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The sculpture ‘Ek Torjoni’, featuring raised index of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was demolished during a protest in Jhenaidah on Thursday. The incident took place around 10am at the Swadhinata Chattar in the Chuadanga Bus Stand area. Eyewitness said the protesters, who brought out a procession against the Awami League’s “lockdown” destroyed the sculpture using a bulldozer. The same monument had been partially damaged on August 5 last year during the July uprising. Saidur Rahman, member secretary of the Students Against Discrimination (SAD) in Jhenaidah, said, the fascist Awami League has committed arson and killings in the past to illegally cling to power, and it continues to do the same today. He also said that during the July uprising, the Awami League and ex-pm Sheikh Hasina crippled thousands of people and killed more than 1,500 student protesters. BNP ‘factional’ clash leaves 15 injured in Jhenaidah “The streets are still soaked with the blood of the martyrs. Yet the Awami League, like a pack of hyenas, has once again resorted to arson and violence. That is why the enraged students demolished the monument of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of BAKSAL,” he added. Abdullah Al Mamun, officer-in-charge (OC) of Jhenaidah Sadar Police Station said that police visited the spot after receiving information.  

A worker was killed after being trapped inside a mud-mixing machine at a brick kiln in Manirampur upazila of Jashore on Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Zakir Hossain, 44, son of Abdul Khalek of Munshikhanpur village under the same upazila. He worked at the “Vold Bricks” kiln located in the Sarupdaho area on the Manirampur-Nowapara road and was in charge of operating the mud-mixing machine. According to fire service officials, Zakir got stuck inside the machine while cleaning it around noon.  “Zakir entered the machine to clean it after stopping the gear. Suddenly, the gear started moving again, and he was caught and crushed inside,” said Safayat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Manirampur Fire Service Station. Bus torched in Jashore Firefighters recovered his dismembered body after a three-hour rescue operation. His remains were later handed over to police. Bablur Rahman Khan, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Manirampur Police Station, said, “The victim’s family did not file any complaint over the incident. The body was handed over to his relatives without an autopsy in the evening.”    

Police have recovered 32 petrol bombs on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Mansurabad in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Thursday. Tipped off, a team of police rushed to the spot and recovered the petrol bombs kept in a luggage, along the highway around 1 pm, said Ashraf Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station. Police suspected that these bombs were kept there to carry out sabotage.  However, no one was arrested in this connection. Investigation is underway, said the OC.    

A college student was killed in a road accident in  Hamdoh area of Jhenaidah sadar upazila on Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Swadhin Ahmed, 19, son of Rawshan Hossain of Chhota Kamarkundu village in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila. Swadhin was a 12th-grade student at Laudia Mashiur Rahman Degree College. The accident occurred around 12:30 pm when Swadhin was heading towards Jhenaidah town after finishing his exams. Witness Shamsur Rahman said Swadhin fell on the road after an auto-rickshaw hit his motorbike and then a speeding truck coming from the same direction ran over him. Locals rescued the injured student and took him to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital where a doctor the hospital’s emergency department declared him dead. Abdullah Al Mamun, officer-in-charge of Jhenaidah Sadar Police Station, said police are trying to locate the truck involved in the accident. A case has been filed in this connection.  

Detectives in a drive arrested former Chuadanga municipality mayor Riazul Islam Joarder Toton from Bashundhara area of the capital on Thursday. Tipped off, a team of DB conducted a drive in the area and arrested Toton, former joint general secretary of Chuadanga district unit Awami League and younger brother of former MP Solaiman Haque Joarder Selun, said Mohammad Nasirul Islam, joint commissioner of DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Operation Devil Hunt: 9 arrested in Kuakata He said Toton was arrested on charges of plotting acts of sabotage centering the ‘lockdown’ across the country. Toton was wanted in four cases in Chudanga.    

A police single-cabin pickup caught fire in front of Ramna Police Station near Kakrail intersection on Wednesday due to a mechanical malfunction, according to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The vehicle broke down earlier in the day, and a mechanic was called to repair it. Despite several attempts, the vehicle could not be made operational. Eventually, the engine overheated and caught fire, leaving the mechanic slightly injured, said DMP's DC media Talebur Rahman. The DMP official stated that some individuals on social media are misrepresenting the incident, but clarified that it was purely an accident. They urged everyone not to spread confusion regarding the matter. Earlier in the morning, a microbus also caught fire on Airport Road in the capital due to mechanical failure, police added.

