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Minor boy among 8 shot with bullets in N’ganj clash
Eight individuals, including a 9-year-old boy, sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two groups of villagers over longstanding local rivalry that boiled over on Monday at Naora in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.
The injured were identified as Akbar, 24, Tajel, 36, Joynal, 35, Shamim, 25, Muktar Hossain, 60, Nur Hossain, 24, Arif, 9, and Roman, 20.
Quoting witnesses, Dipak Kumar Saha, inspector of Rupganj Police Station, said an altercation broke out between the supporters of former Union Parishad Chairman Rafiqul Islam and former Union Parishad member Mosharraf Hossain, over a trifling matter.
At one stage, both groups opened fire, leaving eight people shot suffering bullet injuries.
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They were first taken to the local hospital and then shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.
The situation is under control, said Inspector Dipak. However, no official complaint has been lodged as yet.
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Additional police have been deployed in the area to avert further trouble, the inspector added.
Trawler collision in Meghna: 1 missing, another seriously injured
A passenger has gone missing after falling into the Meghna River in Rajarajeshwar, an area of Chandpur Sadar, after a collision between a cement-laden trawler and a Sakhipur-bound passenger trawler.
The incident took place on Sunday afternoon.
The driver of one of the trawlers, Monir Hossain, was seriously injured and is undergoing treatment at the District Sadar Hospital.
The name of the missing person is Shahidullah Gazi 48, from Tarabunia of Sakhipur thana of Shariatpur district, said Naval Police Station OC Md Kamruzzaman.
He said divers would search for the missing person on Monday morning.
The passenger trawler was going from Chandpur to Sakhipur Afaz Mollah Bazar. The cement-laden trawler was going to Barisal.
The two trawlers collided at the Rajarajeshwar area of the Meghna River.
Gazipur cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 16
The death toll from the gas cylinder blast in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila went up to 16, as another burn victim died on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Md Lalon, 24, son of Moynal Haque, a farmer of Sirajganj district.
Lalon, who had suffered 45 percent burns, breathed his last around 3:21 pm at the ICU of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said Tariqul Islam, resident medical officer of the hospital.
Lalon, along with his wife Sabina and 27-day old daughter Lamia, used to live in the Kaliakoir area where he worked at a garment factory in the area.
Currently, ten more victims are still undergoing treatment at the hospital.
At least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair on March 13.
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 leaking gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair around 6pm, right before iftar (it was the second day of Ramadan). When residents of the house threw it out on the road, the explosion occurred.
At the time, the road was bustling with people from all walks of life. Several bystanders and passers-by who had nothing to do with the house where the cylinder leaked were among the injured.
All sixteen deaths so far have occurred while undergoing treatment at the hospital.
2 people killed in Ctg road crash
Two people were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chattogram’s Mirsharai on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahim, 47, driver of a covered van, and Masum Billah, 42, owner of a cargo truck.
The crash occurred on Sunday morning in Nizampur Ridwan Filling Station area on Chattogram-bound Lane.Eyewitnesses said that the driver and owner of the covered van were killed on the spot when a speeding mini-covered van hit the back of a cargo truck in the morning.
On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies, said Md Alamgir Hossain, sub-inspector of Kumira Highway Police Station.
The families of the victims have been informed.
The crash might have occurred due to the driver's drowsiness, added the SI.
Trawler capsize in Meghna: Death toll climbs to 6 with recovery of three more bodies
Three more bodies were recovered from the Meghna river on Sunday, two days after a trawler capsized in the part of the river flowing through Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district.
The latest additions took the death toll to 6.
The deceased were identified as Anika Akter, 18, daughter of Daru Mia of Narsingdi district, Rupa Dey, 38, wife of Turun Dey of Bhairab municipality area, and Mahmuda, 7, daughter of police constable Sohel Rana.
One dies, 8 go missing as trawler sinks in Meghna
Local people spotted the floating bodies of the trio at Bhairab Bridge and Pultakanda areas of the river and informed the local firefighting units, who recovered the bodies around 2:30 pm.
On March 22 (Friday), one person died while eight others went missing when a trawler sank in the Meghna River after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead around 6 pm. Two more deaths were later confirmed before Sunday.
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Three people identified as Belon Dey, 38, Sohel Rana, 35, and Sohel’s son Raisul, 5, still remain missing.
Superintendent of Kishoreganj River Police Abdullah Al Mamun said the divers recovered two bodies from the river on Saturday.
KMCH interns go on 48-hour strike
Interns at Khulna Medical College Hospital went on a 48-hour strike on Sunday morning demanding an increase in salary and allowances.
Due to the strike, patients in the hospital are not getting their desired services since night.
No doctors were seen in most of the wards, causing suffering of the patients.
The 48-hour strike will continue until 8:30 pm on Monday (March 25) that started Sunday at 8:30 am today.
