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Lightning strikes kill two in Manikganj, Khulna
A man and woman died after being struck by lightning strikes in Manikganj and Khulna districts on Monday.In Manikganj, a 50-year-old woman was killed when a thunderbolt struck her in Manikganj's Ghior upazila on Monday noon.The deceased was identified as Anwara Begum, wife of Ishak, a farmer of Charbaijuri village in Payla Union.
Read: ‘Robber’ lynched in ChattogramMd Aminur Rahman, officer in charge of Ghior police station, said Anwara was struck by lightning while collecting grass for cows in the field next to her house.She died on the spot, the OC said, adding that they are investigating the matter.In Khulna, a fisherman was killed by a lightning strike in Koyra upazila of Khulna district on Monday.Shahidul Gazi, 59, died on the spot while working in his fish enclosure at Patlia Bill, said local UP member Aybur Rahman Sana.Lightning strikes in BangladeshLightning strike is one of the deadliest natural disasters in Bangladesh, claiming over 200 lives every year.
Read: Fatal level crossing: Mother, son killed as train hits human hauler in Faridpur According to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, 2,164 people died in lightning strikes in the country from 2011 to 2020.That means 216 people die every year on average from lightning strikes -more than in floods, cyclones and other calamities.More than 70 percent of the total lightning strikes occur between April and June, say experts.
Manikganj: UP member held for sexually assaulting woman after promising VGF card
Police have arrested a union parishad (UP) member of Manikganj's Saturia upazila on the charge of sexually assaulting a woman after promising her a vulnerable group feeding (VGF) card.
The arrestee is Delwar Hossain, Ward 5 member of Boraid UP of the upazila, Ashraful Alam, officer-in-charge of Saturia Police Station, said.
The woman filed a case at the police station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
A Manikganj court Thursday sent Delwar to jail after rejecting his bail plea, the OC said.
The woman, who is struggling to make ends meet, requested a VGF card so that she could buy rice at a reduced price of Tk10 per kg.
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Wednesday, around 8pm Delwar called the mother of two over the phone, asking her to get the card from his home. But the woman said she would go there the next day as her husband was not home.
"Later at night, the UP member came to the woman's home and sexually assaulted her. The woman's neighbours rushed to her home after hearing her scream. They caught the UP member in the act and handed him over to the police," Ashraful said.
Lightning injures 19 spectators at football match in Manikganj
At least 19 spectators sustained injuries in a lightning strike when they were enjoying a football match at Jagir area in Sadar upazila of Manikganj on Friday afternoon.
The injured were identified as Abul Latif, 60, Ismail, 15, Alamgir, 55, Arif, 29, Wasim, 20, Azizul Hakim, 35, Mokles, 62, Razzak, 50, Shamim, 35, Fahim, 17, Jahidul, 40, Sajeeb, 20, Rajib, 20, Faruk, 30, Shibu Miah, 20, Biplob Hossain, 20, Rauiz Uddin, 18, Lutfur Rahman, , 35, and Badsha Miah, 50. All the victims were residents of Sadar, Saturia and Singair upazilas.
Of the injured, 18 people have been undergoing treatment at Manikganj Sadar Hospital where the physical condition of Jahidul, Mokles and Razzak were stated to be critical.
Eyewitnesses and victims said several hundred people from different areas of the district gathered to enjoy a football match at the field of Jagir Union Parishad in Jagir area nearby Dhaka-Aricha highway in the afternoon.
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The spectators sustained injuries when lightning struck them triggering a huge panic, they said.
The injured were rushed to the sadar hospital where 18 of them were hospitalised, said Dr Shamima Akter, posted at the emergency department of the hospital.
Among the injured, three sustained severe burn injuries in the accident, she added.
3 bikers killed in Manikganj road crashes
Three bikers have been killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj district.
The deceased were identified as Abdullah Al Amin, 45, Zubayer, 14, and Haji Mia, 26, of the district.
In Shibalay upazila, Al Amin's motorcycle crashed into a truck on Dhaka-Paturia highway in Arpara area around 11am on Monday, leaving him dead on spot, said Zakir Hossain, in-charge of Barangail Highway Police.
Pillion rider Tauhidul Islam was injured and rushed to Shibalaya Upazila Health Complex.
Police seized the truck, however, its driver managed to flee the scene, said the official.
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In Ghior upazila, a bus hit a motorcycle on Dhaka-Paturia highway near Baniajuri area this morning, leaving Zubayer dead on spot and his friend Tushar injured.
Tushar is undergoing treatment at Munnu Medical College and Hospital, said the highway police outpost in-charge Zakir Hossain.
On Sunday night, an unidentified vehicle hit Haji Mia's motorcycle on Singair-Hemayetpur road in Char Nayadingi area, leaving him dead on spot and his pillion rider injured, said the official.
The injured is undergoing treatment at Upazila Health Complex.
The bodies were sent to Manikganj Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, the official added.
