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6 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Narsingdi
Six people were killed as a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Itakhola-Katiadi road in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi district on Saturday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.
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The truck crashed into the auto-rickshaw at Pacharbari while heading towards Monohardi upazila, leaving the auto-rickshaw driver and five passengers dead on the spot, said Afzal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shibpur model police station.
On information, a team of local fire service and police recovered the bodies.
1 month ago
4 of a family among 5 killed in Ctg road crashes
Five people including four members of a family were killed in separate road accidents in Mirsarai and Hathazari upazilas of Chattogram on Tuesday,
In Mirsarai, a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the Khoiyachhora area, leaving all its four passengers, including a child, dead on the spot when they were on their way to attend an event in Sitakunda.
The auto-rickshaw got smashed and truck fell into a roadside ditch after the crash, said police and witnesses.
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The deceased were identified as Kajol Rekha, Nurjahan, Shirina, and 7-month-old infant Nihat.
Sohel Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Jorarganj Highway Police Station, said they went to spot upon receiving news of the accident and recovered the bodies.
In a separate incident in Hathazari upazila, Mohammad Azwad Mahin, a madrasha student, was killed after being hit by a speeding bus on the Chittagong-Khagrachhari road.
Following the accident, fellow madrasa students and local residents blocked the road in protest. Police later arrived at the scene and brought the situation under control.
1 month ago
Man killed in lynch-mob attack in Chapainawabganj
A man was killed in a lynch-mob attack on Thursday morning after allegedly attacking a local mosque's imam in the Shimultala area of Sadar Upazila in Chapainawabganj.
Mizu Islam was severely beaten by locals around 8 am after he stabbed Imam Mohammad Hossain, said police and witnesses.
Harunur Rashid, a resident of the same area, was also injured while attempting to save the imam.
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Mizu was taken to the 250-bed district hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Mizu had long been involved in drug dealing, said S.M. Zakaria, officer-in-charge of Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station.
It is believed he attacked imam Hossain out of anger after the local anti-drug committee provided information about him to the police, he said.
The body was sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy, he said.
1 month ago
Eight die in private car crash in Pirojpur: Police
Eight people were killed after a private car lost control and fell into a roadside canal in Pirojpur Sadar upazila early thursday.
The incident occurred at the Nurani Gate area along the Pirojpur-Nazirpur road.
Fire service personnel, alerted by local residents, recovered the bodies from the submerged vehicle at around 3am.
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Additional Superintendent of Police in Pirojpur, Md. Mukit Hasan Khan, confirmed the deaths.
The deceased include two men, two women, and four children.
They have been identified as Shaon Mridha,32, his wife Amena Begum,30, and their sons Abdul,3 and Shahadat,10, all residents of Hoglabunia village in Nazirpur upazila, Pirojpur and Motaleb,45, his wife Sabina Akter,30, daughter Mukta,12, and son Soyaib,2, all residents of Ragunathpur, Sherpur Sadar upazila.
Shaon’s cousin, Murad, said that Shaon and Motaleb had been traveling back from Kuakata to Shaon’s residence in Hoglabunia after a trip. Around 3 am their car lost control at the Nurani Gate area and plunged into a canal, where it became submerged.
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Locals immediately informed the fire service and police. Upon recovery, all eight passengers were rushed to Pirojpur District Hospital, where doctors declared them dead.
Dr. Asif Hossain of Pirojpur District Hospital said that the victims were brought in around 3:30 am.
According to Additional Superintendent of Police Mukit Hasan Khan, an ID card found on Motaleb confirmed his identity, and he was employed as civil staff in the Bangladesh Army.
1 month ago
A gang in Haiti has killed more than 20 and injured dozens after raiding a small town, official says
Gang members attacked a small town in central Haiti early Thursday, killing more than 20 people, including children, according to a human rights group.
Another 50 people were injured as the Gran Grif gang burned homes and cars in the town of Pont-Sondé, said Bertide Harace, spokeswoman for the Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Awareness to Save the Artibonite.
“A lot of people ran and left the area,” she told Radio Kiskeya.
A video posted on social media shows a group of people fleeing through the brush, with one woman who was out of breath saying, “Nowhere to go. Nowhere to go.” In another video, dozens of people start running through a street after hearing rumors that the gang was approaching.
Harace and others criticized police in the nearby coastal city of Saint-Marc, saying they did not mobilize to help people being attacked in Pont-Sondé.
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Venson François, a government prosecutor based in Saint-Marc, called the attack a “massacre” in an interview with Radio Caraïbes.
Dozens of people crowded around a hospital in Saint-Marc where the injured were taken, with one man telling reporters that local authorities are not doing enough to protect people.
