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Three of a family found dead in Gazipur
Police on Tuesday recovered bodies of a couple and their two-month-old daughter from Sonalipolli of Kashimpur in Gazipur city.
Five in isolation unit in Sylhet hospital
Two more people have been taken to the isolation unit of Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital here on Monday, taking the total number of patients at the unit to five.
Pregnant woman dies at Faridpur hospital for ‘negligence’
A pregnant woman died at Faridpur Medical College Hospital on Monday as she was not reportedly given oxygen support.
Lessee fined Tk 20,000 for keeping weekly ‘haat’ open
A mobile court here on Monday fined a weekly ‘haat’ (Bazar) lessee Tk 20,000 on charge of keeping open weekly ‘haat’ at Shibalaya in Manikganj defying government directive.
Youth held over ‘gang-rape’ of schoolgirl in Pabna
Police arrested a young man from Muladuli area in Iswardi upazila on Monday over the alleged gang-rape of a Class-V girl after abduction.
Coronavirus: Special attention sought for Cox’s Bazar
Civil society leaders have demanded that both government and international agencies should give special attention to Cox’s Bazar during the current coronavirus crisis as the district is hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas.
Woman, daughter found dead in Chattogram
A woman and her minor daughter were found hanging from the ceiling of their house at East Gomdandi in Boalkhali upazila on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Sharmin Akter, 27, wife of Selim, and their one-and-half-year-old daughter Taslima.
Helal Uddin Faruki, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station, said Selim, a human-hauler driver, used to live in the house with his second wife and daughter.
Locals found Sharmin and her daughter hanging from the ceiling in the afternoon and informed police.
Later, police recovered the bodies and sent those to local hospital morgue for autopsy.
Police suspected that Sharmin killed her daughter first and then killed herself over family feud.
Selim went into hiding after the incident.
PCR machines reach KMCH, SBMCH for coronavirus test
A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing machine which is used for detecting coronavirus or COVID-19 and other complicated diseases reached the Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Monday morning.
Four killed as train hits auto-rickshaw in Rangpur
At least four people were killed and two others injured as a train hit an auto-rickshaw on unmanned Annadanagar level crossing in Pirgachha upazila on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Hamidul Islam, 34, Nurun Nahar Begum, 24, Sumi, 21, Mostafizur Rahman, 42.
Officer-in-charge of Pirgachha Police Station Rezaul Karim said the Bonarpara- bound train rammed
Man suffering from cold, fever dies in Dinajpur
A man suffering from cold and fever died on Monday while his four family members were quarantined at Topsi village of Birampur upazila of the distirct.