Woman, child go missing while bathing in Jamuna River
MANIKGANJ, June 12: A pregnant woman and a young girl went missing while bathing in the Jamuna River in Bachamara area of Daulatpur upazila of Manikganj on Wednesday. The victims are Barsha Khatun, 20, daughter of Md. Abdul Boyati from Bachamara Purba Para village, and Lamia Khatun, 10, daughter of Md. Rahej Boyati from the same village. The incident occurred at around 02:00 pm on Wednesday behind the house of Yusuf Ali Sheik in Bachmara union. Locals said that five women and children went to bathe in the river at around 2 pm. Suddenly, they were swept away by the strong current. Although three of them were rescued alive, Barsha and Lamia drowned. Md. Zahid Babu, a resident of Bachamara Union, said that despite efforts to find the missing pair, they could not be located.— UNB
Husband attempts suicide after slitting wife's throat
SIRAJGANJ, June 12: A man allegedly killed his wife by slitting her throat and then attempted to take his own life in Sirajganj's Raiganj upazila on Wednesday night. The killed was identified as Rozina Khatun, 25, daughter of Abdul Aziz of Erandah village in Raiganj. Her husband, Motaleb Hossain, 32, hails from nearby Brahmangram village. According to Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Salanga Police Station, Motaleb and Rozina got married around two and a half years ago. As Motaleb's family did not accept their marriage, the couple had been living at Rozina's parental home since their wedding. Motaleb worked as a mason in Feni district and had returned home before Eid. Since his return, frequent arguments reportedly took place between the couple. — UNB
Elderly couple killed in Narail road crash
NARAIL, June 12: An elderly couple was killed in a head-on collision between a trolley and a battery-run rickshaw in the Khashial union of Narail's Kalia upazila on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Zafar Munshi, 70, and his wife Marzina Begum, 60, residents of Boro Kalia village in the upazila. Ashiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Naragati Police Station, said the accident occurred around noon when a sand-laden trolley heading towards Kalia collided head-on with a passenger-carrying battery-run rickshaw coming from the opposite direction at Moulvibazar intersection in the Talbaria area. "Both Zafar Munshi and Marzina Begum sustained critical injuries on the spot," the OC said. Locals rushed them to Kalia Upazila Health Complex, where on-duty doctors declared them dead upon arrival. —UNB