The attack in Pont-Sondé was blamed on the Gran Grif gang. It operates in the central Artibonite region, and experts have described it as one of Haiti’s cruelest gangs. It has gained control of more territory since 2022 under the leadership of Luckson Elan, who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department last month.
In January 2023, the Gran Grif gang was accused of attacking a police station in Liancourt, located near Pont-Sondé, and killing at least six officers. Violence unleashed by the gang also forced the closure of a hospital in February 2023 that serves more than 700,000 people.
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Former Haitian legislator Prophane Victor, who represented the Artibonite department, began arming young men who eventually formed the Gran Grif gang to secure his election and control over the area, according to a U.N. report. The U.S. also sanctioned Victor last month.
The gang has about 100 members and has been accused of crimes including murder, rape, robberies and kidnappings, according to the report.
While most of the gang violence is concentrated in the capital of Port-au-Prince, it has spread in recent years to the Artibonite region, where much of Haiti's food is produced.
2 months ago
2 killed as train hits human hauler in Rajshahi
Two people were killed when a train hit an engine-run human hauler at a level crossing at Mohanpur in Paba upazila of Rajshahi district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Mofazzal Hossain, 35, a driver of the human hauler and his helper Habibur Rahman Habib, 32 of the upazila.
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Khairul Islam, in-charge of Rajshahi University Fire Service Station, said the accident occurred around 4 pm when the Dhaka-bound ‘Padma Express’ hit the firewood-laden human hauler, leaving two people dead on the spot.
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The firewood was taken to a brick kiln, he said.
On information, a team of Fire WService recovered the bodies and sent those to the local hospital morgue for autopsy.
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5 killed as blast hits political rally in SW Pakistan
At least five people were killed and five others injured when a blast went off near a political rally in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Tuesday, official sources said.
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The incident happened around 5:35 p.m. local time (1235 GMT) when explosive materials fixed at a motorbike exploded in Sibi district of the province, the sources told Xinhua.
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3 ‘cattle lifters’ lynched in Pabna
Three suspected cattle lifters were killed in a lynch-mob attack in Bhangura upazila of Pabna district on Saturday morning.
Police said a gang of suspected thieves lifted two cows from the house of Golap Hossain at Mirzapur village in Chatmohar upazila and tried to flee with the cows through the Gumani River in a boat.
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At one stage, local people chased the thieves and beat them up mercielessly at Betuan Ghat in Bhangura, leaving them dead.
Three local youths were injured in attack by the thieves and were admitted to Bhangura Upazila Health Complex.
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Bhangura Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nazmul Haque said two sharp weapons were recovered from the spot.
The bodies of the deceased were recovered but their identities could not be ascertained yet, he said adding that the bodies were sent to Pabna General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
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Teen killed as an unidentified vehicle runs over him in Jatrabari
A teenager was killed after being run over by an unidentified vehicle in the capital's Jatrabari area on Thursday morning.
The deceased was identified as Nayem,13, a street boy living in the area.
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The accident occurred this morning when the vehicle hit Nayem under the flyover, opposite of Jatrabari Kalapatti, leaving him dead on the spot, said Md. Kamruzzaman, sub-inspector of Jatrabari Police Station.
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Police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College morgue for an autopsy.
"We are trying to find details about Nayem", added the officer.
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10 months ago
3 killed in Dhamrai, Savar road accidents
Three people including a recommended Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadre were killed and two more injured in separate road accidents in Dhamrai and Savar of Dhaka on Thursday, police said.
Two of the deceased were identified as the 41st BCS recommended cadre Md Rubel Parvez and also a former student of Jahangirnagar University and Md Abdul Mannan, a resident of Manikganj.
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The identities of other deceased and injured could not be known.
Police and witnesses said two buses of ‘Selfie Paribahan’ coming to Dhaka from Manikganj raced to overtake each other on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway, causing the accident.
One of the buses knocked down three people including Rubel and Mannan who were waiting for a bus at Dhamrai Thana Stand in the morning, leaving one of them dead on the spot and two others critically injured, they said.
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One of the injured succumbed to his injuries on the way to Dhamrail Upazila Health Complex, said Savar Highway Police Station’s Officer-in-charge Sheikh Abul Hasan.
Enraged by the incident, students of Jahangirnagar University seized at least 25 buses of the Selfie Paribahan from the morning to afternoon, the OC said, adding that they brought the situation under control later.
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On the other hand, a father and his son riding on a motorbike hit a pickup van from behind after losing control in front of Jahangirnagar University, leaving the son dead on the spot and the father injured around noon.
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