AT LEAST seven persons were killed in separate road accidents in three districts on Tuesday and Monday night.
   In Chittagong, according to a UNB report, three persons were killed and two injured on Mostannagar Bypass under Mirsarai upazila on Tuesday noon.
   The police said the three persons, travelling in an auto-rickshaw, died instantly when a Chittagong-bound truck hit the Feni-bound three-wheeler.
   One of the deceased was identified as Fazlul Haque, 46.
   The taxi driver and helper of the truck driver were also injured. They were taken to a local hospital and then shifted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
   Meanwhile, the New Age Chittagong correspondent said a woman was killed at Badamtali in the Chittagong city on Tuesday morning.
   The police said Kulsum Akter, 35, and her daughter were knocked down by a city service bus at about 7:30am when they were trying to cross the busy road in the Agrabad Commercial Area.
   Both the victims were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where Kulsum died.
   The Rajbari correspondent said two persons were killed and six injured on the Rajbari-Kushtia Highway at Boalia on Monday night.
   The police said a speeding truck fell into a roadside ditch at Boalia crossing when two wheels of it were punctured at about 10:30pm.
   The deceased were Azizul Haque, 55, and Jahangir Hossain, 32, of Kushtia.
   The injured were admitted to Pangsha Upazila Health Complex.
   Another UNB report from Satkhira adds: A motorcyclist was killed and his two accompanies were injured when a truck rammed into the vehicle at Ferozpur crossing on Satkhira-Munshiganj road on Monday night.
   Locals said Mominur Rahman died on the spot when a truck hit his motorcycle at about 9:45pm.
   The injured were admitted to a local hospital.
   The bodies were sent to hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations. Separate cases were registered with the respective police stations.

At least 30 people were injured and about 41 houses ransacked in a clash between two rival groups at Magura sadar upazila on Tuesday.
   The police said there was a dispute between Satrujitpur union chairman Moshiul Azam Bacchu and UP member Abdul Khalek over establishing supremacy in the area.
   On Tuesday, supporters of both the groups from villages Dhalhara, Chandpur, Sankaskhali, Satrujitpur, Dharmadah and Kalupara were locked into the clash over the issue. During the clash 30 people were injured and 41 houses of both the groups were ransacked.
   The injured were admitted to Magura Sadar Hospital.
   A police team were deployed in the area to avert farther trouble. None was, however, arrested.

THE police arrested nine members of a criminal gang in possession of bomb-making materials at Sukundi under Joydevpur upazila in Gazipur on Monday night.
   Locals Tipped off, the police raided a house at about 11:00pm and arrested Mostafa, 35, Mobarak, 40, Nurul Haque, 40, Billal, 20, Akther, 19, Babul, 30, Liton, 18, Suman, 27, and Monir, 24.
   The police also recovered 250gm of gun powder, 200 pieces of wires, 85 pieces of small containers, and six pieces of adhesive tapes among some other things.
   The police suspected that the gang was making bombs for conducting criminal activities in the area. A case was registered with the local police station.