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1500 hens burnt alive in Gazaria farm
Munshiganj, Sept 19 (UNB) – At least 1500 hens were burnt to death while 20 sacks of feeds were turned to ashes in a fire at a dairy farm at Boktarkandi village in Gozaria upazila on Wednesday.
Man found hanging in Jashore
Jashore, Sept 19 (UNB) – Police recovered the hanging body of a man from Pashapol village in Chowghaachha upazila on Wednesday morning.
Man to die for killing wife in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Sept 19 (UNB) – A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Bagmara upazila in 2011.
N’ganj septic tank blast damages 2 shops, injures 1
Narayanganj, Sept 19 (UNB) – Two shops were damaged following an explosion in a septic tank of a building in Bandar upazila on Wednesday, leaving one person injured.
Schoolboy dies falling into pit latrine in C’nawabganj
Chapainawabganj, Sept 19 (UNB) – A schoolboy died after falling into a pit latrine at their courtyard at Kanchantala village in Gomastapur upazila on Wednesday while trying to pick a mobile phone set.
Two killed in Cumilla road crashes
Cumilla, Sept 19 (UNB) – Two people, including the driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chouddagram upazila on Wednesday.
Youth crushed under train in Pabna
Pabna, Sep 19 (UNB) – A young man was crushed to death under the wheels of a train at Bypass Railway Station in Ishwardi in the district on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Alamin, 23, a carpenter and son of Rakibul Islam of Paksi Bagholkhapara area in Ishwardi.
Alamin jumped off the running train at Bypass Railway Station around 8:30 am and fell under its wheels, said Subrata Datta, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Railway police.
Alamin died on the spot, he said.
Ex-JCD leader ‘trampled to death’ by elephant in Moulvibazar
Moulvibazar, Sept 19 (UNB) – A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was reportedly trampled to death by a wild elephant in Sagarnal area of Juri upazila on Tuesday night.
Man held with 40 gold bars at Sylhet Airport
Sylhet, Sept 19 (UNB) – Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a man along with 40 gold bars, weighing 4.64 kilograms, from a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport on Wednesday.
The arrestee was identified as Zahid Mia, 40, of Shekhghat Kalapara area in the city.
APBn Additional Superintendent Joynal Abedin said Biman flight BG EA-228 coming from Abu Dhabi landed here around 6:45 am.
Tipped off, a team of APBn conducted a search operation in the flight and recovered the gold bars from under a seat.
Later, the team arrested Zahid for carrying the gold bars, he said adding that the current market price of the gold is around 1.89 crore.
Two students found dead in Kurigram
Kurigram, Sept 19 (UNB) – Police recovered the bodies of two students from BSCIC Industrial area in Nazira village of Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Selina Akter, 12, a class VIII student of Amin Uddin Dakhil Madrasa and daughter of Jabed Ali of Dakuapara village and Jahangir Alam, 14, a class IX student of Kurigram Technical School and College and son of Syed Ali of Purba Kallyan village in the upazila.
Locals spotted the bodies of the two teenagers from near the Naleyarpar irrigation pump house and informed police in the morning, said Mehedul Karim, superintendent of Kurigram Police.
Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Sadar Hosptial morgue for autopsy.
The necks of the two students were entangled by scarfs, said police.