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2 killed in Comilla road mishap

COMILLA, Sept 22: Two people were killed when a covered van rammed into a microbus on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Batisha in Chouddagram upazila Saturday morning. Police said the covered van hit the Dhaka-bound microbus at about 7am, killing microbus driver and passenger on the spot. The dead were identified as Zahirul Islam, official of multi-level marketing company Destiny 2000, and driver Badshah Mia. Zahirul Islam hailed from Brahmanpara upazila of the district, UNB.

Diesel seized in Golanda

GOALANDA (RAJBARI), Sept 22: Police in a drive seized some 12 barrels of stolen diesel worth about Tk 1.5 lakh from a trawler in launch ghat area here early Friday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the area at about 4am and seized the diesel while being unloaded from the trawler. They also arrested a van-puller, Alauddin Mondol, from the spot. Alauddin during interrogation confessed that the diesels were stolen from a ferry and a dredger at night and he was engaged by ringleader of the smuggling gang Shafiqul Islam Shafi to reach the fuel oil to his godown, reports UNB

Body exhumed in Rangpur

RANGPUR, Sept 22: Body of a young man was exhumed after three months of his burial in Pirganj upazila on Tuesday. The court ordered to exhume the body of Mukhlesur Rahman, 35, of village Hossainpur in the upazila following the prayer of his wife Fatema Begum. Fatema in her prayer said a number of people, including UP Chairman of Bara Alampur Hafizar Rahman and three UP members, picked Mukhlesur up from his house on May 6 this year bringing an allegation that he had stolen a shallow pump, reports UNB.

One killed by

younger brother

RANGPUR, Sept 22: A man was killed allegedly by his younger brother at Chethali Pashchimpara village in Mithapukur upazila on Tuesday. Local people said an altercation ensued between Elias and his younger brother Yunus when the former went to plant a tree beside house of the latter. At one stage of altercation, Yunus hit Elias, 40, with a spade on his head, leaving him critically injured. He was rushed to the Rangpur Medical College Hospital where he succumbed later. Victim's wife filed a case in this connection, reports UNB.

Fugitive convict

arrested in Jhalakati

JHALAKATI, Sept 22: A fugitive convict was arrested at Talgachhia village in Kathalia upazila on Friday. On secret information, police arrested Shimul, 28, from the village at about 4 pm. Shimul was sentenced to eight years imprisonment by a court in absentia in a robbery case, reports UNB.

Housewife stabbed to

death in Charghat

RAJSHAHI, Sept 22: A housewife was stabbed to death by terrorists at Barkatpur village in Charghat upazila Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Champa Begum, 26, wife of Saidar Ali. Local people said some terrorists swooped on the house of Saidar and stabbed his wife Champa indiscriminately when she was cocking in the kitchen at about 8pm, leaving her critically injured. Hearing the shrill cry of the victim, local people rushed in and admitted her to the Upazila Health Complex. Later she was shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where she died late at night, reports UNB.