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Two motorcyclists killed, 3 injured in Rajshahi road crash
Two people were killed and three others sustained injuries after a dump truck hit two motorcycles in Rajshahi's Poba upazila on Friday.
The deceased are Julhas Uddin, 32, son of Rabiul Islam of Aliganj area of Damkura Thana and Rimon Hossain, 35 son of Manik Mia of New Kasba area of the same area.
6 die in road accidents in 3 districts
Ali Akbar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Damkura police station, said that 5 people on two motorcycles were heading towards the city around 4 pm.
Around 4:30 pm, when they reached Muralipur area, the dump truck knocked down the two motorcycles, leaving Julhas and Rimon dead on the spot.
Rickshawpuller injured in road accident dies at Dhaka hospital
The injured were rescued and admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. However, the condition of two of the injured is critical, doctors said.
On information, Damkura police and fire service personnel went to the spot and recovered the bodies, said the OC.
Retired army personnel dies in road accident in Rajshahi
The bodies were sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsies, he added.
Attacks on doctors: BMA Ctg unit announces work abstention on Sunday, Monday
The Chittagong branch of the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) has announced a two-hour work abstention on Sunday and Monday protesting the recent attacks on doctors in several hospitals in the district.
In addition, there will be no private practices for two days, it said.
The decision came from a human chain organised with the participation of various organisations of doctors in front of the Chittagong Medical College and Hospital on Thursday.
Intern doctors call off nationwide strike upon health minister’s assurance
Presided over by Professor Dr Mujibul Haque Khan, Chittagong district president of BMA, 9 organizations including Bangladesh Medical Association, Swadhinta Prakash Parishad and Chittagong Prakash Samiti participated in the event.
The BMA leaders said that doctors are being tortured in various ways while discharging their professional duties. Attacks on doctors are increasing due to a lack of justice. Doctors are very unsafe at their workplaces, they said
They also demand immediate arrest of all the attackers and bring them under the law.
KMCH interns go on 48-hour strike
Mujibul Haque said that they were waiting for 5 days to get justice over the attack. “As there was no progress we were forced to take to the streets,” he added.
Earlier on April 10, Raktim Das, a doctor of Patia General Hospital in Chattogram, was seriously injured after being attacked by local Awami League leaders for the delay in treating a patient who suffered a heart attack.
Later on April 14, another doctor named Riaz Uddin Shiblu sustained injuries after being attacked by the relatives of a one-year-old who allegedly died due to wrong treatment.
Jhalakathi road crash ends couple’s life on honeymoon
The newly married couple’s wedding vow was to stay together forever. Little did they know the end would come before the honeymoon days were over.
Bangladesh Air Force’s soldier Imran Hossain, who was posted at Dhaka Cantonment, tied the knot with Nipa Aktar, a resident of Rajapur upazila in Jhalakathi, on March 8 this year, were among the 14 people who perished in Wednesday’s road crash in Jhalakathi.
The car carrying them was waiting to pay toll at Gabkhan Toll Plaza under the Sadar upazila when a recklessly driven truck crushed the vehicle along with four others.
Trucker, helper held over after 14 killed in Jhalakathi road crash
The couple lost four other family members in the accident -Nipa’s elder sister Nahida Akter Sonia, her husband Hasibur Rahman, their children Takia and Tahmid.
Driver Ibrahim of the private car carrying them was also dead in the road crash. All the victims except BAF member were buried at their respective graveyard in Rajapur upazila on Thursday.
The body of Imran, who was the only son of his parents and lone brother among four sisters hailing from hilly Rangamati district, was handed over to his father Nurul Islam upon completion of legal procedures on Thursday morning.
Later, a BAF ambulance carrying the body started its journey for Rangamati where he would be laid to rest at the family graveyard.
While receiving the body, father Nurul said Imran was the youngest among all his children and his mother and sisters broke down after losing their loved one.
17 deaths in Jhalakathi accident: Bus driver had a license for light vehicles, RAB says
Earlier on Wednesday, fourteen people were killed and 25 others injured when a speeding cement-laden truck ploughed through five vehicles before plunging into a roadside ditch near Gabkhan Bridge in Jhalakathi municipality area.
The accident occurred around 1:30 pm when the Barishal-bound truck ploughed through five vehicles including a microbus carrying a bridal party, three auto-rickshaws, and one pickup van standing in front of the toll gate. It then hurtled into the roadside ditch, leaving fourteen people dead and 25 others injured.
Trucker, helper held after 14 killed in Jhalakathi road crash
Police arrested the truck driver and his helper in connection with the road accident in Gabkhan Toll Plaza area that claimed the lives of 14 people on Wednesday.
The two were held from a house at Basonda in Sadar upazila of Jhalakathi district, said police.
The arrestees were identified as Al Amin, 30, truck driver and son of Ansar Ali Hawladar of Baroigati village and Nazmul Sheikh, 27, son of Kalu Sheikh of the upazila.
14 killed as truck ploughed thru several vehicles in Jhalakathi
Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said both the driver and his helper were hiding at a house and the local people kept them confined there when they sought help from them.
Later, they were handed over to police on Wednesday afternoon.
Earlier on Wednesday, fourteen people were killed and 25 others injured when a speeding cement-laden truck sloughed through five vehicles before plunging into a roadside ditch near Gabkhan Bridge in Jhalakathi municipality area.
