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Housewife killed in Jessore Jessore Correspondent. A housewife was allegedly tortured to kill by her husband at Lebutala under Jessore sadar upazila on Tuesday. She died at Jessore Medical College Hospital while undergoing treatment. The victim was identified as Parvina Khatun, 30, wife of Momtaj Uddin of Lebutala village. Shikder Akkas Ali, officer in-charge, Kotwali police station told that the housewife died as the hospital after her husband Momtaj hit her with a piece of iron at afternoon. Momtaj went on hiding after the incident, the OC added. Man electrocuted in JessoreA man died from electrocution at Ghop Nauapara Road in Jessore district town on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Shahin Hossain, 42, a trader and son of Abul Kalam Azad of the area.Quoting family members, local people said Shahin was severely injured as he came in contact with a live electric wire while repairing his refrigerator in the night.Later he was rushed to Jessore Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.One held with 10 kgs venison in MonglaBagerhat CorrespondentCoast Guard of the Western Zone deployed at Mongla arrested one Nikhil Chandra along with 10 kgs venison (flesh of deer) from Digraj bazar under Mongla Upazila in the district on Wednesday noon. Sources said, on a secret information a contingent of the Coast Guard of the Western Zone raided Digrfaj bazar at 12 am and arrested Nikhil Chandra and recovered the venison from his possession. Later, he was handed over to Upazila mobile court. The court convicted him and sentenced him to suffer simple imprisonment for 2 months on the charge of possessing flesh of deer. Man found dead in Sylhet Sylhet CorrespondentThe hanging body of a drug company’s employee was recovered on Wednesday from Pathantula area in the city.The deceased was identified as Atikur Rahman, 38, son of Azam Uddin, hailed from Kurigram district. Airport Police sources said, on information, they recovered the hanging body of Atikur. The body was hanging from ceiling fan of the man’s room around 2:30pm. Later, the body was sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. 157 bottles wine seizedBorder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in several drives seized 157 bottles of Indian wine from border areas in Sylhet on Monday. A press release from BGB revealed the matter. The press release said acting on tip-off BGB members conducted separate drives at Companiganj and Gowainghat upazilas of the district and Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district and seized a total of 157 bottles of Indian wine in abandoned condition, worth Tk around 2.5 lakh.World Red Crescent Day observed in KishoreganjStaff Reporter, KishoreganjThe World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day was observed in Kishoreganj on Friday. Kishoreganj District Unit arranged a discussion meeting, rally, donation, documentary film marking the day. A discussion meeting held at Local Atithi Community Center on Friday morning. Acting Chairman of Red Crescent Kishoreganj unit Adv Md. Zillur Rahman presided over the meeting. It was address among others by Unit General Secretary Md Lutfur Rahman Chowdhury Helal, Bilkis Begum and Miss Musraf Pervin.

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