Barishal
Heavy rainfall warning for Khulna, Ctg & Barishal
The current spell of pleasant weather in Bangladesh is likely to continue, as the weatherman has predicted heavy showers in three divisions in the next 24 hours.
In fact, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Tuesday issued the heavy rainfall warning for three divisions as severe cyclonic storm ‘Asani’ over the west central Bay and adjoining areas moved west-northwestwards.
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“Moderately heavy (23-43mm) to very heavy (88mm or more) rainfall is likely to occur at places over Khulna, Chattogram and Barishal divisions during the next 24 hours," the BMD said in its weather bulletin.
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Newborn rescued from Barishal hospital’s toilet pipe
A newborn has been rescued from the sewerage pipe of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital after her mother gave birth in a toilet of the maternity ward, the hospital’s director said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when Shilpi Begum accidentally delivered the baby girl on a high commode of the toilet.
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The prematurely born baby slipped toilet’s pipeline and got stuck some metres below,, said baby’s father Neyamat Ullah, a fisher from Swarupkathi upazila in Pirojpur.
He said,” I went out to bring some medicines after the doctor decided to conduct a c section surgery for delivering the baby. As I returned, I saw people crowding around the toilet and my relatives crying.”
“They described to me the whole incident. I could hear my baby crying from inside the pipe but was unable to bring her out,” said he.
The hospital immediately informed the nearby Fire Service office to rescue the baby. But before they arrived Neyamat broke the pipe on the second floor of the hospital building and rescued the baby who suffered slight bruises.
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Baby’s mother Shilpi said she didn’t realise when she gave birth due to severe labour pain.
“The rescued baby is currently admitted at Special Care Newborn Units (SCANU) and the mother at the maternity ward. We are giving top priority to their treatment,” said Dr HM Saiful Islam, Director of SBMCH.
Barishal ferry terminal brim with Eid rush
Call it the Eid travel rush at the Barishal ferry terminal, as hundreds of people have begun travelling to their hometowns to celebrate the festival.
Some 23 ferries have been anchored at the Barishal terminal since Friday midnight as authorities have started special services for Eid holidays.
On Thursday, each of these ferries carried 4,000 passengers from Dhaka to Barishal, according to the terminal authorities.
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According to the authorities, Rajarhat B was the first vessel to reach Barishal from the capital's Sadarghat around 1am, followed by Royal Cruise, Pubali 7, Farhan 7, Manami, Red Sun, Parbat 10, Prince Awlad 10, Kuakata 2, Sundarban 11 and Surovi 8.
2 children drown in Barishal
Two minor children drowned in a pond at Muladi in Sadar upazila of Barishal on Wednesday morning.
The deceased were identified as six-month-old boy Ariyan Khan, son of Sumon Khan, and his cousin two-year-old girl Sarika Aktar, daughter of Abdul Jabbar of Chardakatia village of the upazila.
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The two children fell into the pond while playing around 11 am, said Md Yusuf, sub-inspector (SI) of Muladi police station.
Later, local people found the floating bodies of the two children around 2pm and took them to Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared them dead, the SI added.
Death toll from Barishal trawler capsize rises to 5
The death toll from the trawler capsize in the Gazaria river of Barishal district rose to five, with the recovery of two more bodies on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Mala Begum, 38 and Yeamin, 5.
Local people spotted the floating bodies of Mala and Yeamin, three kilometers off the accident spot around 9 am and informed police who recovered the bodies later, said Touhid Zaman, officer-in-charge of Mehendiganj Police Station.
READ: Two drown, 3 missing as ferry sinks off Barishal coast
Earlier, on Saturday, police recovered the body of a child.
On Friday, Coast Guard members recovered the bodies of two people from the river.
Five people went missing when the passenger trawler with nine people on board sank in the river off the coast of Mehendiganj upazila due to strong current while heading towards Dabirchar Khajuria from Majherchar on Wednesday.
Barishal University student gets job at Google
A student of the University Barishal (BU) has recently been offered a job at Google, American company that is most commonly known as a search engine.
Abu Sayem Sefatullah, a Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department student at BU of 2015-16 sessions, received a job offer for the post of software engineer at Google, said Assistant Professor of the department Md Mostafizur Rahman.
