News in Brief (2022-08-16)

Natore teacher died by suicide: Doctors
Khairun Nahar, a teacher in Natore who caused a stir by marrying a college student, has died by suicide, doctors believe. She was found dead at her apartment on the fifth floor of Mollah Mansion in the town's Bilaripara on Sunday. A team of three doctors from Natore Sadar Hospital, led by assistant director Paritosh Kumar Roy, conducted a post-mortem examination on her body. Samiul Islam Shanto, the resident medical officer of the hospital, said the doctors saw marks on Khairun's neck that indicate death by suicide, not murder. "Some more lab tests are required to make the full autopsy report." Nasim Ahmed, chief of Sadar Police Station, said the first inquest report also suggests the teacher had taken her own life. No one has filed a case over the death of Khairun. — bdnews24.com

13 fishermen rescued from Bay of Bengal
BAGERHAT, Aug 15: Mongla Coast Guard rescued 13 fishermen Monday who were floating in the Bay of Bengal for two days after the engine of their fishing trawler broke down. The fishermen were rescued around 8am from the estuary of Bay of Bengal near Shyalar Char in Bagerhat with their trawler after getting a call in national emergency number 999, said Lieutenant Commander M Mamunur Rahman, detective officer of Coast Guard. On August 12, the fishermen went to Bay with the trawler from Bhandaria upazila in Pirojpur and the engine broke down around 9 am the next day, he said. — UNB

National Mourning Day observed in Japan
Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo on Monday observed the National Mourning Day and the 47th Anniversary of Martyrdom of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman paying deep respect. The programme began in the morning on the Embassy premises with hoisting of the national flag at half-mast by the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan Shahabuddin Ahmed. The national anthem was played at that time. After this, one-minute silence was observed followed by a special doa and munajat for the salvation of the martyred souls of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his family members and all other martyrs of August 15 in 1975 with the participation of all Embassy officials and expatriate Bangladeshis. — UNB