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At least two people were killed and two others injured as a three wheeler was hit by a truck in Kansat Bazar in Chapainawabganj’s Shibganj upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Harun ,26 of Pardilalpur area of the upazila and Renuara Begum ,55, wife of Abu Sayed of Dhobra area.   Shibganj Fire Service acting station officer Siraj Uddin said, the Sonamasjid land port-bound  truck hit the three wheeler while it was waiting for passengers on the road, leaving two passengers dead and two others injured. Also read: 4 killed, 30 injured in Magura road accident The injured passengers were rescued and taken to the Upazila Health Complex. Shibganj Police Station OC Farid Hossain said, on information police went to the spot and sent the bodies to the morgue after recovering  those. Road accidents are common in Bangladesh, and claim a number of lives every year. Also read: 2 dead, 7 missing in Sirajganj boat accident During the last Eid-ul-Fitr holiday rush, road accidents claimed 323 lives in just 15 days, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Shamiti, a human rights body.

Four members of a family were electrocuted at Shilmudi village in Bajra union of Sonaimuri upazila on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Abdur Rahim, Sumon (26), Md Jewel (18) and Yusuf (48) . Confirming the deaths  Bajra Union Parishad chairman Miron Aur Rashid said Abdur Rahim, a resident of the local Shaheed Maulana's house in Shilmudi village, fell into a paddy field next to his house on Friday evening and got electrocuted when he touched an electricity pole  tryinh to keep balance. When the three others stepped forward to rescue him, they too got electrocuted one by one. Read: Rickshawpuller electrocuted while charging his vehicle's battery The locals later rescued the four and brought them to the health complex of Bajra upazila where the on-duty doctor declared them dead. The Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sonaimuri Police Station Mohammad Touhidul Islam confirmed the information to UNB. “An inquest into the body has been completed. The family has applied to the district magistrate for burial without an autopsy,” he added.

Two more bodies were recovered from Seagull Point of Cox's Bazar sea beach on Friday. Lifeguards found the first body floating by the beach at around 1 pm and the second one two hours later. The identities of the deceased could not be confirmed as of filing this report Friday night. Mahbub Alam, a beach supervisor, confirmed the information to UNB. However, he could not confirm whether the deceased was a local or a tourist. Earlier on Sep 8, Taufique Mokbul (22), a resident of Dhaka's Adabor area and a student of BRAC University drowned around the same Seagull Point, that corresponds to the location of the eponymous hotel on the beachfront.

A fire broke out at Notunpara Jamia Islamia Rafiqia Madrasa Market in Sunamganj’s Bisshomvorpur upazila Friday morning. The fire started at around 11am and gutted three shops. However, no casualties were reported. Upon information from a journalist, a unit of Bisshomvorpur fire service rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control. Read:Fire breaks out in Faridpur Jute mill, no casualties reported The owners of the burnt shops claimed that their losses amount to Tk 10 lakh. Traffic on the Bisshomvorpur to Tahirpur road was temporarily disrupted due to the incident, said police station sources.

Two people were killed and four others  got injured as a bus collided with a battery-run autorickshaw at the Jhopgari area on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway as it crosses Bogura early Friday. The deceased were identified as Anowara Begum, 45, and Hamidun Begum, 55, both from Namabala village of Shakharia union under Bogura Sadar upazila. Read: Bailey bridge collapse snaps road link in Barishal Locals said the accident occurred when an autorickshaw collided head-on with a Rangpur-bound bus on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway at the Jhopgari area at around 8am. Later, Locals rescued the two victims and sent them to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where the doctor pronounced them dead, said police. The injured are under treatment at the TMSS Medical College and Hospital. Read:4 killed, 30 injured in Magura road accident However, the driver along with the bus fled the scene immediately after the accident. Md Selim Reza, officer-in-charge of the Sadar Police Station, said they handed over the deceased's bodies to their families.

Police have arrested 10 female leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh on Friday in Satkhira. They were arrested from the house of Abdul Jalil in Bashtala upazila in Satkhira during a secret meeting. The arrestees are Majeda Khatun (45), Firoza Begum (55), Morzina Khatun (50), Farida Khatun (45), Rizia Khatun (35), Rafiza Khatun (45), Beauty Khatun (45) of Alipur village of Sadar upazila. Khadija Parveen (40), China Parveen (35) of Sultanpur and Anwara Begum (58) of Bagerhat district. Satkhira Sadar Police officer-in-charge Mohammad Delwar Hussain said that a raid was carried out on Friday morning over a tip-off. During the raid 33 jihadi books were also recovered. A case has been filed against the arrestees at Satkhira police station, he said.