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Dibakar Chakma, president of Intern Doctors Council of KMCH and Dr. Asaduzzaman Sagar, general secretary of the same organisation, said last year interns and postgraduate trainee doctors staged demonstration demanding salary hike and then health minister promised to increase the salaries and allowances.
Later, the salary of post graduate trainee doctors was increased but the salary of interns was not, they said.
They said that if the salary and allowances are not increased by Tk 30,000, they will announce stronger programme.
Saudi expat killed in Chandpur road crash
A Saudi expatriate was killed and two others were injured on Saturday afternoon when a microbus collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Matlab Uttar upazila of Chandpur district.
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The deceased Nurul Islam, son of late Sahid Ullah Pradhan, was a resident of Fatehpur West Union of the upazila.
The accident occurred when the Chandpur bound CNG autorickshaw collided head-on with the microbus, leaving expat Nurul Islam dead on the spot and two others injured, said Mohammad Shahid Hossain, officer-in-Charge (OC) of Matlab Uttar Police Station.
Constable, 3 family members feared dead in Kishoreganj trawler capsize; shock grips parents
Injured Mofizul Islam, 30, and Md. Ali Akbar, 55, were taken to Chandpur Government General Hospital.
Police seized the microbus from the spot but its driver managed to flee, added the OC.
Zakat Foundation of America distributes food among low-income families in Sirajganj
Zakat Foundation of America has distributed food items to the 340 low-income families in Sirajganj's Belkuchi upazila on the occasion of Ramadan.
Zakat Foundation of America, Bangladesh distributed the food items on the premises of Belkuchi Degree College on Saturday afternoon.
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The food items included 10 kilograms of rice, potatoes, lentils, chickpeas, sugar and Soybean oil.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Afia Sultana Keya, Gazi Saidur Rahman, president of the local press club, Rezaul Karim, program manager of the foundation were present.
According to the sources, Zakat Foundation of America is implementing various humanitarian services in 43 countries of the world.
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In continuation of this, on the occasion of Ramadan, this foodstuff is being distributed among 2,200 helpless and poor families in 4 districts of Bangladesh.
Of these, food items have been distributed among 590 needy families in Belkuchi and Shahjadpur upazilas of Sirajganj districts.
Constable, 3 family members feared dead in Kishoreganj trawler capsize; shock grips parents
Shock gripped patents and relatives of constable Sohel Rana who along with wife and two children remained missing since a trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Kishoreganj’s Bhairab on Friday evening
Rana, a constable of Bhairab Police Station, along with his wife Moushumi and two children—Mahmuda and Raisul—of Fatehabad village in Debidwar upazila of Cumilla, and twelve other people went for a joyous trip in Ashuganj Sonarampur char in the Meghna river on Friday.When the trawler reached near Syed Nazrul Islam Bridge, it sank after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead in the evening, said Nurul Islam, member of Fatehabad union parishad.
One dies, 8 go missing as trawler sinks in MeghnaLocal people however, managed to rescue 12 people but eight people including Sohel and his family remained missing.Rana’s father Abdul Alim, mother and other family members went to Bhairab but they could not be traced them till Saturday afternoon.
A pall of gloom descended the river bank area with the wailing of the parents.Sohel joined Bangladesh police as constable in 2011.After the trawler capsize, two victims including a woman were taken to Bhairab upazila health complex where the doctors declared the woman dead. Another injured victim identified as Tofazzal, 22 was shifted to Dhaka for better treatment.
Father, son missing as trawler sinks in Meghna riverSaju Mia, officer-in-charge of Bhairab Highway Police, said they are trying to retrieve the bodies.
One dies, 8 go missing as trawler sinks in Meghna
A woman died and eight people including four of a family went missing as a trawler capsized after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead in the Meghna river in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district on Friday.The deceased was identified as Suborna Begum.Those who remained missing were Sohel Rana, a police constable of Bhairab Highway Police, his wife Moushumi, 25, their daughter Mahmuda, 7 and son Raisul, 5, Rupa Dey, 30, wife of Jhantu Dey, Araddhya, 12, niece of Rupa and Belon Dey, 38, brother-in-law of Rupa of Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district and Anika Akter, 18 of Narsingdi district.
Father, son missing as trawler sinks in Meghna riverAzizul Haque Rajon, station officer of Bhairab Fire Service, said the trawler carrying 20 people sank in the river when a sand-laden bulkhead hit the trawler around 6 am under Syed Nazrul Islam Bridge of the river on Friday.On information, divers from local fire service rushed to the spot and rescued 12 people with the help of local people.The diver also recovered an unconscious woman and took her to Bhairab Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared her dead.
3 bodies recovered 2 days after trawler capsized in Dhaleshwari RiverThe rescue operation was suspended for the night.On Saturday morning, the divers started the rescue operation but no bodies have been retrieved till the filling of this report around 12 pm.