Man kills wife

A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband in Sakhipur upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased was Jobaida Begum, 25, wife of Hussain Ali of Bagerbari Burichala village. Police and locals said Hussain, 35, beat Jobaida, leaving her dead on the spot following an altercation over trifling matter. Hussain went into hiding soon after the incident. Police arrested Hussain's younger brother Danes Ali, 32, in this connection.