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Murder accused killed in Chattogram ‘gunfight’
A murder accused was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Jharnapara Jor Doba in the city’s Pahartoli area early Wednesday, hours after he killed his three-year-old nephew by slitting his throat over family feud.
Bandarban Civil Surgeon tests positive for coronavirus
Civil Surgeon of Bandarban Dr Aung Sui Marma has tested positive for Covid-19.
3 BGB men among 10 diagnosed with Covid-19
Ten people, including three members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and a nurse, have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Thakurgaon district in the last 24 hours till Tuesday night.
Narail cop dies after submitting sample for Covid test
A police officer in Khulna suffering from cold, fever and breathing problems died undergoing treatment at the Sadar Upazila Health Complex on Tuesday.
Man drowns as cargo vessel capsizes after getting hit in Sitalakhya
A man drowned and six others were injured after a stone-laden cargo vessel capsized after being hit by another vessel in the Sitalakhya River at Bandar of Narayanganj on Tuesday.
Man, teenage girl found hanging from same rope in Barishal
Police recovered the bodies of a young man and a teenage girl hanging from the same rope tied to a mango tree at Indurkani village in Ujirpur upazila on Tuesday.
BGB on high alert to prevent cattle smuggling
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) are on high alert to prevent cattle smuggling as the smugglers remained active ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims.
JSS chief, 5 members shot dead in Bandarban
President of Jana Sanghati Samity (reformist group) Bandarban unit and five members were shot dead and three others injured in a gunfight at Baghmara in Bandarban on Monday morning.
The deceased were identified as JSS Bandarban unit president Ratan Tanchangya, 65, general secretary Projit Chakma, 62, Devid Marma, 55, Joy Tripura, 40, Dipen Tripura, 42, and Milon Chakma, 60. All of them are JSS members.
The incident took place around 5am near Baghmara Bazar in Rajbila union, 20 km off the district town.
Md Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bandarban Sadar Police Station, said all of the deceased were gunned down.
They were taken to local hospital for autopsy, he added.
Locals and police suspected that the gunfight might have taken place over establishing supremacy by two regional groups in the area.
The three injured --Niru Chakma, 50, Bidyut, 38, and Chittagong University Student Memanu Marma 26-- were admitted to Sadar Hospital.
Local Union Parishad member Se Pru Marma said an armed group stormed into the house of JSS president in the morning and started firing indiscriminately, killing the five on the spot.
Locals said some members of JSS reformist group had been staying at Ratan’s house for the last one and half months .
Earlier in March, a 31-member committee of JSS reformist group, was formed with Ratan as its president, they added.
After the formation of the new committee , an rivalry started between the reformists and JSS (Santu Larma) groups.
1,288 among 1,646 Covid-19 patients recover in Kishoreganj
A total of 1,288 among 1,646 coronavirus patients made full recovery until Monday night in Kishoreganj, said Kishoreganj Civil Surgeon Dr Md Mujibur Rahman.
Dr Mujibur Rahman said 15 new cases were detected in the district in the last 24 hours until Monday night.
Among the new infected people, nine are from Sadar upazila, three from Karimganj, two from Bhoirab and while another was infected in Nikli upazila, he added.
3 held in case of girl jumping into river to escape sexual attack
A teenage girl jumped off a Dhaka-bound launch to save herself from sexual harassment allegedly by a number of the staffers on board.