Police pickup plunged into ditch, 4 injured
Bagerhat Correspondent
Four members of Highway police including an SI were injured, one seriously when their pickup was dashed by a Khulna bound truck (Dhaka Metro-Ta-11-3632) laden with stones and plunged into a road side ditch on Khulna-Mongla Highway near al-Baraka feeling station at Lokpur under Fakirhat Upazila in the district on Friday . Abdul Mannan Faraji, Officer-in-charge of Katakhali Highway PS that after discharging their patrol duties on Highways a contingent of police was returning to the PS and when their pickup reached the place of occurrence it was violently dashed by the truck laden with stones that was going from Mongla to Khulna and the accident took place. As a result, SI Afzal Hossain, and police members Mujibor Rahman, Zakir Hossain, Mohsin Ali and driver Rustam Ali were injured. Seriously injured SI Afzal Hossain was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital. Police seized the truck. But its driver and helper managed to escape.
Cow lifter arrested with truck
Cow lifters are now active in the different places of Bagerhat district taking the opportunity of the advancement of the holy Eid-ul-Azha.One cow lifter was arrested along with a truck while a gang of cow lifters tried to flee away after lifting 5 cows from the village Sreeghat under Bagerhat Sadar Upazila on Friday at night. The arrested cow lifter is Rezaul Karim Faraji (35), son of one Mannan Faraji of village Chargram under Shibchar Upazila in Madaripur district. Police said that at the night thieves lifted 5 cows from a cow shed belonging to one Sadek Ali of village Sreeghat and made the cows to board to the truck and tried to flee away. But the villagers woke up, chased them and caught one of them (Rezaul Karim Faraji) along with the truck. But cow lifter Rassel (25) of Barisal and driver Shahid (35) of Iswardi managed to escape. In this connection a case was registered with Bagerhat Model PS against three persons.
Mobile court fines 4 businesses in Sylhet
Sylhet Correspondent
A mobile court fined three restaurants and a bakery shop Tk 12500 for producing food items in an unhygienic condition and for running business without any license in the city yesterday. A mobile court, led by Mostafizur Rahman, Sylhet District Executive Magistrate, conducted an anti-adulteration drive in the city and fined those shops. During the drive at the city’s Taltala point, the court fined Green Restaurant and Nushrat Restaurant Tk 1,000 each for running business without having any license and Nabanna Restaurant Tk 500 for producing food items in an unhygienic condition. The court fined Lucky Bakery at the city’s Kazirbazar area Tk 10, 000 also for producing food items in an unhygienic condition.
Price hike of green chilli in Rangpur
Rangpur Correspondent
The price of green chilli has shot up abnormally at different kitchen markets in the district, causing utter sufferings to the common consumers. Traders attributed the situation to scanty supply in wholesale markets. Presently one kg of green chilli is being sold at Tk 100 to Tk 120 in retail outlets although it was sold for Tk 50 to Tk 60 before. Mokles, a large wholesaler of Rangpur city bazar claimed the prices of chilli soared up due to the inadequate supply. Incessant rain during last couple of weeks seriously hampered production of chilli, causing a drastic fall in supply in wholesale markets which caused price hike of chilli. However, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said, the recent rainfall did not cause much damage to chilli and so there is no logical reason for its soaring price.
Youth jailed for stalking college girl in Magura
MAGURA: A mobile court here sentenced a youth to six months imprisonment for stalking a college girl at Bunagati village in Shalikha upazila on Sunday. The convict was identified as Ashraful Alam, 18, son of Nur Mohammad, a resident of the same upazila. Biplob Kumar Nath, officer-in-charge of Shalikha Police Station, said Ashraful used to pass indecent comments to the girl on her way to and from college, reports UNB.
