FIVE persons were killed and about 50 injured in separate road accidents in Tangail and Cox’s Bazar on Sunday.
   Three persons were killed and 40 others injured when a Dhaka-bound bus from Chapainawabganj fell into a canal on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Pakulla under Mirzapur upazila in Tangail at about 3:00am.
   Of the deceases, two were identified as Alamgir Hossain and his brother Jahangir Hossain of village Parboholy under sadar upazila.
   Thirty-two of the injured were admitted to Mirzapur Kumudini Hospital.
   In Cox’s Bazar, two persons including one sub-inspector of police were killed and eight others injured in separate road accidents.
   The deceased are Dilip Kumar Sarma, 40, sub-inspector of the Ukhia police station, and construction worker Noor Alam, 40, of Kutubdia Para in Cox’s Bazar.
   The police said Dilip died on his way back to his workplace at Ukhia after rescuing a kidnapped young girl from village Borobil of Ratnapalong union.
   The microbus, carrying the policeman and eight others, including two law enforcers, hit a roadside tree on the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf Highway.
   The injured were admitted to Ukhia Upazila Health Complex. The driver managed to flee with his injuries.
   In another accident, Noor was crashed under the wheels of a microbus on the Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong Highway at Kolatoli.

THE Border Security Force of India handed the bodies of two Bangladeshi citizens over to the Bangladesh Rifles following a flag meeting between the border guards of the two countries on Saturday night.
   BDR sources said Muhir Ali, 18, and Sajjad Ali, 25, of village Demai under Barlekha upazila, were shot dead by BSF members on Thursday when they along with the other people were collecting bamboos from the forest along Mukam Tila frontier.
   Colonel Tasneem, commander of 38 Rifles Battalion, said the BSF shot dead the two inside their territory when they went there to collect bamboos. ‘The border situation is now calm,’ he said.
   Meanwhile, attempts to construct an embankment along the river Khoai by the Indian authorities with the help of the BSF men on Saturday heightened tension on Balla border in Habiganj.
   The Indian authorities later suspended the construction work following protest by the BDR.
   Lieutenant Colonel Elahi Monjur Chowdhury, commander of 2 Rifles Battalion at Srimangal, said the Indian authorities were trying to construct an embankment within 150 yards from zero point of the Balla frontier which is contrary to the cross-border law.

AN ACTIVIST of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was killed and several others were injured Saturday night in a factional clash at village Lakshmikola under Muktagachha upazila in Mymensingh.
   The deceased is Ratan Saha, 18, inhabitant of the area.
   The police said the activists of a faction of Muktagachha Chhatra Dal clashed with another faction over an internal feud of the organisation. Ratan Saha, an activist of a faction, was attacked and hacked with sharp weapons by his rivals during the clash. Unspecified number persons received minor injuries during the clash.
   Critically injured Ratan was taken to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where he died after admission.

A YOUNG man sustained acid burns at village Mohishadi under Narsingdi sadar upazila on Sunday midnight.
   The victim is Kamal Hossain, 32, of the same village.
   Victim’s family claimed that two local youths — Anwar Hossain and Afzal Hossain, both are brothers, of the same village — hurled acid at him over previous enmity. Kamal was asleep in his bedroom when he was attacked.
   Locals took him to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital in critical condition.
   A case was filed with the police in this connection. But none was arrested.