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A woman and her daughter were killed on Tuesday as a truck and auto-rickshaw collided in Tongibari upazila of Munshiganj. The deceased were identified as Sheuli Begum,40, and her daughter Putul Aktar,20, from Vadrasan village in Madaripur district. Read:Cox's Bazar road tragedy: Another brother dies of injuries at Ctg hospital Putul’s two-year old daughter Anisa Aktar survived the accident and received primary medications. The accident occurred around 10:30 am near Tulakai area on Baligaon-Tongibari-Dhaka road when they were heading towards their village home in Madaripur from Naryanganj by the auto-rickshaw, said Molla Ali Soeb, Officer-in-Charge of Tongibari police station. Locals caught truck driver Bablu Mia, 38 and handed him over to police but the auto-rickshaw driver managed to flee, he said. Read: 2 killed in Bagerhat road crash The accident disrupted vehicular movement on the road for half an hour which returned to normalcy when police came. The bodies were sent for autopsy after recovery from the spot, said OC Molla Ali.

After fighting for his life for nearly a fortnight, another victim of the Cox's Bazar horrific road tragedy died at a hospital on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Raktim Shil, 33. Five of his brothers died two weeks back when a pick-up van ploughed into a group of nine siblings walking back home from a temple in Cox's Bazar last week. Read: 4 brothers killed in Cox’s Bazar road crash, 5 injured Raktim breathed his last at 10.30am in the intensive care unit of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH). "He was shifted to this government facility five days ago from a private hospital where he was initially admitted. This was after his condition worsened," said Harunur Rashid, a doctor at CMCH. The other deceased were Anupam Shil, 47, Nirupam Shil, 45, Dipak Shil, 40 Champak Shil, 30, and Smaran Sushil, 32, sons of late Suresh Chandra Shil of Dulahazra union in Chakaria upazila. The fatal accident occurred around 5am on February 8 near Memorial Christian Hospital in the Malumghat area of Chakaria when the nine siblings were crossing a road, according to eye-witnesses.  Read: RAB detains driver of pick-up van that killed 5 brothers in Cox's Bazar The nine, all Hindus, had gone to a nearby temple to offer prayers for their father who was killed a day before. On February 11, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained the driver of the pick-up van from Dhaka's Mohammadpur area.

An 18-year-old youth was crushed to death by a speeding train in Dinajpur on Tuesday, police said. The deceased was identified as Al-Amin, son of Mominul Islam from Dighan Hazipara village in Sadar upazila. “We suspect the youth was run over by the Panchagarh-bound Kanchan Express in the morning,” said Abdus Sattar, a sub-inspector at Dinajpur railway police station. Also read: Woman, her grandchild die in Gazipur road accident His body parts were strewn on the tracks as the train had passed over. "The body parts have been handed over to his family members without an autopsy," he said. However, Al-Amin’s family claimed that he  ended his life as he had been suffering from mental illness. Also read: 2 killed, 10 hurt in Dinajpur bus accident

Vehicular movement resumed after over 31 hours on the Kushtia-Ishwardi highway on Monday night as an LPG tanker that overturned blocking the road was removed. The movement on the highway went back to normal around 11:30 pm after the ten-wheel truck was removed using a hydraulic crane, said Idris Ali, officer-in-charge of Chourhash highway police station. On Sunday at 3pm, the truck owned by BEXIMCO Pharmaceuticals Ltd heading towards Natore from Mongla port overturned near the Bahalbaria area in Mirpur upazila after its driver lost control of the vehicle on the broken road, he said. Also read:7 Rohingyas rescued while being trafficked to India, 1 held The truck lying horizontally on the road created a long tailback on both sides of the road as thousands of vehicles remained waiting, said Mohammad Saidul Alam, Kushtia Deputy Commissioner.

A local Awami League leader was allegedly hacked to death by a group of assailants in Jashore on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Thandu Mia, 44, member of Patibila Union Parishad ward-4 and son of Sirajul Islam of Patibila village in Chougacha upazila. Six more people sustained injuries in the attack. They have been identified as Mominur Rahman, 44, Abdul Hamid, 45, Wasim Sarkar, 32, Tito, 32, Abu Bakar Siddique, 40, and Mokbul Hossain, 35, from the same village. Also read: Autorickshaw driver hacked dead in Ctg According to Mokbul and other witnesses, all of them were sitting at a tea stall at Patibila Bazar around 7pm when some 10 people, including Tito, Ibrahim, Selim, Tota and Ashraf, attacked them with sharp weapons and sticks over an old enmity. Locals rushed the injured to Chougacha Upazila Health Complex. Thandu, Mominur and Abdul were later shifted to Jashore General Hospital, where doctors pronounced Thandu’s death. Saiful Alam, officer-in-charge of Chougacha police station, said, "Efforts are on to nab the accused." Also read: Rohingya boatman hacked to death in Cox's Bazar