The deceased were identified as Nahida Akter Sonia, 27, Hasibur Rahman, 32, Takia, 4, Tahmid, 8, Nipa, 22, Imran Hossain, 26, Ibrahim, 35, Shafiqul Majhi, 50, Atiqur Rahman Sadi, 11, Nurjahan, 7, Tahmia, 25, Sania Begum, 30, Ruhul Amin, 23 and Shahidul Islam.
17 deaths in Jhalakathi accident: Bus driver had a license for light vehicles, RAB says
The accident occurred around 1:30 pm when the Barishal-bound truck ploughed through five vehicles including a microbus carrying a bridal party, three auto-rickshaws, and one pickup van standing in front of the toll gate. It then hurtled into the roadside ditch, leaving fourteen people dead and 25 others injured, said Jhalakathi police super Mohammad Afrujul Haque Tutul.
4 shops, warehouses gutted in Gazipur fire
Four shops and several warehouses, used to keep daily essential products, were gutted in a fire that broke out at Alupotti in Tongi Bazar of Gazipur on Wednesday midnight.
The fire broke out at a warehouse around 11:45 pm near Tongi Sonavan Market and spread soon, said Shafiqul Islam, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defense (Uttara zone).
Onion, potato and daily essentials items were stored in the warehouses.
Man dies in Gazipur road crash
Five firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze after one hour.
The cause of fire and the extent of the damage could not be determined immediately.
Gazipur cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 16
Teen drowns in Sitakunda waterfall
An 18-year-old boy drowned while bathing in a waterfall in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday.
The deceased was Tahmid, of Gahira village of Raozan and a resident of Kusumbagh area of the metropolis.
Tahmid and his two friends came to the waterfall in the Chhoto Darogarhat area under Sitakunda upazila from the port city in the morning.
Around 1:30 pm, they all went down Suptodhara waterfall to take a bath and suddenly Tahmid drowned.
On information, a team of Sitakunda Fire Service rushed to the spot and recovered the body of Tahmid around 3 pm, said Nurul Alam Dulal, senior station officer of Sitakunda Fire Service and Civil Defense.
Kamal Uddin, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sitakunda Police Station, said that as there was no complaint the body was handed over to the family.
Unidentified boy crushed under CU shuttle train
An unidentified boy aged around 14 years was crushed under the wheels of Chittagong University shuttle train in Sholo Shohor area on Wednesday.
The accident occurred in front of the Pilkhana Mosque next to the city's Sholo Shohor railway station around 6pm while the train was going from the university campus to Chittagong city.
“We recovered the body of the boy wearing a yellow coloured T-shirt and black jeans and sent it to the Chittagong Medical College and Hospital,” said Khorshed Alam, sub-inspector (SI) of Railway Thana police outpost.
He said the victim was a street boy.
He also said that they did not find any witness who could describe how the accident occurred.
Police are trying to know his identity, added the officer.
Faridpur road crash: 18-month old loses both parents
The death toll from the bus pickup van collision on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur rose to 15 after another woman died on Tuesday night.
The deceased, Popi Begum, 25, breathed her last while undergoing treatment at Faridpur Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital on Tuesday night, said Highway police super Mohammad Shahinur Alam Khan.
Her Husband, Ikbal also died in the accident on Tuesday afternoon.
Their 18-month-old son, Yasin, survived and is currently admitted at hospital.
They were on their way to the district’s deputy commissioner's office to get relief supplies.
Iqbal Hossain's elder brother Enamul Sheikh filed a case at the Karimpur Highway Police Station against the driver of the passenger bus.
The accident occurred when the Magura-bound bus of Unique Paribahan from Dhaka collided with the Dhaka-bound pickup van.
According to Faridpur DC office sources, government relief tins were supposed to be distributed among the disaster affected families on Tuesday, and the affected family members enlisted from Alfadanga and Boalmari upazilas were coming to Faridpur.
A five-member investigation committee headed by the additional district magistrate has been formed.
Tk 5 lakh has been announced for the family members of the deceased and Tk 3 lakh for the compensation of the injured.
24-year-old killed ‘by elder brother’ over land dispute
A 24-year-old man was killed allegedly by his elder brother and his family over a land dispute on Wednesday morning in the Paschim Baluadanga area of Dinajpur.
The deceased, Russell Rana Babu was the son of freedom fighter and retired police constable Hasan Ali.
The victim was hacked with an axe, said Farid Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.
He was taken to M Abdur Rahim Medical College in the morning and was declared dead around 4:45 pm, he said.
The accused are currently absconding.
The body has been sent to the morgue for an autopsy. Babu’s family is preparing to file a case, added the OC.
Two cousins drown in Kushtia
Two cousins drowned in the Gorai river in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Wednesday noon.
The deceased were identified Most. Shefa, 13, daughter of Shamim Islam of Sherkandi area and Shahzada, 7, son of Alamgir Hossain of Zainabad area of the upazila.
According to locals, Shefa came to visit her grandfather's house in Zainabad area on Friday.
11 killed as truck ploughed thru several vehicles in Jhalakathi
Around 12 pm on Wednesday, five children including Shefa and her cousin Shazada went to take a bath in the Gorai River.
At this time, all of them jump together from the bank into the deep area of the river. Shefa and Shahzada both drowned as they did not know how to swim.
Locals rescued the two kids and took them to the Kushtia General Hospital where doctors declared them dead.
Chapra Union Council Chairman Enamul Haque Manju said that a pall of gloom descended on the area after the tragic incident.
Natore District Chhatra League's general secretary dies
Police were sent to the spot, said Akibul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) at Kumarkhali Police Station.
The bodies were kept at Kushtia General Hospital morgue, added the OC.