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Police recovered two bodies from different locations in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur on Saturday. Md Sohel Rana, officer-in-charge (OC) of Nalitabari Police Station, said one of the deceased was identified as Babul Mia, 45, son of the late Amzad Ali from Killyapara village under Rupnaryankura union. The OC said his body was found around noon in an abandoned house near the Grameen Tower in the Arai Aani Bazar area. According to locals, he had been physically ill and was often seen wandering around local markets. Man killed in clash during football match in Narail Later in the afternoon, the OC said police recovered the body of another man, aged around 60 to 65, from the Daodhara Katabari area under Nayabil union. His identity remains unknown. Locals said he appeared to be mentally unstable and had been seen roaming the area in recent days. OC Sohel Rana said two separate unnatural death (UD) cases have been filed.

The Sherpur district unit of BNP dissolved nine local committees, including five upazila and four municipal units, during an extended meeting held on Tuesday night. The decision was taken at the first extended meeting of the newly formed 41-member district convening committee, chaired by district BNP convenor Advocate Md Sirajul Islam, at the District Bar Association auditorium. A joint statement, signed by convenor Sirajul and member-secretary ABM Mamunur Rashid Palash, was released on Facebook the same night, attributing the dissolution. Member Secretary Polash told journalists that the decision was unanimous. “New convening committees for these nine units will be formed soon. Only dedicated, responsible leaders with clean images will be included. There will be no place for extortionists, land grabbers, illegal sand traders, smugglers, or those inactive in movements,” he said. BNP won’t tolerate extortionists, grabber: Rizvi The meeting emphasised unity ahead of the next national polls and urged party leaders to overcome internal disputes and rebuild upazila and municipal committees soon. Several other leaders, including former MP and district BNP ex-president Md Mahmudul Haque Rubel, former convenor and current member Md Hazrat Ali, joint convenors Fazlur Rahman Tara, Shafiqul Islam Masud, Advocate Abdul Mannan, Dr Sansila Zebrin Priyanka, Engineer Fahim Chowdhury, Abu Raihan Rupon, Kamrul Hasan and Saiful Islam, attended the meeting. The BNP central committee announced the Sherpur district convening committee on June 5.

The bodies of two young girls, who had been missing since Tuesday noon, were recovered from a pond at a remote fish farm in the Battala area of Sribardi upazila in Sherpur early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Swapna Begum, 6, daughter of truck driver Swapan Mia, and Sakal Begum, 7, daughter of Selim Mia. Both were residents of the Betalbari area in Tinani Chhankanda village under Sribardi upazila. 3 pedestrians killed after truck hits easy bike in Sherpur According to family members and locals, the two children went missing around 12 pm on Tuesday. As they did not return home by evening, their families launched a frantic search and announced their disappearance through loudspeakers (miking) in the area. Sribardi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Anwar Zahid confirmed the recovery of the bodies around 8 am on Wednesday. “The bodies were found floating in a pond inside a fish farm. An investigation is underway, and legal steps will be taken accordingly,” the OC added.

A cow was killed in a wild elephant attack in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur on Friday. The incident took place at around 10:30 am inside the Baromari Shadhu Leo’s Mission (Baromari Christian Mission) when the elephant descending from the nearby hills attacked the cow, 6tethered to a post. 3 pedestrians killed after truck hits easy bike in Sherpur Father Tarun Banowari of the Baromari Shadhu Leo’s Mission said, the wild elephant  fatally trampled the tied cow. Wild elephant attacks have been on the rise in the border areas of Nalitabari, Jhenaigati, and Sreebardi upazilas of Sherpur. Herds of elephants often enter localities from the hills foraging food, causing damage to lives and property. On May 29, a wild elephant killed an elderly widow, Surton Nesha, in Batkuchi Namapara near the old forest office in Nalitabari. Earlier, on May 20, two farmers—Azizur Rahman Akash and Ephilis Hagidak—were killed in separate elephant attacks in the Gajni area of Jhenaigati upazila. Wild elephants have also been damaging homes, consuming stored rice and cooked food and destroying crops such as jackfruit and bananas. They have wreaked havoc on forest department offices, eco-parks and various government installations. Residents of elephant-prone areas are now spending sleepless nights in fear, trying to protect their lives and property.

Former Land Minister and Awami League leader Rezaul Karim Hira and his wife were confined by local BNP activists at the Sherpur Sadar Sub-Registry Office on Tuesday while attempting to complete land deed formalities. The couple came under public siege around 3pm when they arrived at the registry office to process documents for a land registration, eyewitnesses said. Upon learning of Hira’s presence, local leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated bodies gathered at the office premises, chanting slogans and surrounding the former minister and his wife. Following the tension, police from Sherpur Sadar Police Station rushed to the spot around 5:30pm and rescued the couple from the agitated crowd, subsequently taking them into custody. Md Ansar Ali, Sub-Inspector of Sherpur Sadar Police Station, said that Hira and his wife are currently in police custody. PBI to probe Jatiya Party's alleged nomination trade prior to 2024 polls Hira, who represented the Jamalpur-5 constituency, was first elected to parliament in 1991 as an independent candidate. He later joined the Awami League and was elected as an MP in the 1996, 2001, and 2008 general elections. In 2009, he was appointed land minister. In the 2014 general election, boycotted by the BNP, Hira defeated Jatiya Party candidate Babar Ali Khan and was appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Land. Although he submitted nomination papers for the 2018 election, he withdrew from the race following party directives after failing to secure an Awami League nomination.

A farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Tuesday night in Darbeshchala area under Gajni beat of Jhenaigati upazila in Sherpur. The deceased was identified as Azizur Rahman Akash, 45, son of Abdul Hakim of the same area. Al-Amin, officer-in-charge of Jhenaigati Police Station, said the incident occurred around 8:30pm while Akash was guarding his paddy field. A wild elephant, which had descended into the locality in search of food, attacked and trampled him, leaving him critically injured, he added. 3 killed by lightning strikes in Chapainawabganj Locals rescued Akash and rushed him to Jhenaigati Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead. Md Sayedul Islam, a forest guard at Ghajni beat, said herds of wild elephants had been roaming the Gajni and surrounding areas for the past few days in search of food. On Tuesday evening, a group of elephants entered the locality again and began rampaging through the paddy fields. In an attempt to drive the elephants away and save the crops, Akash, along with other farmers, went to the field. During the chaos, one of the elephants chased him. He slipped and fell, and the agitated elephant trampled him, causing severe internal injuries.

An 8-year-old madrasah student was killed after being hit by a battery-run three-wheeler while crossing a road in Sherpur Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon. The accident occurred around 2pm in front of Farkiya Darussalam Madrasah in Nabiganj area along Sherpur-Mymensingh highway. The deceased Md Abdus Salah was the adopted son of local businessman and general secretary of the madrasah, Kamrul Ahsan. Salah was a student of the Hifz section at the institution. Police and witnesses said Salah tried to run across the road amid sudden rainfall during a break in classes. At that moment, he was struck by the three-wheeler and sustained critical injuries. He was quickly rushed to Sherpur Sadar Hospital where physicians declared him dead. Man stabbed to death by cousin in Brahmanbaria Officer-in-Charge of Sherpur Sadar police station Zobaydul Alam said legal procedures were underway.

A 17-year-old boy was hacked to death by another teenager in Sherpur’s Nalitabari upazila on Saturday following a dispute over a reaction to a Facebook post. The victim was adentified as Abu Naim, son of Ismail Hossain from the Nayabil area, said Officer-in-Charge Sohel Rana of Nalitabari Police Station. The incident occurred around 11:45 am. Naim was critically injured and rushed to Nalitabari Upazila Health Complex. As his condition deteriorated, he was transferred to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, where doctors later declared him dead, the OC said. Locals caught the suspect Sabuj Mia (18) of Andharupara and handed over to the police, he added. Youth stabbed to death in Dhaka’s Jatrabari According to police and locals Sabuj, who had been living in Gazipur, had returned home for the Eid holidays. The altercation between the two teens began about a month ago when Naim reacted with a ‘haha’ emoji on one of Sabuj’s posts on Facebook, leading to a heated argument over Messenger. On Saturday, when Sabuj saw Naim at Nayabil Bazar, he attacked him with a knife, stabbing him in the chest. Legal proceedings were underway regarding the matter, added the OC.

A upazila-level Jubo Dal leader was killed and his two associates were injured in an attack allegedly by rivals over establishing supremacy in Sherpur Sadar upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased Jakaria Badal, 47, was joint convenor of the Sadar upazila unit of the Jubo Dal and former assistant general secretary of the Sherpur Government College Students’ Union. He was a resident of Kamaria union of the upazila. One of the injured Sohag Mia is undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital while the rest, Ruhul, 32, is at Sherpur Sadar Hospital. Badal’s relative and also a Chhatra Dal activist Ramzan Ali said there had long been rivalry between Badal and local Kamaria union unit of BNP’s convenor Lutfor Rahman over leadership. The relationship between them deteriorated recently due to alleged grouping in the district level unit of the BNP, he said. Jubo Dal leader killed in Khulna; 2 held Meanwhile, Lutfor met Badal’s another opponent Nure Alam, former chairman of the UP and a Krishak League leader who has been in jail now, he said. Ansar Ali, sub inspector of Sherpur Sadar police station, said Badal and his associates, who were riding a motorbike, came under the attack on the way to home from local Bhimganj Bazar on Tuesday afternoon. The miscreants stabbed the trio with sharp weapons, leaving them critically injured, he said. Though they were initially taken to Shere Sadar Hospital and later Badal and Sohag were shifted to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital, he said. Jubo Dal leader killed, over 1,000 BNP leaders, activists injured in Nayapaltan violence: Fakhrul Badal succumbed to his injuries on way to Dhaka from the Mymensingh Hospital as his condition deteriorated around 11:00pm, he said. Tension gripped the union following the death of Badal, forcing them to deploy joint forces in the area to ward off any unwanted incident further, said Superintendent of District Police Md Aminul Islam. Police launched a crackdown to arrest those involved with the murder, he added.

An army personnel was killed in an attack allegedly by his paternal cousins over land dispute in Sherpur Sadar upazila on Monday. The deceased was identified as Wasim Mia, 28, son of Hashem Ali of Char Sherpur Nizpara area and posted at the 5th Battalion of the Bangladesh Army in Sylhet. Woman crushed under train in Rajshahi Police and locals said there had long been a dispute between the victim’s family and his paternal cousins over the two pieces of land. The rivals attacked Wasim, who came to the house from the workplace on leave a few days back, with sharp weapons when the both groups got involved in an altercation over the matter around 8am, they said. Couple, two children found dead in Kishoreganj The attack left him critically injured and he was rushed to Sadar Hospital where physicians declared him dead upon arrival, said sadar police station’s Officer-in-Charge Md Jobaidul Alam. A police team was sent to the spot, he added.