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Train accident again,this time in Sirajganj; 3 coaches catch fire
Two days after a deadly train crash in Brahmanbaria, three compartments of another train,Rangpur Express, caught fire after derailment in Ullapara on Thursday noon, snapping rail links between Dhaka and northern districts.
Man held for ‘raping’ handicapped girl in Jashore
Police arrested a man for allegedly raping a mentally impaired young girl at Panchkari village in Manirampur upazila on Wednesday.
‘Raped’ after abduction, girl rescued in Sylhet
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members rescued a 10-year-old girl, who was abducted from Gazipur and ‘raped’ in her confinement, from Nischintaput of South Surma upazila early Wednesday.
63-bigha orchard flattened overnight: 12 farmers lose 10,000 mango trees
Naogaon, Nov 13 (UNB) – Twelve mango farmers of a village in Naogaon have been rendered destitute by an audacious crime as miscreants felled some 10,000 mango trees from 63 bighas of an orchard shared between them.
3 held over girl’s ‘gang-rape’ in Chattogram
Police on Tuesday night arrested three youths in Patiya upazila over the alleged gang-rape of a girl.
Jubo League man killed in Rajshahi AL infighting over tender
A local Jubo League activist was killed as two Awami League factions engaged in a clash in the city on Wednesday over bagging a Bangladesh Railway tender.
Man killed in Satkhira road crash
A man was killed in a collision between a three-wheeler and a motorcycle at Patkelghata Bazar on Wednesday morning.
Where a rickety bamboo footbridge is the only hope
Residents of 10 villages of Lamakazi Union under Biswanath upazila are dependent on a single bamboo footbridge over the Kessha River for road communication.
‘Robber’ killed in B’baria ‘gunfight’
A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Jatrapur Chaporbari in Ashuganj upaizla early Wednesday.
Sundarbans: The physical buffer that needs a rest
The Forest Department is planning to give the Sundarbans, which minimised the intensity of cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’ as well as the extent of damages acting as a shield, a breathing space to heal its wounds by restricting the tourist flow into the world’s largest mangrove forest.