Miscreants set fire to a parked bus in Narsinghpur area under Ashulia Police Station early Wednesday. Abu Kalam, a night guard who saw the incident, said three to four miscreants set ablaze a bus of ‘Alif Transport’ near the Women and Children Hospital at dawn and fled the scene. 3 buses set on fire in Gazipur “The vehicle was engulfed in flames within minutes," he said, adding that although firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control, the bus had already been gutted by the fire. Officer-in-charge Abdul Hannan of Ashulia Police Station said a case will be filed in this connection and efforts are underway to detain those involved in the incident.    

A sleepy night in Haluaghat upazila of Mymensingh turned into a scene of horror and grief on Tuesday (11th November 2025) when miscreants killed a father and his minor daughter by slitting-throat after entering their house. The victims-Ratan Mia, 32, and his 7-year-old daughter Nuria Akter, were found dead at their home in Amir Khan Kura village of Baghaitala union around 3am Tuesday. Quoting locals, police said Ratan, a garment worker by profession, had gone to sleep after dinner when assistants entered the house between 2am to 3am. The attackers slaughtered Ratan and his daughter, said police. Read more: Physically-challenged schoolboy among 2 killed in road crashes Besides, the miscreants attempted to slaughter Ratan’s wife Julekha Akter but failed due to her screaming.  She is now undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH). Officer-in-charge Hafizur Rahman of Haluaghat Police Station said on information in the morning they recovered the bodies from the scene and sent them to the MMCH for autopsy. Several teams visited the spot and are working to unveil the reason behind the murder, he said. On July 14 this year, a 25-year-old mother and her seven-year-old daughter were killed by slitting their throats at their house in Bhaluka upazila of the district. Read more: Daylight Murder in Dhaka: Police call slain Mamun a top-listed criminal

Another victim, who sustained bullet-injuries in a clash between two factions of BNP in Munshiganj Sadar upazila on Monday, died while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital on Tuesday. With this, two men have so far died in this connection. The deceased was identified as Raihan Khan, son of Rustom Khan of Chardumuria village under Mollakandi union of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge M Saiful Alam of Munshiganj Sadar Police Station said Raihan breathed his last while receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday noon.   Another injured Imran is undergoing treatment at the DMCH, he said.   Earlier on Monday morning, a BNP activist named Arif Mir was shot dead and two others, including Raihan, were injured during the clash between the factions over establishing supremacy in the Mollakandi union. Following the clash, injured Raihan and Iman were shifted to the DMCH after giving first aid in the district. Locals said the clash erupted from a longstanding dispute between Arif, an associate of former union BNP vice-president Awlad Hossain, and Shah Kamal, a follower of district BNP convening committee member Atik Mallik and current union BNP president Ohid Mollah. On November 2, supporters of the Awlad group allegedly fired on members of the Kamal group, killing one of their activists, Tuhin. 1 killed, 2 injured in BNP’s factional clash in Munshiganj Following the killing, members of the Kamal group had fled the area but tried to return on Monday morning, triggering the latest clash around 6am on Monday. Hearing gunfire and screams, locals rushed to the spot, rescued the injured, and took them to Munshiganj General Hospital, where doctors declared Arif dead upon arrival. The latest incident took place just eight days after another BNP activist was shot dead in a clash between the same groups in the area on November 2.

A Rajshahi court on Tuesday sentenced a headmaster of a high school to life term in prison in a case over the rape of an SSC examinee after abduction more than three years back in Natore. Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Md Mahiduzzaman also sentenced him to 14 years of jail for abduction, said the court’s public prosecutor Munshi Abul Kalam Azad. The convict is Firoz Ahmed, headmaster of Mariam Memorial Girls’ School in Natore. Prosecutor Azad said the victim was standing near the main gate of the school after her practical exam on October 1, 2022. ICT-1 sets Nov 13 for verdict in case against Hasina, 2 others The teacher took her to a relative’s house in Rajshahi on the pretext of promising to help her perform well in the practical exam. He kept her confined there and raped several times threatening to kill her if disclose this matter, the prosecutor said. At night on that day, the victim’s mother filed a case accusing three people including the teacher under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. Shortly after the incident, members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested him and handed over to police who later pressed chargesheet against the trio. Two were acquitted during charge framing.