Once a fisherman, Sagir Hossain Somed, 55, of Dakshin Gilabad village of Pirojpur’s Mathbaria upazila, switched to farming after fish population depleted alarmingly within a few years of the construction of a sluice gate in neighbouring Dadhibhanga village.
Three staffers of a local catering service company were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a locally motorised vehicle in Pirojpur's Sadar upazila this afternoon
Although Barishal is almost cut off from the rest of the country, BNP leaders and activists kept pouring into the divisional city for the second straight day yesterday to join today’s rally.
Many people are leaving Dhaka and thronged to the inter-district bus terminals and Sadarghat launch terminal in the city, after the news of possible lockdown from Monday was published in the media today, as they think once the lockdown is imposed it would be extended.
After two hours, fire fighters managed to control the blaze, the official said.
Four members of Saiful s family managed to escape the fire but he and his wife died on the spot, he added.
The fire might have originated from an electrical short circuit, he said.
Saiful and Moni got married three months ago.
The loss in the fire has been estimated at Tk 4 lakh.
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