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Woman drowns in pond
Unb, Sirajganj
A housewife drowned in a pond at Dhukuria Bera village in Belkuchi upazila on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Bilkis Khatun, 23, wife of Abul Baki, of Kalagachi village. Locals said Bilkis drowned in the pond adjacent to her house while washing clothes. Later, locals recovered her floating body after a frantic search.
3 Jamaat-Shibir men held
Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar
Police arrested three Jamaat-Shibir men in Uttarbazar area of Kulaura upazila headquarters yesterday afternoon. The arrestees are Md Abdur Barik, 60, upazila Jamaat ameer and Shibir activists Mujahidul Islam, 19, Jamal Uddin, 27 of the area. They were arrested when they started picketing in the area during hartal sponsored by Jamaat, said Amol Kumar Dhar, officer in-charge of Kulaura Police Station.
Rice mill worker electrocuted
Our Correspondent, Jhenidah
A rice mill worker was electrocuted at Hatgopalpur Bazar under Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The dead is Billal Hossain, 32, son of Anwar Hossain of Teurdah Koloni para in the upazila. Bikas Biswas, chairman of Jhenidah Sadar Upazila Parishad, said Billal came in contact with a live electric wire while working at the mills owned by Kajal Hossain. He died at Sadar hospital around 11:00am.
Man killed in clash
Our correspondent, Moulvibazar
A man was killed and 30 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups in Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district on Tuesday. The deceased is Tofazzal Hossain, 45, son of Abdul Jabbar of Paikapan village. Police said an altercation took place between two groups of Paikapan and Asampur villages over fishing in a haor (water body) at Jamtala in the afternoon. At one stage, the rival groups, equipped with lethal weapons and firearms, attacked each other, leaving 31 people injured. Of them, critically injured Tofazzal was rushed to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital where he died at 10:00 pm. A case was filed in this connection, said Al-Amin, officer in-charge of Sadar Police Station.
JCD leader arrested
Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Barkapon area in the town on Wednesday. The detainee, Alim Hossain Miru, son of a late Mofiz Mia, of Tailakbijoy village in Sadar upazila, is the senior joint-convenor of district unit of JCD. Contacted, Nazma Begum, sub-inspector of Sadar Model Police Station, said being informed, police nabbed Miru, accused in a case filed with the police station.
Prisoner dies in Panchagarh
Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon
A prisoner died at Panchagarh Sadar Hospital on Wednesday. The deceased is Wazed Ali, 60, of Alamnagar village in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh. Yunus Zaman, jailer of Panchagarh District Jail, said on Monday evening, Wazed was arrested in a rape case and sent to district jail. Yesterday morning he complained about a chest pain and was rushed to the hospital where he died around 8:45am. An unnatural death (UD) case was filed with Panchagarh Sadar Police Station.
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