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Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Wednesday detained a madrasa teacher for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old student in Sylhet. The accused has been identified as Hafiz Abdur Rahman, 55, a teacher at Hazrat Haider Shah (R) Hafizia Madrasa in the Fatehpur area of Biyanibazar. Read: Youth arrested for raping Madrasa girl in Keraniganj Sources told UNB that the student is the son of a BGB personnel. Hafiz was detained on Wednesday morning after the student narrated his ordeal to his father. In the afternoon, BGB 52 Battalion officials took Hafiz to the headquarters for questioning. Later in the evening, he was handed over to the Biyanibazar police after the boy gave a formal statement to BGB. Read:Madrasa teacher in Feni sexually assaulted 11-year-old student Hillol Roy, officer-in-charge of Biyanibazar police station, said the student's father has lodged a complaint at the police station against the accused. "An FIR will soon be filed in the case," he added.

Three more dolphins were found dead off the coast of Sitakunda in Chattogram on Wednesday. Mohammad Kamal Hossain, range officer of Sitakunda coastal forest department, said local people in Mandaritola spotted the carcasses of the dolphins in the sea and alerted the forest department. Read:Another dead dolphin found on Kuakata sea beach An official of Sitakunda fisheries and livestock department, Md Shamim Ahmed, said, “The dead dolphins were females, but it is still not clear what caused their deaths. The dolphins could have died after getting stuck in fishing nets." On August 20 also, local people found a dead dolphin off the coast of Bagachtar in the same upazila.

Road communication between Sadar upazila and other parts of Barisal has remained suspended since Wednesday morning, following the collapse of a Bailey bridge on Banaripara Road in Babuganj upazila. The Bailey bridge collapsed when a Barishal-bound stone-laden truck from Pirojpur was crossing it in the small hours of Wednesday, officials said. Read:A bridge that’s going to connect the dreams of Rangamati islanders to reality However, repair work is already underway and the local police and residents are trying to restore the road link, said Kamlesh Chandra Haldar, officer-in-charge of Airport Police Station.

Sundarbans forest authorities have arrested as many as 44 fishermen for illegally entering the reversed canal areas adjacent to Meher Ali Char in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat. Acting on a tip-off, a forest department team nabbed the fishermen on Monday night as they were gearing up to catch fish, and seized their four trawlers. Read: 4 ‘deer poachers’ held in Sundarbans "The fishermen are residents of Pirojpur district. The arrests came on a tip-off," said Muhammad Belayet Hossain, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO). The arrested fishermen have been kept at the Dubla Jalepalli patrol outpost of the forest department. "Legal action will be taken against them," Belayet said. Mohammad Shamsul Arefin, assistant forest conservator (ACF), said that group had been fishing in the forest areas for several days. Read: Effective strategies adopted to protect Sundarbans: Environment Minister During interrogation, they admitted their guilt. "So, they would be made to pay fines," he said. The seized trawlers are FB Mama-Bhagne, FB Tahira-1, FB Yusuf and FB Maaer Doa. "The owners of the trawlers also belong to Pirojpur district," he added.

A youth suffered severe injuries while making a bomb at his house in Rajghat area of Abhaynagar upazila in Jashore district on Monday night. Rafiqul Islam Shappa,38, sustained injuries in fingers, eyes, face, chest and legs as a bomb went off while he was making it around 12 am ,said police. The roof of the house was blown away and cracks developed on the walls following the blast. Also read: Injured in explosion, 'bomb maker' dies at Rajshahi hospital The injured was first taken to the Upazila Health Complex from where he was transferred to Khulna Medical College Hospital as his injuries were critical. Officer-in-Charge of Abhayanagar police station KM Shamim Hasan said five sharp weapons were recovered from the house. A case will be filed in this regard and investigation is underway, he said. Also read: N’ganj bomb: 2 Neo- JMB men held in city

A trader died as a gas cylinder fell on him while being unloaded from a truck at a ship breaking yard on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Md Ali Nizam, 43. Read:Bodies of 2 newborns recovered in Chattogram The accident occurred around 10 at the ship breaking yard named ‘Mother Steel’ when he went there for buying scraps. Sub-Inspector of Sitakundu police station Faruque Hossain said some workers were unloading gas cylinders from a truck when Ali went there. At one stage, the cap of a gas cylinder got loose and it started to roll and hit Ali’s face who was standing 150 feet off the truck, said the SI. Read: 8 injured as Bangladesh Bank's wall collapses in Chattogram Severely injured Ali was rushed to Chattogram Medical College Hospital where doctors announced him dead. The body was sent for an autopsy, said police.

A youth drowned in the Karnaphuli River in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Sourov Mallik, 30, son of Dayal Mallik of Chandraghona union of the upazila. Family members said Sourov went for a bath in the Karnaphuli River at 11 am and drowned. Also read: 3 female students drowns in Turag, another missing Later, he was rescued by locals and taken to Kaptai Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead. Resident Medical Officer of the hospital Dr Omar Farooq Rony said the deceased was a  patient with epilepsy. Kaptai police station officer-in-charge Nasir Uddin said an unnatural death case was filed in this regard. Also read: BRAC university student drowns in Cox’s Bazar

Police recovered the bodies of two newborns from a drain at Chattogram Medical College Hospital(CMCH) on Tuesday. Sub-inspector Nurul Islam Ashique, in-charge of CMCH, said the authorities concerned spotted the bodies on the slab of the drain while cleaning it around 10 am. Read:Abandoned newborn rescued by police after man calls 999 One of the bodies was decomposed while another was found wrapped in a polythene bag, he said. Panchlaish police station was informed about the recovery of the bodies.

Six more people have died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours at Kushtia General Hospital, health officials said on Tuesday morning. Of the deceased, three were confirmed Covid patients while the remaining three had symptoms of the virus, Kushtia General Hospital official Md Mejbaul Alam told UNB. Read: Seven more die of Covid at Kushtia hospital As of Tuesday morning, some 53 patients are being treated at the Covid unit of the hospital. In the past 24 hours, some 22 people have tested positive for Covid of the 191  samples tested.

Unable to afford treatment for his broken legs, a 45-year-old man allegedly ended his life at his home in Sumirdia village of Chuadanga on Monday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, a driver by profession. Read: Suicide or Murder? Housewife’s body recovered in Chuadanga According to his relatives, Saiful broke both his legs in an accident a fortnight ago. He slipped into depression after being unable to arrange money for treatment. Saiful allegedly hanged himself to death on Monday. His neighbours spotted him hanging from the ceiling and rushed him to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital. At the hospital, Jannatul Ferdous, the on-duty doctor at the emergency department declared him dead on arrival. The doctor told UNB that there were marks on his neck. Read: Cop commits suicide in Rangamati Police officer Fakrul Alam Khan said that an unnatural death case has been filed in connection with the death. "The body of the deceased has been handed over to the family members without any autopsy," he added.