The relatives of the people, who were feared dead in the Padma launch capsize, blocked the Dhaka-Mawa Highway near Mawa Ghat in Lauhajang upazila on Tuesday morning, demanding salvage of the sunken vessel.Witnesses said, some 140-150 agitating people staged a demonstration in front of Padma Rest House as the authorities could not yet retrieve the plunged launch, ‘Pinak-6’.They also blocked the highway in the area from the morning, disrupting vehicular movement for several hours.Later, traffic on the highway returned to...
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Police rescued a boy from Baushia area on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Gazaria upazila on Saturday night, nearly after five months into his abduction from the capital.The rescued boy is Parvez, 14, son of Rahim Akand of South Sola village under Palong Police Station in Shariatpur district.Sergeant Saiful Islam, in-charge of Bhaberchar Police Camp, said Parvez managed to flee from a microbus parked near a petrol pump in the area while the kidnappers were taking him to Chittagong in a bid to...
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive on Thursday morning seized 12 maunds of Jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 centimetres in length) from the Dhaleshwari River in Sadar upazila.Tipped off, a team from Coast Guard Chandpur station conducted the drive in two Dhaka-bound launches named MV Gazi and MV Shariatpur-3 in the morning and seized 12 maunds of jatka, said Munshiganj upazila fishery officer Rasheduzzaman.The seized hilsa fry were distributed among local orphanages and madrasas....
Police arrested an alleged member of an organised gang of thieves in possession of three power transformers while fleeing after stealing those from Tajpur village in Sirajdikhan upazila early Tuesday.The arrestee was identified as Sultan Miah, 32, son of Sabdul Miah of Birkarkhar village in Dhanbari upazila of Tangail district.Sub-inspector Arab Ali of Sirajdikhan Police Station said on information that three electric transformers got stolen from Tajpur village on Monday midnight, a team of police put up barricade on the...
A case was filed on Monday against seven people, including the owner of ‘MV Miraj-4’, in connection with the launch capsize in Munshiganj on Thursday.Haidar Hossain Akand, sub-inspector of Gazaria Police Station, filed the case early Monday against Khandaker Anwar Hossain, owner of ‘MV Miraj-4’ and six other identified and 2/3 unidentified people, said Ferdous Hossain, officer-in-charge of Gazaria Police Station.The other accused are-launch master Rafiqul Islam, ticket master Dulal, cabin boy Nurul Islam and three other launch staff- Samsuddin,...
Two children drowned in the Padma River at Hasail village in Tongibari upazila on Friday.The deceased were identified as Sadia, 8, daughter of Syed Banduksari, and Trishna, 10, daughter of Shyamol Das of the village.Local people said both the girls drowned while taking bath in the river in the afternoon.After a frantic search, locals rescued them and rushed them to Tongibari Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared them dead.Abdul Malek, officer-in-charge of Tongibari Police Station, confirmed the incident....
A union parishad chairman sustained stab injuries in an attack allegedly by activists of the ruling Awami League at Dakhkhin Keowa village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.The injured was identified as Sona Miah Bepari, 70, chairman of Mohakali union parishad and an adviser of the upazila unit of BNP.Sona’s younger brother Samad Bepari said a group of miscreants, numbering 7-8, stormed the house of Sona Miah at the village around 9:15am and called him out of the house.The miscreants...
Five people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in Gajaria upazila on Tuesday morning.Locals said Ripon, president of Jubo Dal Hesendi union unit, and Sohel, president of the same unit Bangladesh Chhatra League, had long been at loggerheads over establishing supremacy in the neighbourhood.As a sequel to the enmity, men of Sohel attacked Fahim, brother of Ripon, at Yeamina Char when he was going to Dhaka in the morning.At one stage, the two groups, equipped with...