2 die as tractor plunges into roadside ditch in Manikganj
Two people died and another three were injured on Sunday as a tractor lost control and fell into a roadside ditch at Hatipara Bazar area in Manikganj Sadar upazila.
The deceased were identified as Aynal,35, and Miraz,32, from Basail upazila in Tangail, said Abdur Rauf, Officer-in-charge of Manikganj sadar police station.
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The accident occurred around 5:30 pm on Bartek-Beribadh regional road near Gonger Chawk as the tractor carrying electric poles fell into the ditch leaving two of the driver’s assistants dead on the spot.
The injured are currently admitted at Manikganj district hospital, said OC Abdur Rauf.
Missing Nassa Group official’s body retrieved from Jamuna
The body of an official of Nassa Group was recovered from the Jamuna River at Shibaloy upazila in Manikganj on Sunday, two days after he went missing while bathing in the river.
The deceased was identified as Ash Habib, 43, Of Bogura district. He was a general manager of Nassa group in Gazipur’s Ashulia.
Locals spotted the body floating in the river near Zafarganj area around 11am and alerted the police. Later, police recovered the body, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Paturia River Police Station Abu Bakar Siddique.
According to family sources, Habib along with his family came to visit the Jafarganj area for vacation and went missing while bathing in the river on Friday.
The body will be handed over to his family after completing the legal procedures, said the OC.
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Woman, 2 daughters hacked dead in Manikganj: Husband held
A 35-year-old woman and her two daughters were hacked to death allegedly by her husband at Angarpara village in Ghior upazila of Manikganj district early Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Lovely Akter, wife of Asadur Rahman Rubel, Choya Akter, 16, a SSC examinee of Baniajuri Government School and College and Kotha Akter, 12, a class V student of a local primary school.
Rubel is a quack and has a chamber at Baniajuri Bus Stand.
Riaz Uddin Ahmed Biplab, officer-in-charge of Ghior Police Station, said Rubel along with his family used to live at his father-in-law’s house.
Recently he borrowed huge amount of money to maintain his family and the couple used to lock into altercation over the matter.
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Local people spotted the bodies of the trio at the house in the morning and informed police.
It is suspected that Rubel attacked his wife and two daughters with a sharp weapon at one stage of heated argument on Saturday night, leaving them dead.
Later, local people found Rubel lying on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Pachuria in a bid to commit suicide and handed him over to police.
Youth hacked to death over affair in Manikganj
A 20-year-old man was hacked to death on Tuesday allegedly by some local youths over his affair with a woman in Singair upazila of Manikganj.
The deceased was identified as Rony, son of Nawab Ali of Wisenagar village in the upazila, said Shafiqul Islam Molla, officer-in-charge of Singair police station.
The alleged crime occurred in front of a local shop in East Bandail village of the upazila around 4pm.
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According to witnesses, some four or five men, including a youth named Shanto,18, from Sahrail village hacked him with sharp weapons over Rony’s love affair.
Rony’s family took him to Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar in a critical condition, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
OC Shafiqul said a murder case would be lodged in this regard after an autopsy.
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Chaos at Paturia ghat as 300 cars wait to cross Padma
A serpentine queue of vehicles has triggered chaos at Paturia ferry ghat in Manikganj.
Since morning, over 300 private vehicles, mostly cars, have been waiting in line at the popular ferry ghat to cross the Padma river ahead of Eid.
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Private cars are stranded in the Tepra area of Dhaka-Aricha highway, 10 kms ahead of Paturia terminal. There's a separate lane at ferry terminal no-5 for these vehicles.
Besides, around 100 buses and 100 trucks are also waiting at the terminal to cross the river, although the movement of all goods-laden trucks will remain suspended for three days ahead of Eid.
These trucks have been stranded at the terminal for the last three days and so the authorities are letting these heavy vehicles cross the river, said Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) DGM Shah Md Khaled Newaz.
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“If the pressure of vehicles increases further, more ferries could be pressed into service," said DGM Khaled.
Meanwhile, the authorities concerned of the ferry terminal are struggling a lot to manage the huge rush of home-bound people as 19 ferries of 21 ferries are currently operating on the Paturia-Daulatdia route.
Mother, son among 3 killed in Manikganj road crash
Three people including a woman and her son were killed and fifteen others injured when a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Muljan in Sadar upazila of Manikganj district on Wednesday.
Two of the deceased were identified as Hasna Begum, 50, Hafizul Islam, 35, son of Hasna of Nischintapur village in Tangail district while the identity of another deceased could not be known immediately.
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Abdur Rauf Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the accident occurred around 2 pm when the Dhaka-bound ‘Village Line Paribahan’ bus hit the tree after its driver lost control over steering, leaving two people dead on the spot and 16 others injured.
One of the injured died on way to hospital and the rest were admitted to 250-bed Sadar Hospital.
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On information, police seized the bus but its driver and helper managed to flee the scene.