazari upazila, Prince’s decomposed body was recovered from the residence of Raja Mia Contractor in Kamalpara area on Thursday night, said Md Jahangir, sub-inspector (SI) of Hathazari police station. Father Sunil Das said Prince left his home six months ago. However, he used to talk to everyone in the family on the phone. “But his mobile phone was found switched off for the last few days.” The body was sent to CMCH morgue for an autopsy, said SI Jahangir. Legal steps will be taken after an investigation, he added.  

Two teenage boys drowned in the lake of Narayanganj City Corporation on Friday. The deceased were identified as Imtiaz Ahmed, 14, son of Iqbal Khan of Deobhog area of Fatullah and Mihad Hossain, 13, son of Zakir Miah of the same area. They were both students of the local Deobhog Madrasa. Read: Child Drowning Prevention: Water safety tips to save your kid from drowning The duo drowned in the lake while bathing before Juma prayer, said Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of the Narayanganj Fire Service. Locals recovered the bodies and informed the fire service. On information, fire service officials rushed to the spot and handed over the bodies to their families, Arefin added. Read: Kishoreganj ferry tragedy: Woman drowns, child goes missing

An Awami League leader who was injured in an attack by his rivals died in Sylhet’s Bishwanath upazila on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Goyas Mia, 55, son of late Iskander Ali of the upazila’s Baruni village. Goyas was the Publicity Secretary of the upazila’s Dashghar union AL unit. Read: Local AL leader killed in Jashore Goyas was attacked by his rivals while returning home from Pirer Bazar area on the night of May 28. He was rushed by his relatives to the Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where he died after receiving treatment for six days. His son Mazed Ahmad has filed a case at Bishwanath police station yesterday, accusing 20 people of the attack. Another five to eight people have been accused as ‘unidentified’. Masuk Mia, another AL leader of the area, has been made the prime suspect in the case. Officer In-charge(Investigation) of Bishwanath police station Jahidul Islam, who is also the Investigation Officer(IO) of the case, said that they will request the higher authority to convert it into a murder case. “Operations are on to nab the suspects of the case”, the OC added. Leaders and activists of the area’s Awami League, Jubo League and Chhatra League units, including former Member of Parliament(MP) and Sylhet district AL’s General Secretary(In-charge) Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, have condemned the incident and expressed grief over the matter.

Five people were killed and another injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided with a lorry at Teghoria in Keraniganj early Friday. The deceased were identified as CNG driver Tamal, 17, and his passengers Zunayed Hossain, 22, Nayeem Hossain Fahim, 21, and Samad, 20. However, the identity of another deceased couldn’t be ascertained immediately. The accident occurred around 12:30 am when five friends, workers of a factory in Hasanabad area, were on way to visit Padma Bridge on an auto-rickshaw, said Mohammad Shah, officer-in-charge (OC) of Hasara police station. The auto-rickshaw collided with a lorry losing its control over speed when the lorry got on the link road in the Teghoria area suddenly, leaving four occupants of the auto-rickshaw, including the driver, dead on the spot, said Hasara Highway Police in-charge Afzal Hossain. The two injured were sent to Sir Salimullah Medical College and Hospital (SSMCH) where the unidentified youth succumbed to his injuries this morning, he added. The bodies were sent to the SSMCH morgue for autopsy. A case has been filed at South Keraniganj police station in this regard. However, police couldn’t detain the lorry driver, said the Highway in-charge.

A seventh-grader was killed as a train ran over him in the Chirirbandar area of Dinajpur on Friday morning, said police. Deceased Hriday Babu, 14,  of Vodra village under Awliapur union of Chrirbandar was walking over the railroad with his headphone on, Jahid Hossain, sub-inspector of Chirirbandar railway police station said. The Panchagarh Express from Dhaka was travelling to Panchagargh when the accident happebed at around 10:15am. Also Read: Mitali Express: Third India-Bangladesh train flagged off  

A 10-year-old Bangladeshi boy, undergoing treatment at an Indian hospital for injuries from a stun grenade hurled by the Indian border security force (BSF), has made desperate plea to return to his parents in Bangladesh. The ill-fated child is Ramjan, son of Munir Sharif, a resident of Khuntakata village under Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat. The child's plight was brought to the light first by an Indian journalist named Khawja Mainuddin Chisti. Also read: Regional commander-level meeting in progress between BGB and BSF According to the report by Khawja, Munir Sharif along with his wife and son Ramjan was entering Bangladesh through the No-2 block of Dinhata police station on May 17 this year. Sensing their presence BSF blasted a stun grenade leaving Ramjan injured. However, his parents had managed to enter Bangladesh by crossing the barbed wire fencing on the Kurigram border. Later, BSF rescued the child and admitted him to Dinhata hospital. On information, local journalists rushed to the hospital to find out the details of the fatal incident. According to the child, his parents had come to India illegally through middlemen for a job. The separated boy has urged Indian journalists to help him reunite with his parents who don’t know his whereabouts. Also read: Indian girl handed over to BSF through Tetulia border After media reports, local human rights organisations and media workers are trying to bring Ramjan back to Bangladesh. Advocate SM Abraham Linkon, the convener of Border Victims Rescue Legal Assistance Forum, said, “We have contacted the Indian government and Bangladesh missions in Delhi, Kolkata, and Assam to bring back the wretched boy.” Besides, cooperation was sought from Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha, a human rights platform in West Bengal, Indian National Human Rights Commission, and the media in this regard, he added.

Police on Friday recovered the body of a 55-year-old woman from the Bhogai river in Nalitabari union of Sherpur. The deceased was identified as Nur Bhanu, a daily wager and wife of Sirajul Islam from the Nij Para area of Nalitabari municipality. "Our team fished out the body around 8am after being informed by locals," said Basir Ahmed Badal, officer-in-charge of Nalitabari police station. Also Read: Missing tourist’s body recovered after two days from Moheshkhali Channel Her son, Faruque Ahmed, 35, has been detained in connection with the death of his mother, police said. “The body bore injury marks. We suspect that she was killed and then her body was dumped in the river," he said.

Police recovered the body of a woman hanging inside her room with a scarf around her neck in Bogura's Dhunat upazila Thursday. Shapla Khatun, 19, was from Tarash upazila of Sirajganj. She got married to Alamgir Hossain of Dhunat two years ago. After that, her husband left for Dhaka for work and stays there now. Shapla lived at her parents-in-law's house with her four-month-old daughter.  And there had been a domestic disputes at the house for the last one year, the locals said. On Thursday morning, family members found that Shapla killed herself by hanging and immediately got in touch with the police, Kripa Sindhu Bala, officer-in-charge of Dhunat Police Station, said. "We have registered a case of unnatural death for now." Although no complaint from the family had been lodged, the body was sent to the morgue of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College for autopsy, she said. Also read: 3 hanging bodies recovered from different parts of Naogaon in 24 hours