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10 RMG workers injured as human hauler overturns in Gazipur
Gazipur, Sept 2 (UNB) – At least 10 readymade garment (RMG) workers were injured as a human hauler overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Bhabanipur area of the city on Sunday morning.
48 held in anti-narcotics drive in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Sep 2 (UNB) - Police detained 48 people including 20 suspected drug peddlers from different parts of the city from Saturday evening to Sunday morning.
11 held with hemp in Sylhet
Sylhet, Sept 2 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested 11 people along with 140-gram hemp from Dakhshin Shurma upazila on Saturday night.
The arrestees are Abul Hossain Mia, 25, Syed Aziz, 28, Md Khairul Miah, 25, Shahadat Hossain Shuvo, 18, Md Shohel Alam, 28, Iran Miah, 34, Md Ferdous Ahmed, 25, Md Mobarak Hossain Selim, 25, Md Kazol Miah, 26, Jasim Uddin Sajib, 22 and Md Elim Ahmed, 23.
A team of Rab-9 conducted the drive in Bharthkhola Mosque Market area of the upazila headquarters around 8:30 pm and detained them along the hemp, said Md Moniruzzaman, senior assistant director of Rab-9.
The arrestees were handed over to Dakhshin Surma Police Station.
5 shops gutted in Jashore fire
Jashore, Sept 2 (UNB) – At least five shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Boro Bazar in the district town on Saturday night.
Head-on collision of two busses in Rangpur kills 6
Rangpur, Sept 2 (UNB) – At least six people were killed and 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Seo Bazar in the city on Sunday.
Human hauler driver found dead in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Sept 2 (UNB) – A human hauler driver was found dead at a banana orchard at Chakpalashi village in Puthia upazila on Sunday.
5 held in Gopalganj for blackmailing traders
Gopalganj, Sept 2 (UNB) – Police in separate drives on Saturday night detained five people on charge of blackmailing traders and extorting money from them by taking their photo with women in compromising situation.
2 killed in Bogura road crashes
Bogura, Sept 2 (UNB) – Two people were killed in separate road crashes in Sherpur upazila of the district early Sunday.
Sylhet to become country’s first digital city
Sylhet, Sep 2 (UNB) - Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister, Mustafa Jabbar on Sunday said that Sylhet will be the first digital city of the country.
Chalan Beel boat capsize: One missing woman found dead
Pabna, Sept 1 (UNB) – The body of a woman, who went missing as a boat sank in the Chalan Beel in Chatmohar upazila on Friday evening, was recovered early Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Momtaz Pervin Sheuli, 45, wife of scientific officer Billal Hossain Goni of Ishwardi Regional Agricultural Research Station.
A team of divers recovered the body around 1:10am, said Chatmohar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Oshim Kumar.
Besides, four people, including Billal, still remain missing.
The other missing people are Shahanz Pervin Parul, wife of columnist Mosharraf Hossain Musa, Rafiqul Islam Swapan, son of Saidur Rahman Biswas of Ambagan in Ishwardi upazila and his daughter Sadia Khatun.
Five people went missing as a boat sank in the beel around 7:30 pm on the day when a crack developed at its bottom.
All but five passengers swsm ashore, said Taposh Kumar Paul, senior assistant superintendent of Chatmohar circle police.