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Two teachers die from ‘heat stroke’ amid ongoing countrywide heat wave
Two teachers died possibly from ‘heat stroke’ in Chattogram and Jashore districts on Sunday (April 28, 2024) morning when sever heat wave is scorching the country.
In Chattogram, madasha teacher Maulana Md. Mostak Ahmed Kutubi Alkaderi, 55, fell unconscious while going to his workplacefrom his home in the Mohra area of Chandgaon.
Kutubi Alkaderi, son of late Khalilur Rahman of Kutubdia Lemshikhali in Cox's Bazar district and father of two sons and one daughter, used to work at Khitapchar Azizia Mabudia Alim Madrasha in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.
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Witnesses said when the madrasha teacher boarded the ferry at Kalurghat around 9am suddenly he collapsed.
Later, he was taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where doctors declared him dead.
In Jashore, Ahsan Habib, an assistant teacher of Ahmedabad High School, died from apparent heat stroke on Sunday in sadar upazila.
AZM Parvez Masud, headmaster of the school, said Habib fell sick around 9 am when he went to school after working in a field.
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Later, he was taken to Jashore General Hospital, where a doctor declared him dead.
The body was kept at Jashore General Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Jashore Kotwali Police Station.
The reason behind the death will be known after autopsy, he said.
14 fishermen burnt as gas cylinder explodes on fishing trawler in Kutubdia
Fourteen fishermen sustained burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded on a fishing trawler in the Bay of Bengal near Kutubdia in Cox's Bazar on Saturday night.
Locals said the blaze started from the spark of the engine and spread quickly fuelled by on-board oil near Dakshin Dhurung Bazar while the trawler ‘FB Mayer Doya’ was returning from the sea around 10 pm. At this time, the gas cylinder exploded leaving the 14 fishermen burnt seriously.
The injured were taken to Kutubdia Upazila Health Complex and six people were released with first aid.
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Eight injured were later shifted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
Kutubdia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Omar Haider said the local chairman has been directed to send the list of affected families in this incident.