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2 get life imprisonment for violating teenage girl in Tangail
A Tangail court on Tuesday sentenced two people to life imprisonment for violating a 13-year-old girl in 2022.
The convicts are Sagar Ahmed, 21, son of Aslam and Ahmed Nabil, 21, son of Abu Syed of Sakhipur upazila in Tangail district.
Tangail Woman and Child Repression Tribunal Judge Mahbubur Rahman handed down the punishment.
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According to the prosecution, Sagar developed a love affair with the girl, a resident of Basarchala in Sakhipur upazila.
On June 29, 2022, Sagar called the girl to meet him at a place at Basarchala village over phone.
When the girl appeared there, Sagar and Nabil took her to an abandoned place and violated her in turns.
On July 2, father of the girl filed a case against Sagar, Nabil and Farhad Hossain and police submitted chargesheet against them on February 28, 2023.
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After examining records and witnesses, the court acquitted Farhad as allegations brought against them could not be proved.
Locals block Sylhet-Tamabil highway protesting rising road accidents
Traffic on Sylhet-Tamabil-Jaflong highway remained suspended since Tuesday morning as local people put up barricade at Jaintia Gate protesting frequent road accidents on the highway.
Local people under the banner of residents of Chiknagul Union, took to the road around 11 am and blocked the highway.
2 held with 32 gold bars in Jashore
The protesters demanded punishment of those involved in different road accidents in the past six months after arrest, driving of vehicles by unlicensed driver and under-age driver, conducting mobile court drive on the highway twice in a month, stopping transportation of cattle, buffalo and smuggled goods by pick-up vans, taking steps to stop movement of unauthorised CNG-run auto-rickshaw and movement of human haulers on highways.
Jaintapur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sajedul Islam, Assistant superintendent of Gowainghat-Companiganj circle Shahidur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Jaintapur Model Policed Station Tajul Islam, Traffic Inspector of District Police Rafique Ahmed and Chiknagul union unit Awami League President Abul Hasan Chowdhury rushed to the spot and tried to settle the issue.
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Earlier on Monday, six people including three members of a family were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a pick-up van and hauman hauler on Sylhet-Tamabil highway at Darbast.
2 held with 32 gold bars in Jashore
Detectives in a drive arrested two people along with 32 gold bars, weighing 3.35 kg, from Khajura Bus Stand in Jashore New Market area on Monday.
The arrestees were identified as Shahidul islam, 30, son of Imanur Rahman of Putkhali village in Benapole and Sumon Hossain, 28, son of Alauddin of Sharsha upazila in Jashore district.
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Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a drive in the area around 3 pm and intercepted a private car carrying two people, said Additional Superintendent of Jashore Police Jewel Imran.
Later, police seized 32 gold bars, wrapped in scotch tape and kept hidden tactfully, after searching the vehicles.
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Police also seized the private car.
The market value of the gold bars is Tk 4 crore.
Collision between pick-up van, three wheeler leaves six dead in Sylhet
Six people including two children were killed and five others injured in a collision between a pick-up van and human hauler on Sylhet-Tamabil highway at Darbast in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet on Monday morning.
The deceased were identified as Mongoli Patra, 55, wife of Santosh Patra, Sabitri Patra, 35, wife of Nantu Patra, Suchita Patra, 35, wife of Krish Patra and their six-month-old daughter Bizli, Shyamla Patra, 55, wife of Nipentra Patra and Ritu Patra, 8, daughter of Subhendra Patra.
Quoting witnesses, Jaintapur Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tajul Islam, said the accident occurred in front of Palli Bidyut Shamity-2 office around 11:45 am when the cow-laden pickup van collided with Mokampunji-bound human hauler, leaving four people dead on the spot and seven others injured.
2 die in road accident in Sylhet
The injured were taken to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared two of them dead, said the OC.
Mongoli Patra along with others met the tragic accident while heading towards Mokampunji to attend a wedding ceremony.
One of the victims was undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care unit.
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Vehicular movement on Sylhet-Tamabil road remained suspended for one and half an hour as local people put up barricades on the road protesting the accident.
BRTC bus launched at Bangabandhu Industrial Park in Mirsarai on trial basis
The authorities concerned have launched BRTC bus service at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Industrial Park in Chattogram’s Mirsarai upazila on trial basis to ease their movement workers of the industrial park and general passengers.
Two double-decker buses of state-owned BRTC will be operating on a 34 kilometer road spanning from Sitakunda upazila to Mirsarai’ Bariarhat municipality.
Md Omar Faruk Mehedi, manager (operations) of the BRTC Depot in Noakhalia’s Sonapur, said they have decided to operate the BRTC bus on the route to ease movement of the industrial park workers.
He also said that general passengers can use the BRTC bus by paying the fare fixed by the government.
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Terming the BRTC bus service on the route a time befitting initiative, Mirsarai Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mahfuza Jerin said the transport crisis for carrying over 10, 000 staff and workers of the industrial park has been aggravating day by day.
This bus service will play a role in reducing the suffering of the workers, she hoped.
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Mirsarai Express Managing Director Mohammad Selim said they are planning to resume bus service ‘Zone Express’ for smooth movement of the workers of the industrial park.
Gazipur gas cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 10
Four more people including a child, who suffered burn injuries in the gas cylinder blast in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila, have died , raising the death toll from the incident to ten.
