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19 houses gutted in Madaripur

Madaripur, Mar 16: At least 19 dwelling houses were gutted when a devastating fire broke out at Char Shamail village in Shibchar upazila early Sunday. Local people said the blaze originated from a burning mosquito coil in the house of Sultan Khan at about 2am and soon engulfed 18 other adjoining houses of six families burning down the valuables completely. Hearing the hue and cry local people rushed in and put out the blaze after around three hours of frantic efforts. It may be mentioned that there is no fire station in the upazila headquarters. The affected families claimed that cash and valuables worth about Tk 30 lakh were destroyed in the fire, reports UNB.

Housewife killed for dowry in B'baria

Brahmanbaria, Mar 16: A young housewife was allegedly killed by her husband and in-laws for dowry at Ramdhannagar village in Akhaura upazila Thursday night. Local people said M Niaz Mia of the village married his daughter Lovely Akter, 19, to his co-villager Sayeb Ali, son of Abdul Mia, three years ago with a promise to give Tk 50,000 as dowry. Soon after the marriage Sayeb Ali, 27, started torturing Lovely for the dowry money. On Thursday Sayeb picked up a quarrel with her over the issue and at one stage he with the help of his family members strangulated her to death. But he informed Lovely's parents that she fell seriously ill, reports UNB.

3 held with fake notes

Satkhira, Mar 16: Police in a drive arrested three people along with fake notes of Tk 10,000 at Mohajanpur village in Ashashuni upazila Saturday morning. Acting on a tip-off a team of DB police, led by SI Masud, raided the village in plainclothes at about 10:30am and arrested Hazrat Ali, 42, and Alaur Rahman, 22, of the village and Firoz Khan Modhu, 45, of Gonakartaki village in the upazila, reports UNB.

One strangled to death

Magura, Mar 16: A man was strangulated to death by some unidentified assailants at Laxmikon village in Sadar upazila Friday. Family sources said some unidentified men called Foyzul Miah, 35, out of his house Friday night and his dead body was found in the nearby area the following morning. Being informed by local people police recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy. Police suspected that the miscreants following a previous enmity might have strangulated him to death. A case was filed, reports UNB.

Housewife commits suicide in Jessore

Jessore, Mar 16: A young housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Salua village in Chougachha upazila Friday night failing to bear her husband's brutal torture. Local people said rickshaw-van-puller Alam used to torture his wife Ratua Khatun, 21, soon after their marriage some years back for dowry. On Friday night Alam beat her mercilessly following a quarrel over a trifling matter. Offended Ratua later took poison when all the family members were asleep. Neighbors rushed her to Jessore General Hospital in critical condition while she died, reports UNB.

Touchstone statue recovered in Gopalganj

Gopalganj, Mar 16: RAB members recovered a touchstone made statue of Lord Krishna worth about Tk one crore at Baksakhola village in Moksudpur upazila and arrested a man on Saturday. Acting on a secret information, the elite force went to the house of Khokon Sheikh in the guise of buyer and arrested Khokon along with the one-kg statue. Khokon was handed over to police and a case was filed, reports UNB.