He took to social media for congratulating Sayem on his success. In his post, the Md Mostafizur said it was a great achievement for both the university and the department.
“Sayem had earlier represented the university in International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) and National Collegiate Programming Contest (NCPC) through Team ‘Robotrush’. I am proud to be the official coach of this team in 2017-2020. Congratulations and best wishes for him. I hope other students of BU will follow his path,” said the post.
Talking to UNB, Abu Sayem said that all those who study at CSE want to get a job in tech company like Google. “I also had the same dream. I used to participate in programming contests since I was a first-year student.”
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“When I was in the 7th semester, I got an offer from Singapore. But I waited for an offer from Google which was my major target,” he said.
Google's interview process is long and difficult, he said adding that his interview started in November last year.
“After going through many rounds and processes for months, I finally got the offer yesterday,” Sayem added.
Housewife killed ‘for not paying extortion money’ in Barishal
A housewife was killed allegedly for refusing to pay extortion money in Barishal city on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Afia Khatun, 45, wife of former army member Gias Uddin and a resident of Khasipur Fishery Road area of Barishal city.
Deceased’s husband Gias Uddin said local terrorist Md. Monu had been demanding extortion from him for building a new house in the area.
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As he did not pay the extortion money, Monu beat up Gias at first and later hit Afia Khatun with a brick, he said.
Seriously injured Afia was rushed to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
Barishal Airport Police Station officer-in-charge Kamolesh Halder said on information, a police team has been sent to the spot.
2 killed in Barishal road crash
Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a three-wheeler and a motorcycle in Barishal's Hijla upazila on Monday.
The deceased were identified as motorcyclist Yasin, 15, a 9th grade student of Mahishkhola Senior Dakhil Madrasa and son of Sattar Palban of Guabaria union, and the three-wheeler's driver Quddus, 30, son of Hashem Hawladar of Charmemania village of Memania union.
The accident occurred on Monday afternoon on a road west of Kauria Bazar in Guabaria Union of the upazila.
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According to witnesses, the three-wheeler was heading from Kauria Bazar to Muladi. After crossing the road it collided head-on with a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction. Madrasa student Yasin died on the spot and the injured driver died at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital while undergoing treatment.
Hijla police OC Yunus Mia said the bodies were sent to the morgue for autopsy.
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3 tourist cops shunted out for attack on Barishal hospital nurse
Three personnel of the Barishal zone tourist police have been shunted out in connection with the attack on a nurse at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) on Wednesday night.
The punitive action was taken against inspector Bulbul Ahmed and constables Zaved and Mehedi after a preliminary probe found them guilty, Rezaul Karim, superintendent of the Barishal region tourist police, told UNB.
The three have been attached to the Tourist Police headquarters for now, he added.
Aslo read: Sher-e-Bangla nurses go on strike over police attack on colleague
On Wednesday night, after being injured in a road accident, inspector Bulbul was rushed to the emergency department of SBMCH.
There an altercation started between him and on-duty senior nurse Saiful Islam after the latter asked the name of the patient. At one point, the inspector and the two others allegedly thrashed Saiful.
Nurses of SBMCH went on a strike on Thursday morning in protest against the attack on their colleague. They called off the strike only after the authorities assured them of action in the case.
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24-yr-old BCS aspirant ends life in Barishal
A 24-year-old housewife preparing for the Bangladesh Civil Service exams allegedly ended her life in her house in Barishal city on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Sadia Aktar Sathi, wife of Mainul Islam of Boidyapara in Barishal city.
Sadia’s body was discovered by police who broke open the door of the house around 1pm on Monday after being alerted by her neighbours.
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"We alerted the police after getting no response, despite repeated knocks on her door," one of Sadia's neighbours told UNB. "Half an hour ago, her eight-year-old girl child returned home from school."
Rezaul Islam, a sub-inspector at Kotwali Model Police Station, said she was found hanging from the ceiling of the house when they broke open the door. "On the wall in front of Sadia's reading table, it was written 'I have to crack the BCS exams'."
The reason behind the suicide will be ascertained only after a probe, he said, adding that no complaint was received from the family in connection with her death.
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The body was sent to the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) morgue for an autopsy, SI Rezaul said.