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A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in Chawkbazar area of Chattogram city Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Sourav Khan Sohag, a cable operator of the area. Read: Elderly man stabbed to death in Dhaka Deceased family alleged that two people named- Shafiq and his son Sakib- stabbed Sourav indiscriminately near Mousumi residential area at Chawkbazar around 12pm following previous enmity over business. Later, he was rushed to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) where doctors declared him dead, said Sadiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) (investigation) of Panchlaish police station.

Rail communications between Dhaka and Sylhet were restored Tuesday afternoon after 10 hours of suspension following derailment of a bogie of a  freight train near Mukundapur railway station in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria. Saiful Islam, station master of Mukundapur railway station, said a bogie of the oil-laden freight train from Akhaura veered off the tracks in a place between Mukundapur and Harashpur of the district around 10:50 am, halting train services on the route. Read:Derailment halts Dhaka’s rail link with northern districts Md Monir Uddin, loco Shed in-charge of Akhaura railway junction station, said the rail communications resumed around 6:15 pm when a relief train from Akhaura station removed the bogie from the tracks. Two trains of ‘Paharika Express’, one Sylhet-bound train and another Chattogram-bound train got stranded at Akhaura Railway Junction Station and Shayestaganj railway station respectively following the derailment, he added.

A Jubo Dal leader was hacked to death allegedly by some miscreants in Jashore town  Tuesday noon, said police. The deceased was Badiuzzaman Dhani, 42, senior vice president of Jashore District Jubo Dal. Read: Mother, son hacked dead in N’ganj Some miscreants hacked Dhani indiscriminately at Chopdar Para in Shankarpur around 12pm and fled the scene, leaving him seriously injured, said Tajul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali police station. Later, he was rushed to Jashore General Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, he added. No one has been arrested in this connection yet, said the OC.

Seven people were killed and six others injured as a bus hit their CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Patiya upazila  of Chattogram on Monday, said police. The identities of the deceased couldn't be known immediately. The accident occurred around 8pm when the bus hit the auto-rickshaw near Bayar Jaluar Dighi on the highway and plunged into a roadside ditch, said Rashedul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of  Patiya police station. Read: 3 bikers killed in Manikganj road crashes The accident left five passengers of the auto- rickshaw dead on the spot and eight others injured, he said. The injured were later rushed to Patiya Health Complex where two of them succumbed to their injuries, the OC added.

Three bikers have been killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj district. The deceased were identified as Abdullah Al Amin, 45, Zubayer, 14, and Haji Mia, 26, of the district. In Shibalay upazila, Al Amin's motorcycle crashed into a truck on Dhaka-Paturia highway in Arpara area around 11am on Monday, leaving him dead on spot, said Zakir Hossain, in-charge of Barangail Highway Police. Pillion rider Tauhidul Islam was injured  and rushed to Shibalaya Upazila Health Complex. Police seized the truck, however, its driver managed to flee the scene, said the official. Read:2 killed in Bangabandhu Expressway road crash In Ghior upazila, a bus hit a motorcycle on Dhaka-Paturia highway near Baniajuri area this morning, leaving Zubayer dead on spot and his friend Tushar injured. Tushar is undergoing treatment at Munnu Medical College and Hospital, said the highway police outpost in-charge Zakir Hossain. On Sunday night, an unidentified vehicle hit Haji Mia's motorcycle on Singair-Hemayetpur road in Char Nayadingi area, leaving him dead on spot and his pillion rider injured, said the official. The injured is undergoing treatment at Upazila Health Complex. The bodies were sent to Manikganj Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, the official added.

Two people killed and three others were injured in a road accident on the Rajendrapur flyover of Keraniganj. All the deceased were residents of Shariatpur, police said, but were not immediately identified. The accident occurred on the Rajendrapur flyover of Dhaka-Bhanga Bangabandhu Expressway at around 10.30 pm on Saturday night. Afzal Hossain, in-charge of Hasara Highway Police Outpost, said that a Dhaka-bound pickup van, carrying sacrificial cows, lost control and rammed into the highway divider leaving two of its passengers dead on the spot. Seriously injured three were rushed to Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital in Dhaka. The bodies of the deceased were sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy, he said.

Two more people died from Covid, and 814 tested positive for the virus in the 24 hours till Sunday amid a surge of cases again in Bangladesh. While the country's total fatalities reached 29,200, the new number took its caseload to 1,989,854, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). As Covid is spreading fast, the daily case positivity rate slightly increased to 17.47 from Saturday's 15.59 per cent as 4,659 samples were tested during the period. Of the deceased, Both of them were men; one from Dhaka and another one from Mymensingh division. The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.47 percent. The recovery rate rose to 96.15 percent as 1009 patients recovered during the period. In June, the country reported 18 Covid-linked deaths and 20,201 new cases, according to the DGHS. Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid death on November 20 last year since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020. The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.

A 26-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a road crash in Hogladanga main road under Harintana of Khulna Sadar. The accident occurred on Saturday night, police said. The deceased was identified as Md Raju, resident of Alimpur village in Rupsha upazila, Emdadul Haque, officer-in-charge (OC) of Harintana Police Station said. According to locals Raju was coming to Khulna from Koiya Bazar. He lost control of his motorcycle and hit an autorickshaw. Falling on the road he sustained serious head injury at the spot. Locals rushed him to Khulna Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared him dead at around 10:30 pm. OC Emdadul said Raju was not using a helmet and he died of a severe head injury.

The government earned record Tk 4.19 crore in revenue through toll from the vehicles that crossed the Padma Bridge in 24 hours till 12 am Friday. “A total of Tk 4,19,39,650 toll was collected from Thursday 12 am to Friday 12 am from the 31,723 vehicles that crossed the bridge during the period. It is the highest amount collected so far,” said Dr Mahmudur Rahman, Executive Engineer of Bangladesh Bridges Authority (BBA). Also read: Bus damages Padma Bridge toll booth at Mawa end, one injured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the bridge on June 25and it was opened to traffic the next morning. Keeping the Eid-ul-Azha celebration ahead, the toll collection is exceeding the previous day’s record almost every day, said Dr Mahmudur Rahman. “In the first 12 days more than 2.45 lakh vehicles crossed the bridge,” he said. Also read: Record Tk 3.16 crore toll collected from Padma Bridge on day 6 Earlier on July 3, a record TK 3.16 crore tolls were collected from around 26,394 vehicles that crossed the bridge.

A toll collector at the Mawa end of Padma Bridge sustained injuries after a commuter bus crashed into his booth on Saturday, forcing authorities to halt collection there. The injured collector of toll booth number 2 has been identified as Md Ripon Hussian, 22. Read: Record Tk 3.16 crore toll collected from Padma Bridge on day 6 Alamgir Hussain, officer-in-charge of Padma Uttar police station, said that the accident occurred around 11am when the Shariatpur-bound bus hit the booth after its driver lost control of the vehicle. "The accident led to the damage of a computer at the booth. The injured collector has been hospitalised," he added. However, toll collection at four other booths remained normal, he added.