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Two women killed in Sirajganj road crash
Sirajganj, Oct 5 (UNB) – At least two women were killed as a speeding truck hit a battery-run auto rickshaw in Mulibari Check post area in the district town on Friday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Manoara Khatun, 50, wife of Afsar Ali and Chaina Khatun, 35, wife of Azizul Haque, of Konagati village in sadar upazila.
Syed Shahid Alam, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge West Police Station, said a Dhaka bound truck hit the auto-rickshaw at the place around 4:30 pm, leaving the duo dead on the spot.
Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital for an autopsy.
Police detained the truck from the spot while the driver and helper managed to flee the scene, added the OC.
A case was filed in this connection with the police station, said the OC.
Worker die falling off Maniikganj court building
Manikganj, Oct 5 (UNB) – A construction worker died and four others severely injured after falling from the under-construction building of the district Judges Court in the town on Friday.
Woman held with 6,000 Yaba pills in Jashore
Jashore, Oct 5 (UNB) – Police in a drive arrested a female drug peddler along with 6,000 pieces of contraband Yaba pills from her house in Uposhahar in the district town early Friday.
6 fraud gang members held in Gopalganj
Gopalganj, Oct 05 (UNB) - Police in a drive arrested six members of a fraud gang who deceive people in the name of arranging brides or grooms for them from Kashiani upazila sadar on Friday.
Narayanganj youth surrenders after killing wife
Narayanganj, Oct 5 (UNB) - A young man surrendered to police on Friday after killing his wife over a trivial matter in Fatullah of the city.
SUST teacher dies of cardiac arrest while saying Juma
Sylhet, Oct 5 (UNB) – A teacher of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) died of cardiac arrest while saying Juma prayers at the university central mosque on Friday.
Old age allowance ‘embezzled’ by Gopanganj UP member
Gopalganj, Oct 5 (UNB) – A union parishad member has alleged misappropriated old age allowance in Kotalipara upazila.
Truck-ambulance collision leaves one dead in Natore
Natore, Oct 5 (UNB) – A man was killed and four others were injured as an ambulance collided with a truck on Natore-Dhaka highway at Karbala in Baraigram upazila on Friday.
Teenager shot dead in Faridpur clash
Faridpur, Oct 5 (UNB) – A teenage boy was shot dead and five other people were injured in a clash between two rival groups over establishing supremacy at Joypasha village in Boalmari upazila on Friday.
Truck driver murdered in Jhenidah
Jhenidah, Oct 5 (UNB) – A truck driver was stabbed to death by miscreants at Zadabpur Dakkhinpara vilalge in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.