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Eight injured in cylinder explosion

SAVAR, Feb 18: At least eight people were injured as the gas cylinder of a truck exploded at a CNG filling station here this on Saturday noon. Local sources said the cylinder blew off with a big bang when it was being refilled in a CNG filling station-Energy Plus Limited-at Savar Upazila bus stand at about 1:45 PM, injuring eight persons, including the truck laborers. Some of them sustained critical injuries. The injured were rushed to a local hospital, reports UNB

Minor boy wounded in bomb explosion

BRAHMANBARIA, Feb 18: Five bombs were recovered at a remote char in Banchharampur Upazila on Friday after the explosion of a bomb that wounded a minor boy. Police said some boys while playing found six bombs in abandoned condition in the Char of Titas River at noon. At one stage, a bomb was exploded with a big bang when Saidur Rahman, 9, son of Kitab Ali, was trying to open it, leaving him seriously injured. He was first rushed to the Upazila Health Complex and later shifted to the Dhaka Pangu Hospital, reports UNB

Girl guides craft training camp ends in Barisal

BARISAL, Feb 18: A five-day long regional craft training camp of Bangladesh Girl Guides Association (BGGA) ended here on Friday. Sulaiman Sikdar, Principal of Barisal Islamia College, distributed certificates among the 20 trainees. A cultural function performed by the girl guides was also held. Presided over by Razia Begum, former commissioner of BGGA, the concluding session was also addressed by Begum Faizun Nahar, Barisal regional secretary of BGGA, and Hosneara Begum, camp commander and regional trainer, reports UNB

Husband kills wife

SYLHET, Feb 18: A woman was killed allegedly by her husband at Niazul village in Goainghat Upazila on Wednesday night. Local people said Jamaluddin, 35, locked into altercation over a trifling matter with his wife Rahela Begum, 28, at about 10 PM. At one stage, he strangulated her to death. Being informed by local people, police recovered the body on Thursday morning and sent it to the morgue for autopsy. Later, the law enforcers also arrested Jamaluddin from a nearby village, reports UNB

UP Chairman held

JHENIDAH, Feb 18: Chairman of Nittanandapur Union Parishad in Shailakupa Upazila here was arrested on Friday noon on charge of misappropriating VGF rice. The arrested chairman was identified as Chand Ali. Local people informed Shailakupa Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mahmudul Hossain Khan that chairman Chand sold out some VGF rice in the black market depriving the card holders. Later, the UNO visited the UP office in the morning and found that three 50kg bags of rice missing from total allocated 78 bags. Police later arrested the chairman. A case was filed in this connection, reports UNB

Man beaten to death in Sylhet

SYLHET, Feb 18: A man was beaten to death while trying to stop quarrelling of two groups of people during a football match at Palpara village in Golapganj Upazila on Thursday. The dead was identified as Nurul Islam, 40, son of Late Mokbul Ali of the village. Witnesses said a member of Shahid Mostafa Kamal Gold Cup Football Tournament Committee beat up a fan, Jewel, as he tried to cross the football ground during its tiebreaker session. Later, an altercation ensued between the committee members and sympathisers of Jewel. At that time Nurul Islam, maternal uncle of Jewel, was beaten up mercilessly when he tried to settle the dispute. He was rushed to the Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital where the attending doctors declared him dead, reports UNB.