A member of the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) was shot dead by assailants in Rangamati on Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Suresh Kanti Chakma alias Dinesh, a resident of Jarulchari village in Baghaichari. He was a member of JSS Santu Larma faction. According to locals, a group of armed men went to Dinesh’s house in the Bangatali area of Baghaichari upazila and pumped bullets into his body, killing him on the spot. Also read: PCJSS man shot dead in Rangamati Officer-in-charge of Baghaichari police station Anwar Hossain Khan said that the victim's body was recovered from under a bed in Dinesh’s house, suggesting he ran for cover when the assailants had opened fire. "We are trying to identify the assailants," he said. Meanwhile, Tridip Chakma, a leader of the JSS Santu Larma group blamed the rival JSS MN Larma group for the murder. However, upazila president of MN Larma group, Gyanjib Chakma dismissed the allegations, saying, “There is no member of our group in the Bangatali area.” Also read: One killed in Rangamati PCJSS infighting The crime was a fallout of an internal rivalry in the Santu Larma group, he claimed. "Some people are trying to create panic in the hill area in view of the upcoming Union Parishad election," said the JSS leader. "Police have beefed up patrolling in the area to avert any untoward situation," said OC Anwar Hossain.

Two persons -- a rickshaw puller and a pedestrian -- were fatally knocked down by a speeding van in Chattogram's Pahartali area on Thursday night, police said on Friday. One of the deceased has been identified as Anwar Hossain. However, the identity of the pedestrian is yet to be established. The accident occurred around 9.30pm on the busy Sagorika Road. Also read: 2 killed in Dhaka road accidents A sub-inspector at Pahartali police station said the speeding van first hit the rickshaw puller and then the pedestrian at a high speed. "Both the victims died on the spot." The bodies were sent to Chattogram Medical College Hospital, he said. Though the van was seized after the accident, it's driver and his assistant managed to escape, the officer said. "Efforts are on to nab them." Also read: 7 die in separate accidents in Bagerhat

The president of the puja celebration committee of Bhola was arrested Thursday on suspicion of making slanderous comments on Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) on Facebook messenger. Gouranga Chandra Dey was arrested under section 54 of the penal code and produced before court, said district police Superintendent Sarkar Mohammad Kaysar. According to police sources, screenshots of messenger chat between two FB profiles named Gouranga and Jay Raam went viral on social media on Wednesday night. In this regard Gouranga Chandra Dey himself filed a general diary at the police station the same night. Meanwhile some miscreants damaged a personal vehicle of Gouranga by throwing brick chips. On Thursday afternoon, activists of Islami Andolan Bangladesh north district branch gathered in front of Hatkhola Mosque premises in protest of the incident. The organization demanded exemplary punishment for the real accused and gave a 72-hour ultimatum to investigate the matter.   Police Super Mohamad Kaysar said Gouranga Chandra’s house is currently under police protection and investigation is going on to identify the real culprits.

Divers from the local fire service on Thursday morning recovered the bodies of two children who were swept away, along with their mother, by the onrush of hill water at Sainga Tripura Para in Sadar upazila of Bandarban district. The victims were identified as Krishnabati Tripura, 40, her 12-year-old daughter Bajerung and five-year-old son Pradeep. Read:Floods, landslides hit Rohingya camps hard: UNHCR On Wednesday morning, Krishnabati, along with her two children and her sister, went to the hill area for jhum cultivation, said Jagadish Tripura, a member of ward 3 of Sadar union parishad. In the afternoon, while they were returning home, heavy rains lashed the area. The trio were swept away by the onrush of the hill water in the local river while crossing a fountain amid rains, said Abdul Quader, in-charge of Milchhari police camp. Rumabati Tripura, Krishnabati's 16-year-old sister, however, survived the tragedy. Read:Landslides hit Chattogram, no casualties reported On information, divers from the local fire service went to the spot and conducted a rescue operation. However, they could recover the bodies of the two children only this morning. "Divers from the local fire service recovered the body of Bajerung from near the spot around 7am, while Pradeep's body was fished out of Sangu river," said Jerin Akter, superintendent of Bandarban police.