The deceased were identified as Golam Rabbi, 11, Solaiman, 9, Jahirul Islam, 40, and Motaleb, 40.
Dr. Partha Shankar Pal, a resident physician at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery said victims breathed their last at the ICU of the burn institute from Sunday night to Monday morning.
With 3 more demises today, death toll from Gazipur gas cylinder blast rises to 6
The bodies were kept at the hospital morgue, he added.
Rabbi suffered 90 percent burns, Solaiman 80 percent, Zahirul 65 percent and Motaleb 95 percent, he said.
At least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair on Wednesday evening.
One patient was admitted with 100 percent burns while three were hospitalised with 95 percent burns, and 16 were hospitalised with over 50 percent burns, according to sources at the hospital.
RMG worker injured in Gazipur gas cylinder blast dies
Locals said a fire broke out from a gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair around 6 pm on Wednesday. When the residents of the house threw it out on the road, the explosion occurred.
Youth drowns in Dhaka's Jurain
A 20-year-old youth drowned in the capital's Jurain area on Sunday evening.
The deceased was identified as Kamal Hossain, son of Aslam of Holudia village in Munshiganj district. He used to live in a rented house in Kadamtoli area.
Kamal suddenly fell into the canal next to Zurain Biri Factory under Kadmatoli police station at 7:10 pm.
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Jamal Hossain, brother of the victim, rescued him and took him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead at 7:30 pm.
The body has been kept in the mortuary in the emergency department for post-mortem, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) police outpost.
With 3 more demises today, death toll from Gazipur gas cylinder blast rises to 6
With 3 more demises today, death toll from Gazipur gas cylinder blast rises to 6
The death toll from the gas cylinder blast in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila went up to six, as another burn victims died this evening,
The deceased RMG garment worker, Nargis Khatun, 22, who was declared dead around 6:50 pm on Sunday, lost her husband, Mahidul Khan, earlier in the morning.
Mahidul Khan, 25, son Sabed Khan of Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur upazila, and Ariful Islam, 38, son of Abdul Razzak of Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila, was declared dead in the morning.
Youth drowns in Dhaka's Jurain
Dr Partha Shankar Pal, resident physician at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, the two men succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment at the institute around 6:45 am.
Nargis suffered 90 percent burns, Ariful 70 percent while Mahidul suffered 95 percent burns, informed the physician.
They were RMG workers, and used to live with their families in the area.
Earlier on Saturday night, three-year-old Taieyba, daughter of Sajal of Mymensingh’s Fulbaria upazila, died while undergoing treatment at the Burn Institute. She had 80 percent burns.
Her seven-year-old brother Tawhid is also being treated at the hospital.
Last Friday morning, 45-year-old RMG worker Md Solaiman Mollah, a resident of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj, died while receiving treatment at the Burn Institute with 95 percent burns.
At least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair on Wednesday evening.
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One patient was admitted with 100 percent burns while three were hospitalised with 95 percent burns, and 16 were hospitalised with over 50 percent burns, according to sources at the hospital.
Locals said a fire broke out from a gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair around 6 pm on Wednesday. When the residents of the house threw it out on the road, the explosion occurred.
No crossing point for 2 months; man lends ladder to passengers for Tk 5, gets arrested
A youth was arrested on Sunday (March 17, 2024) after a video of him went viral on social media where he could be seen lending ladders to bus passengers in exchange of Tk5 on a highway in Narayanganj .
AKM Sharifuddin, In charge of Kanchpur Highway Shimla Police Camp, said they arrested him after watching the viral video.
Risky road crossing had become a common scene in the 3.3 km area for the past two months as there were no crossing points from the long distance route's road to the regional road which is at least 24 minutes walking distance.
With 3 more demises today, death toll from Gazipur gas cylinder blast rises to 6
For the past two months, the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) authority has kept the crossing point at Dhaka-bound road from Kanchpur Bridge in Siddhirganj to Kuwait Plaza area closed. As a result, passengers have been crossing roads by jumping the lane's divider.
According to the Roads and Highways Department (RHD), the four-lane Dhaka-bound road from Kanchpur Bridge in Siddhirganj to Kuwait Plaza area was divided into two lanes with high dividers to stop risky road crossing and to ensure long-distance vehicles' direct route to Dhaka.
A gate was kept open in front of the RHD office for the movement of passengers from long-distance lanes to regional lanes, but the RHD authorities closed it two months ago.
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Narayanganj RHD's Executive Engineer Shahana Ferdous said, they tried several times to enforce the movement of bus services in the designated service line with Highway Police, but they failed to enforce it.
Man held with gold powder, bar at Chattogram airport
Members of National Security Intelligence (NSI) on Sunday arrested a man along with half kg of gold powder, gold bar, and ornaments from Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport.
The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Nezam Uddin, of Boalkhali upaizla in Chattogram district.
Taslim Ahmed, director of the airport, said a flight of Air Arabia landed at the airport from Sharjah in the morning.
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Tipped off, a team of NSI challenged Nezam and seized half kg of gold powder, one gold bar, weighing 116.5 grams, gold ornaments, weighing 100 grams worth Tk 39.85 lakh after searching Nezam’s body and arrested him.
Process is on to take legal steps against Nezam, said Taslim.