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8 hurt in Ctg wall collapse
At least eight people including five children were injured as an old boundary wall collapsed on them at Choumuhoni under Double Mooring police station in the port city on Saturday.
The injured were identified as Mifta and Mukta, both aged around 2 years, Anas, 2, Mayra, aged around 2 years, Md Jabed 12, Nargis 48, Ramjan, 50, Anwara Begum 75.
The wall collapsed around 12:30 pm due to pressure of soil which was stockpiled beside it for construction work, said fire service officials.
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Informed by locals, a team from Agrabad Fire station rushed to the spot and rescued three children and two women from under the debris, said Shafiul Islam, an officer of the Agrabad Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Two of them were admitted to Mother and Child Care Hospital in Agrabad and three others are currently undergoing treatment at Chattogream Medical College Hospital, he said.
Others received first aid from a local hospital, he added.
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Saiful Islam, a relative of one of the injured, said their family’s rivals Ismail and Harun kept the soil to build a house on a disputed land in front of their house.
Stockpiling TCB goods in warehouse: 3 held in Ctg
RAB on Tuesday arrested three traders from Chattogram’s Cement Crossing Market for illegally stockpiling TCB goods to sell at the local market.
The arrestees are TCB’s main dealer in Bandar EPZ area Kamrul Islam Rashed (of Prakash Bhandari) and owners of Gauchia Store Md Jasim Uddin and Md Nuruullah.
RAB-7 vice-captain Major Md. Mostafa Zaman said that the warehouse was raided and the products were seized on the basis of a tip-off. The dealers were caught red handed while repacking the goods in that warehouse.
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During the preliminary interrogation, they admitted that the products belonged to TCB. A case will be filed against them, he said.
The TCB products seized from the warehouse included 2,000 liters of edible oil, 500 kg of sugar and 500 kg of lentils.
The arrestees and the seized goods were handed over to EPZ police.
3 fined Tk 23 lakh for irregularities in scraping grounded ship in Ctg
Department of Environment (DoE) on Thursday fined three people Tk 23 lakh for not following proper method in scrapping a grounded ship off the coast of Bhatiary in Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram.
Mofidul Islam, director of DoE Chattogram Zone, gave the order after a hearing in this regard.
Those fined by the DoE are Giash Uddin, Mahbub, and Kamal Uddin.
Mofidul Islam said, “The three who claimed ownership of the ship were fined for not following proper method while breaking the ship.”
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However, no representative of Bhatiary ship breaking yard came although a notice was issued, said the DoE director.
“Another notice will be issued and further steps will be taken in this regard if they don’t appear before the DoE authorities,” he added.
As license of the ship breaking yard where the ship named Royal Bird was being broken was not renewed many reports were published in different local and national dailies questioning the method and safety issues.
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On Monday, some senior officials of DoE visited the yard and found irregularities in scrapping the ship.
Customs officials recover firearms, ammo hidden in household goods at Ctg port
Customs officials recovered two eight mm pistols and 60 rounds of bullets hidden in a a consignment of household goods at Chattogram port on Sunday.
Following a tip off officials conducted a search operation and recovered the firearms arms, ammunitions inside a carton with household goods brought from Italy, said Mohammad Salahuddin Rezvi, Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Customs.
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He said two more plastic made guns were recovered and they are suspecting those to be just toys.
According to documents the consignment was sent from Rome by a Bangladeshi expat named Rajib Barua to the address of Kamrul Hasan, a resident of CGS Colony in the port city.
The customs official said law enforcing force has been informed of the recovery to take action in this regard.
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Female doc's death: Ctg rickshaw-puller arrested
Police on Thursday arrested the puller of the ill-fated rickshaw that was hit by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Tuesday night, resulting in the death of a female doctor in the port city.
Dr Samina Akter, a mother of two children and a doctor at Southern Medical College and Hospital, succumbed to her injuries at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital after battling for her life for nearly two days.
Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) nabbed Mohammad Hridoy, 19, son of Md Nasir Uddin of Cumilla district, around 9pm on Thursday from the Old Station Road area of the port city after CCTV footage of the accident went viral on social media.
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“From the CCTV footage, it appeared that the accident occurred due to the reckless driving of the auto driver and the rickshaw puller’s negligence,” said Md Nezam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station.
The accident occurred in the city's Kazir Dewri area when Dr Samina was returning home. She later underwent a surgery at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital as she had sustained severe head injuries and a chest bone fracture.
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"The auto-rickshaw driver, named Siddique, was arrested immediately after the accident on Tuesday," the OC said.
Autorickshaw driver hacked dead in Ctg
An 18-year old autorickshaw driver was hacked to death at Hathazari upazila in Chattogram on Monday.
The deceased was Tarek, hailing from Noakhali. He used to live in a rented house in Signboard area of the upazila.
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According to locals, Tarek’s throat-slit body was lying on Dataram Road in Elite City near Chowdhury Hat area on Monday night.
Informed by locals the body was recovered from the spot around 9 pm and was sent for an autopsy, said Md Sohrawardy, In- charge of Madunaghat police outpost.
The cause of the death could not be known yet and Hathazari police station is investigating the matter, he said.
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Two siblings die in Ctg house fire
Two siblings were charred to death while asleep in a fire that gutted their house in Chattogram on Monday night, officials said on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Minhaz Uddin (12) and his sister Ruhi Aktar (2.5), both children of Mohammad Idris Mia.
The fire broke out around 10pm at the house of Idris in ward- 4 of Saral union in the district's Banshkhali upazila when the family was fast asleep, officials said.
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The fire soon engulfed two adjacent houses in the locality, according to officials.
'The fire originated from an electrical short-circuit and by the time the firefighting unit reached the spot, both the children were dead," said Nuru Bashar, team leader of Bashkhali fire service.
Dipak Kumar Singha, a sub-inspector at the Banshkhali police station, said that the police were alerted about the deaths.
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2 sisters burnt as building catches fire in Ctg
Two women suffered burn injuries as a fire broke out in a flat at Rahattarpul under Bakalia police station in the port city on Thursday.
The victims are Sabrina Khaled,23 and sister Samia Khaled,18, daughters of Abdullah Khaled.
Senior station officer of Chandanpura Fire Service Md Shahidul Islam said the fire started on the fifth floor of the building around 11:15 am.
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Local people had doused the fire before the firefighters reached the spot, he said.
The injured women were admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
The fire might have originated from gas stove, said Shahidul Islam adding that three doors and windows of the flat and adjoining flats were damaged following an explosion after the fire incident.
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Pre-poll violence leaves 3 injured in Ctg
At least three people sustained injuries on Thursday in a clash between supporters of two chairman candidates of Khagaria Union Parishad election in Satkania upazila of Chattogram.
The clash broke out between the supporters of Aeami League nominated candidate Aktar Hossain and independent candidate Jashim Uddin around 12:30 pm at Jorarkul area, said Md Shibli Noman, Additional Superintendent of Police in Satkania circle.
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“Already a team of police has been sent to the area. The number of injured may increase,” he said.
On Wednesday 18 chairman candidates of Khagaria UP polls in Satkania upazila were expelled from South District AL for going against the party’s decision.
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Seventh phase UP polls in 16 Unions in Satkania upazila are set to be held on February 7.
2 injured in boiler blast in Ctg garment factory
A fire broke out following a boiler explosion at a garment factory in Agrabad Badamtoli area of Chattogram metropolis on Sunday noon, leaving two workers injured.
The workers were injured while trying to rush out of the factory building following the blast.
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Chattogram Fire Service Deputy Assistant Director Newton Das said the fire started around 1pm when a boiler exploded at Ambia Fashion garment factory in Agrabad.
On information, a unit of fire service rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control.
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