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Two bodies recovered
Our correspondent

jessore: Police recovered bodies of two people in hanging position from separate places in the district.
Chowgacha police recovered body of an old man from hanging position after three days of his abduction yesterday evening from Hakimpur Matchakla village in Chowgacha upazila in the district.
According to police Abdur Razzak, 55, of Hakimpur Matchakla  village went out of his home on 8 August but did not return till Tuesday evening.
Local people found the victim’s body hanging from a tree at a mango orchard yesterday.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Jessore Medical Collage Hospital morgue for autopsy.
In another incident, Bagerpara police recovered body of a woman identified as that of Swapna Khatoon, 32, in hanging position from her husband Karim Mollah’s house at village North Chandpur in Bagerpara upazila early yesterday. The relatives of the victim claimed that she was killed by her husband. According to Nazmul Hossain, brother of the victim, Swapna’s was tortured by her husband since their marriage. Yesterday, he strangled her to death following a quarrel over loan money of an NGO. Later, he hanged the body with the beam of the house and declared that Swapna has committed suicide.

BAU students donate Tk18 lakh
BAU CORRESPONDENT

Mymensingh: The students of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh donated about Tk 18.5 lakh for the treatment of Nazmus Sakib, a final year student of the Agriculture faculty of BAU, who has been suffering from kidney failure for about four months.
Vice-Chancellor of BAU Prof Dr Md. Ali Akbar handed over the cheque to Sakib’s father Kaysar Habib Ahmed at his residence on the campus on Wednesday. The university students donated the amount from their stipend money.
Sakib will be taken to ‘Appollo Hospital’, in Chennai, India, on August 18 for kidney transplant as both of his kidneys have been damaged, told his father.
Sakib, hailed from Sundarganj in Gaibandha district, is now undergoing treatment at Ibn Sina Hospital in Dhaka.

Six hurt by criminals
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Jamalpur: At least six persons of a family were injured in a attack by criminals in a remote char village in Islampur upazila of the district early yesterday.
According to police, a group of criminals over enmity swooped on the house of Abdul Malek, a farmer of Charshishua village in the upazila at around 2 am and attacked the inmates with sharp weapons leaving  six people of the house including Abdul,32, Haraf Ali, 35, Achhma,30, Tara, 40 and Nachhima, 35 injured.
 They also took away seven cows of the victim. Severely injured Haraf Ali and Abdul were admitted to Mymenshingh Medical College Hospital. Police said Abdul Malek had a log standing dispute with his co-villager Hazrat Ali.  A case was filed with Islampur police station.

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Two bodies recovered Our correspondent jessore: Police recovered bodies of two people in hanging position from separate places in the district. Chowgacha police recovered body of an old man from hanging position after three days of his abduction yesterday evening from Hakimpur Matchakla village in Chowgacha upazila in the district. According to police Abdur Razzak, 55, of Hakimpur Matchakla village went out of his home on 8 August but did not return till Tuesday evening. Local people found the victims body hanging from a tree at a mango orchard yesterday. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Jessore Medical Collage Hospital morgue for autopsy. In another incident, Bagerpara police recovered body of a woman identified as that of Swapna Khatoon, 32, in hanging position from her husband Karim Mollahs house at village North Chandpur in Bagerpara upazila early yesterday. The relatives of the victim claimed that she was killed by her husband. According to Nazmul Hossain, brother of the victim, Swapnas was tortured by her husband since their marriage. Yesterday, he strangled her to death following a quarrel over loan money of an NGO. Later, he hanged the body with the beam of the house and declared that Swapna has committed suicide. BAU students donate Tk18 lakh BAU CORRESPONDENT Mymensingh: The students of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh donated about Tk 18.5 lakh for the treatment of Nazmus Sakib, a final year student of the Agriculture faculty of BAU, who has been suffering from kidney failure for about four months. Vice-Chancellor of BAU Prof Dr Md. Ali Akbar handed over the cheque to Sakibs father Kaysar Habib Ahmed at his residence on the campus on Wednesday. The university students donated the amount from their stipend money. Sakib will be taken to Appollo Hospital, in Chennai, India, on August 18 for kidney transplant as both of his kidneys have been damaged, told his father. Sakib, hailed from Sundarganj in Gaibandha district, is now undergoing treatment at Ibn Sina Hospital in Dhaka. Six hurt by criminals OUR CORRESPONDENT Jamalpur: At least six persons of a family were injured in a attack by criminals in a remote char village in Islampur upazila of the district early yesterday. According to police, a group of criminals over enmity swooped on the house of Abdul Malek, a farmer of Charshishua village in the upazila at around 2 am and attacked the inmates with sharp weapons leaving six people of the house including Abdul,32, Haraf Ali, 35, Achhma,30, Tara, 40 and Nachhima, 35 injured. They also took away seven cows of the victim. Severely injured Haraf Ali and Abdul were admitted to Mymenshingh Medical College Hospital. Police said Abdul Malek had a log standing dispute with his co-villager Hazrat Ali. A case was filed with Islampur police station.