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Police on Saturday arrested a youth from Joypurhat Sadar for his alleged involvement in vandalising two Hindu temples . The arrestee has been identified as Shamsul Alam alias Lalbabu (34). Confirming the news, Joypurhat Sadar upazila told UNB that idols which were being created ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja were vandalised in two temples on Friday night. Read: Body recovered in trunk identified after 6 years, 1 arrested: PBI Birendranath Sikder, filed a case with Joypurhat Sadar Police Station on Saturday over the vandalism naming Shamsul Alam as the main accused. Joypurhat District Superintendent of Police Mashum Ahmed Bhunya said,”Already the main accused in the case has been arrested and others involved will follow him soon. There will be zero tolerance against  anything  which threatens the communal harmony of the nation.”

Youths sometimes move with an unusual speed when it comes to love, and get married keeping their families in the dark that lead to ugly family fights. Nasirul Islam, 21, son of Khalilur Rahman and Keyamoni, 18, daughter of Karimul Islam of Bhangbari village in Ranishankoil upazila of Thakurgaon district did the same thing, inviting troubles for themselves. Villagers said the youth was tied to a tree and tortured brutally allegedly by his in-laws for marrying the girl. The incident took place on Monday but it came to light on Thursday as a video clip of the incident went viral on social media, sparking off huge criticisms and prompting the police to take legal steps. Also read: Shariatpur journo attacked for shooting video of woman being thrashed

The body of a tourist who drowned in Nikli Haor in Kishorganj on Friday was recovered Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Roni,22, a pickup  driver from Cumilla. Besides, Md Alamgir, 20 of Gaibandha district, who also drowned in the waterbody, remained missing. Also read: Decomposed body of 'foreign citizen' recovered from Kushiara river According to locals, both of them drowned around 11 am Friday while taking bath in the waterbody at Ghoradhigha village in Nikli Upazila on Friday. Officer-in-Charge of Md Shamsul Islam said the body of one tourist was recovered and rescue operation is going on to find the missing one. Also read: Police recover body of a tourist from Cox's Bazar hotel

A police officer was allegedly stabbed to death by a suspected drug addict in the Shahebganj area of Rangpur city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Peyarul Islam, 35, originally from Mogolhati in Lalmonirhat district. Shawkat Ali Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Haragachha Police Station, said a police team, led by sub-inspector Peyarul, raided the area around 3.30 am on a tip-off about the presence of drug addicts there. Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, the drug addicts tried to escape in the dark. Peyarul managed to nab one of them, identified as Palash, but the latter stabbed him multiple times, leaving him critically injured. The officer was rushed to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries around 11.45 am. Palash has been arrested, Shawkat said.

A tenth-grader was electrocuted in Sylhet city Friday. The deceased Shahirul Haque Chowdhury, 15, was from the Ghurni residential area. The schoolboy's family members said he came in contact with a live electric wire while changing an IPS line, after which they found him unconscious. Read: Rickshawpuller electrocuted while charging his vehicle's battery Shahirul was declared dead after being rushed to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, Airport Police Station (Sylhet metropolitan) Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mainul Zakir told UNB.

A pregnant woman was killed and her 60-year-old father critically injured after a wall collapsed on them in Masdair area of Narayanganj's Fatullah Friday. The boundary wall of an adjacent plot came tumbling down in the evening, killing Moyna Begum (25) on the spot, police said. Her father Jinnat Ali was seriously injured and admitted to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation for treatment, Fatullah Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Rakibuzzaman said. Also read: 4 girls attempt suicide at Social Services Dept-run rehab centre Moyna's husband Ripon Mia said his two-and-a-half months pregnant wife and father-in-law were returning home from a relative's house in Masdair on a rickshaw when the boundary wall crashed down on them. "However, the rickshaw puller managed to escape," he added. The locals rushed the father and daughter to Narayanganj's Victoria General Hospital where Moyna was declared dead upon arrival. Also read: Woman poisons daughter, commits suicide in Jashore "On information, the police went to the spot. The incident is being investigated," OC Rakibuzzaman said.

A 16-year-old schoolboy hanged himself at his house in Brown compound of Barishal town on Friday noon as his parents refused to buy him a motorcycle. The deceased was identified as Md Raiyan, son of Md Shahzada of the area. He was an SSC examinee of Barishal Zilla School. Also read: 4 girls attempt suicide at Social Services Dept-run rehab centre The deceased’s father said Raiyan was a drug addict and he had been demanding a motorcycle for some days. On Friday noon, he committed suicide by hanging himself as his parents didn’t buy him the motorcycle that he demanded. Later, police recovered Raiyan's hanging body from his home in the city's Brown Compound on Friday afternoon. Also read: Woman poisons daughter, commits suicide in Jashore Sultan Mahmud, Sub-inspector of Kotwali Model Police Station, said the body was sent to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

Two fishermen drowned and one went missing as their fishing trawler capsized after a collision with an ocean-going ship off Chattogram city early Friday. Police said the bodies of Md Rubel , 26, and Md Mafu, 28, who hailed from Monpura island in Bhola district, were recovered, while  search for missing fisherman Md Mizanur Rahman, 36 continued.  Mizanur is a resident of Charfaijuddin village in Hajirhat union of the upazila. Sources said the fishing trawler of Monpura’s Gias Uddin with 11 fishermen was hit by a ship in the deep sea close to the gas field of Chattogram around 4am Friday. Read: Brahmanbaria trawler capsize: death toll climbs to 23 Eight fishermen were rescued by another nearby trawler owned by Monpura’s Kamal Majhi. They also recovered two bodies from the sea. Saeed Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Monpura Police Station, said efforts are underway to rescue the missing fisherman.

Four people were killed as a CNG auto rickshaw plunged into a ditch after being hit by a truck on the Khulna-Satkhira Highway at Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Friday. The deceased were identified as CNG driver Ilias Sardar, 45, son of Zakaria Sardar of Sharafpur in Dumuria, Reshma Khatun, 32, daughter of Mohiuddin of Rudaghara village. The identities of two others are yet to be known. Read: Two die in Naogaon road crash The accident occurred when a sand-laden truck hit the CNG on Khulna-Satkhira Highway near east Jilerdanga area around 2pm and then the CNG plunged into a roadside ditch. After four hours of frantic effort, the fire service recovered four bodies from the ditch at 6 pm. However, the CNG could not be recovered. Read: CMCH doctor dies from road crash injuries Obaidur Rahman, Officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, said they detained the truck driver Rakib Sheikh over the accident.

Naval police recovered the body of a man from Bridgeghat area of Karnaphuli River on Friday, two days after he went missing from an oil tanker that caught fire on the river in Chattogram. Nazrul Islam Saddam, 35,  jumped into the river to escape the fire caused by an explosion on tanker ‘OT Ocean” during gas wielding work in its engine room on Wednesday. Read: Decomposed body of 'foreign citizen' recovered from Kushiara river A worker named Junayed was burnt to death on board the vessel. Several others were injured. But Nazrul was missing since he jumped off the vessel.   Read: Another body washes ashore on Cox’s Bazar beach ABM Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat Naval Police, said the body was sent to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital for an autopsy.