Murder, oppression of Rohingyas protested
Chuadanga: A human chain protesting the persistent oppression and killing of Rohingya minorities in Rakhine State of Myanmar was formed in the district town yesterday morning, reports UNB. Zila Ulama Parishad organised the demonstration at Shaheed Hassan Chattar of the district town at 10am holding banners and placards inscribed with anti-violence slogans. They demanded an immediate end to the sectarian violence against the ethnic minority.
Wild elephants kill farmer
SHERPUR: A farmer was killed in a wild elephant attack in Jhenigati upazila of Sherpur on Wednesday night, reports BSS. The victim was identified as Uttam Marak, 55, of the same area. A herd of wild elephants came down from the hills of Meghalaya state of India and rampaged Sandhyakura village around 8:00pm, said local people.
When Uttam along with his some villagers was trying to drive away the elephants, he was trampled at one stage.
Local people rushed him to Jhenigati Upazila Health Complex but he was shifted to Sherpur Sadar Hospital when his condition deteriorated. He succumbed to his injuries two hours after the incident.
Factory fined for making fake healthcare materials
Jhenidah: A factory was fined Tk 20,000 for making fake healthcare materials and operating without the approval of the authorities concerned, reports UNB. Tipped off, a mobile court led by executive magistrate Sohel Sultan Julkernine Kabir conducted a drive at a factory in Porahati village of Sadar upazila and fined the owner of the factory on Wednesday afternoon. The mobile court also seized huge fake sanitary napkins, cotton and belt from the factory.
Two killed in road accidents
RANGPUR: Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in the district yesterday, reports BSS. Maleka Begum, 42, of Bisnupur village in Kawnia upazila, was killed when a truck hit her a Satmatha point in the city yesterday morning, said Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali police ABM Zahidul Islam.
Driver of a pick-up van was killed and three others were injured when a bus hit a pick-up van at Dhaperhat point on the Rangpur-Dhaka highway in Pirganj upazila at 8:30 am.
The deceased was identified as Shimul Mian, 23, of Satgram Thakurchar village in Bogra Sadar upazila, said In-charge of Barodorga highway police camp Sergeant Shahidul Islam.
Two separate cases were filed.
Fake doctor fined in Lohagara
NARAIL: A mobile court in Lohagara upazila fined a fake doctor Tk 1,00,000 for running illegal diagnostic centre and treating patients without any academic qualification, reports BSS.
Acting on a tip-off, the mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Salma Parvin raided Morshada Surgical Clinic and Diagnostic Center in Lohagara upazila town on Wednesday and arrested the fake doctor and proprietor of the diagnostic centre Zakir Hossain.
Zakir Hossain had been treating patients using fake identity of a doctor. The mobile court fined him Tk 100,000, in default, to suffer two months in jail.
52 arrested in Satkhira
SATHKHIRA: Police, in special drives from Wednesday night to yesterday morning, arrested 52 persons, including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, and recovered phensidyl, yaba, hemp and liquor from seven upazilas of the district, reports BSS. Several cases, including charges of subversive activities, are pending with different police stations against the arrested persons, the sources added.