Two boys drown in Jhenaidah
Two boys drowned after a boat carrying them capsized in the Kapotaksha river in Maheshpur upazila of the district on Friday. The dead are Jibon (14) and his paternal cousin Sabbir Hossain (9). They were residents of Hospitalpara under Maheshpur municipality. Locals said several boys including the victims went to the river to take a bath in the afternoon. After taking the bath they all boarded a boat which suddenly capsized in the municipality area nearby Kampara Rajdhani Bakery. Though others managed to swim ashore, the victims drowned in the river, they said. Md Abdus Sobhan Howladar, station officer (acting) of Maheshpur Fire Service said on information their divers rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies from the river after two hours of searching. Selim Miah, officer-in-charge of Mahespur thana, said they handed over the bodies to the families upon their request without an autopsy. However, an unnatural death case was filed with the thana, he added. — UNB
Engineer killed in Tangail road accident
An engineer of the under-construction Bangabandhu Railway Bridge was killed in a road accident on the Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge highway in Ibrahimabad area of the district on Saturday. The dead is Shah Abdul Moin ( 27), son of Shah Abdul Momin, resident of Narsingdi district. He was working as the site chief engineer of the bridge.As he reached the Ibrahimabad area of the highway, the motorcycle lost control and fell off the road in the morning, leaving Moin injured seriously, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bangabandhu Railway Bridge East police station Shafiqul Islam told BSS. Later, the critically injured was taken to Tangail General Hospital where the doctors declared him dead. The body was kept at the Tangail General Hospital morgue and it will be handed over to the family after the legal process, the OC added. — BSS
Jute warehouse catches fire in N'ganj
A fire broke out in a jute warehouse adjacent to Narayanganj Metro Cinema Hall on Saturday. No casualties were reported. The fire broke out in the warehouse around 11.15 am, said Shahjahan Shikder, deputy assistant director (media cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters. On information, four fire fighters took nearly one hour to bring the blaze under control around 12.10pm. — UNB