Local people blocked the Sunamganj-Sylhet highway on Monday with the body of a 40-year-old man, who died allegedly in police custody. The protest took place around 12 pm in the Paglabazar area of Sunamganj-Sylhet road in Shantiganj upazila of the district causing a long tailback on the highway for three hours. Read:Himangshu’s death in ‘police custody’: 3-member probe body formed The deceased was identified as Ujir Mia, 40, of Shatru Mardan village of the upazilla, who was arrested by Santiganj Police on February 9 in a theft case and was produced before the court on the following day. However, Ujir Mia was granted bail on February 11 and was admitted to Kaitak Hospital of Chhatak after falling sick, said Kazi Muktadir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Saantiganj Police Station.  He died on Monday while undergoing treatment at the hospital. "The doctor can explain the cause of Ujir's death," said the OC. However, Ujir's brother Dalim Mia said his brother was tortured at the police station after being arrested. Following the death, outraged locals blocked the highway with the body of Ujir Mia, demanding justice allegedly for the torture in police custody. Read: Held for killing wife, man dies in police custody On information, Sunamganj Additional Superintendent of Police Abu Saeed and Additional District Magistrate Anwar-ul-Halim rushed to the spot and assured the protesters that action will be taken against those responsible, subject to investigation. Following the assurance from the officials, the locals lifted the blockade.

Eight people were injured as two rival groups of  Bangladesh Chhatro League (BCL) clashed at Chattogram Government Haji Muhammad Mohsin College over placing flowers at Shaheed Minar on Monday, marking International Mother Language Day. Witnesses said that two groups of BCL - followers of general secretary of Nagar Awami League and former city mayor AJM Nasir Uddin and followers of Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel - got involved in a clash at a stage over who would offer flowers first at the Shaheed Minar at the college premises around 12pm, leaving eight injured. Read: 10 BNP activists remanded over clash with police at Naya Paltan The injured were sent to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH). On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, said Ferdous Jahan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chawkbazar police station.

Police detained two men on Sunday for raping a teenage girl after kidnapping her and asking for ransom in Barishal. The arrestees were identified as Asif, from Bhanga upazila in Faridpur and his assistant Md Sohel. Detecting their location using technology, at around 5 am, Barishal Metropolitan Police rescued the girl from Asif’s house and nabbed the two accused, said Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan, deputy commissioner (south) of BMP. The victim is currently being treated at the One-stop Crisis Center at the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital. Also read: 3 remanded for slicing woman’s body after rape inside pharmacy in Sunamganj According to Bandar police station sources, the girl from the area got recently acquainted with the youth named Asif and they met at Barishal river port area on Saturday. Asif took the girl to his home in Bhanga upazila and asked for ransom money to her parents over phone on Saturday evening after raping her. The girl’s family lodged a complaint at Bandar police station in this regard the same night. They are preparing to take legal actions against the accused, said police. Also read: Kalabagan rape case: Lone accused Dihan indicted

Customs officials recovered two eight mm pistols and 60 rounds of bullets hidden in a a consignment of household goods at Chattogram port on Sunday.  Following a tip off officials conducted a search operation and recovered the firearms arms, ammunitions inside a carton with household goods brought from Italy, said Mohammad Salahuddin Rezvi, Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Customs. Also read: Customs official complain of threat on life by smugglers  He said two more plastic made guns were recovered and they are suspecting those to be just toys.  According to documents the consignment was sent from Rome by a Bangladeshi expat named Rajib Barua to the address of Kamrul Hasan, a resident of CGS Colony in the port city.  The customs official said law enforcing force has been informed of the recovery to take action in this regard. Also read: 2 drug dealers held with firearms, drug in city

At least 10 people, including a child, suffered injuries as a gas cylinder of a vehicle exploded at Aliganj in Fotulla of Narayanganj on Sunday morning. The incident occurred around 9 am when a gas cylinder of a vehicle exploded following a cigarette fire as some workers were repairing the vehicle behind a tin-shed house of Abdul Baten in Beparipara area of Fatullah's Aliganj, said Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, quoting locals. Read: 4 hurt in Agargaon coffee machine blast The type of the vehicle was not immediately known. Seven occupants of the house were burnt in the blast. Among the injured, six were admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. They are Hafsa, 6, Alam, 40, Judge Mia, 50, Sathi Aktar, 20, Asma, 40, and Hasina Momtaz, 38. The others are doing well after receiving first aid, said the official. Meanwhile, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost, said Alam and Judge Mia are in critical condition as they sustained more than 90 per cent burns on their bodies while Tahmina Akhter 80 per cent and Hasina Mumtaz 66 per cent. Read: Worker dies in Ctg gas cylinder blast However, the child Hafsa sustained 16 per cent burn injuries, her mother Sathi Aktar sustained six per cent and Hasina 66 per cent, SM Ayub Hossain, resident physician at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.