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Five members of a family were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a microbus in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Wednesday (5th November 2025). Four women and one child are among the deceased but their identities could not be ascertained immediately, police said. Officer-in-charge Mehedi Hasan of Malumghat Highway Police Station said the accident occurred around 9am on the busy Cox’s Bazar-Chattogram highway to the south end of Fashiakhali Hasher Dighi Army Camp in Malumghat area under the upazila. 2 women among 5 killed in Noakhali road accident The Chattogram-bound bus of ‘Marsa Paribahan’ collided with the Cox’s Bazar-bound microbus, leaving two dead on the spot and five others injured, he said. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital where physicians declared three dead, the OC said, adding that the rest injured are undergoing treatment at the hospital. Details of the accident are still awaited, the police officer added. Read more: Highway horror under Cumilla region; 525 killed in 9 months

Police arrested a madrasa student from Chakaria on Sunday for allegedly recording a video with derogatory comments on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and uploading it on Facebook. The arrestee was identified as Md Nurul Ajad, 29, a 3rd year student of Amjadia Rafiqul Ulum Fazil Madrasa. Cox’s Bazar police superintendent Hasanujjaman said Rafikul recorded a video using obscene language for the PM and Awami League’s factions regarding the yesterday’s incident of Hefazat’s leader Maulana Mamunul Haque and his claimed wife at Sonargaon. Later the accused uploaded the video on Facebook, said police. Also read: Jashore madrasa student held for rape A case has been lodged against the accused following the relevant law, confirmed superintendent Hasanujjaman. On Saturday, Hefazat-e-Islam’s Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque was detained with a woman in a resort room in Sonargaon whom he claimed to be his second wife. Mahanagar Hefazat’s secretary Ferdausur Rahman said Mamunul went to the resort with his second wife where the local Chatra League and Jubo League leaders confined and harassed him, before calling in the police. Later, on Saturday night, supporters of Mamunul Haque went on the rampage in Narayanganj and vandalised the resort in Sonargaon from where he was detained. Also read: 4 madrasa students killed in Sirajganj road crash At one point, they broke down the main gate of the resort and started a massive rampage entering the property. As the situation was getting out of hand, police released Mamunul Haque to the demonstrating madrasa folks. The saga of destruction continued yet after as the protestors blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong highway vandalized and set fire to local AL office and Jubo League Leader’s vehicle.

A case has been filed against Harbang Union Parishad Chairman Md Miranul Islam for assaulting five people including a woman and her daughters in Chakaria of Cox's Bazar.

The High Court on Monday said it will intervene if any negligence is found in investigation into the torture of five people including a woman and her daughters in Chakaria of Cox's Bazar.