Two killed as tree collapses in storm
UNB
Benapole: Two women were killed as a tree collapsed on them during a storm that ravaged Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night, reports UNB.
Officer-in-charge of Abhaynagar Police Station Sheikh Nasiruddin said Laxmirani Mandol,35, daughter of Bhushan Mandol, a resident of Dul village, and Sahida Begum,45, daughter of Sohrab Hossain Khan, a resident of Ektapur village, were killed as a tree collapsed on them during a storm in the upazila at about 7:30 pm. Several hundred houses were also damaged by the storm.
Another report adds: Roughly 5,000 birds of different species were killed as a norwester wreaked havoc at Tirerhat village in Jessore Sadar upazila on Wednesday night. Locals said they found around 5,000 birds, including Doel, Shalik, Masranga, Bulbuli and Ghughu, lying dead at different places of the village after the storm on Thursday morning. Later, they buried the dead birds at the village. Dr. Saibur Rahman Mollah, dean of the Environmental Science Faculty of Jessore University of Science and Technology, said the death of such a large number of birds will certainly have a bad impact on the biodiversity of the area.
