Three people including a man and his son were killed and 10 others injured when a bus rammed a truck in the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge in Sirajganj district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Rais Uddin, 62, son of Safar Uddin, Alif Hasan, 27, son of Rais Uddin and Chandra Shekhar, 33, son of Sudhangshu Shekhar.

Shirhan Sharif Tamal, son of former land minister and President of Ishwardi Upazila Jubo League of Pabna, was arrested on Thursday (5 september) night with weapons and drugs. He was arrested from Alobagh Mor area of ​​the upazila. Meanwhile, RAB seized 1 foreign pistol, 1 magazine, 4 rounds, 10 pieces of Yaba and 1 private from Shirhan Sharif Tamal.

Four people, including three of a family, were killed in a fatal road accident on Dhaka-Chattgraom highway in Chauddagram end of Cumilla district early Friday, said police. Dewan Nazmul Huda, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chauddagram police station, confirmed the casualties saying that a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of the Star Line Paribhan crashed into a microbus from behind on the same lane in Nunkora area on the highway around 6am.

In a raid conducted by the Jhalokathi District Administration, five dredging machines used for illegal sand extraction from the Sugandha and Bishkhali rivers have been seized. On Thursday afternoon (September 5), three separate operations were carried out to seize these dredgers from the Sugandha River`s launch terminal area, the confluence of Sugandha-Bishkhali-Gabkhan, and the Bishkhali River. Senior Assistant Commissioner and NDC Shyamananda Kundu led the operation, along with other officials from the district administration and members of the police force.