Production at JFCL stops

Our Correspondent,jamaipur

Urea fertiliser production at Jamuna Fertiliser Company Ltd (JFCL) at Tarakandi in the district came to a halt on Monday night due to leakage in ammonia plant of the industry. JFCL sources said, the ammonia plant caught fire after a big sound of blast at 11.00pm halting production. General manager (GM), operation of the industry Md Zahidul Bari told this correspondent that it will taka 4-5 days to repair the leakage and resume production.

Two children drown

Our Correspondent, jamaipur

Two kids drowned in a canal at village Digrichar Baliabari in Islampur upazila of the district yesterday noon. The deceased were identified as Sajib, 4, son of Badiuzzaman of the village and his cousin Sonia, 5, daughter of Shafiqul Islam Nandu of village Defla under Melandah upazila. Locals and victims' family sources said the two children were playing near the canal. They fell in it at around 1.00pm and drowned.

Bodies recovered

Our Correspondent, Dinajpur

Decomposed bodies of a truck driver and his helper were recovered from a roadside truck in Hakimpur upazila early yesterday. Police identified them as Bozlar Rahman, 50, the driver hailing from Haripur upazila and Golam Mostafa, 47, his helper from Munshirhat village under the same upazila in the district. Police said, locals informed Hakimpur police on Tuesday night as they were getting bad smell from the truck parked at Chhatni point ofHakimpur-Ghoraghat Road. Later police recovered the bodies from under the seats of the truck.

11 passport brokers jailed

Unb, Khulna

A mobile court here on Tuesday convicted 11 passport brokers and sentenced them to three months imprisonment for harassing passport seekers. The convict are Tapu Biswas, 40, Saiful Islam, 33, Fazlul Akhter Babul, 32, Alamgir Hossain, 35, Abdul Halim, 20, Rajib Hasan, 28, Monirul Islam, 40, Himu, 24, Abdul Mannan, 35, Hafizur Rahman, 39, Ashraful Islam, 45. Police arrested the brokers from local passport office on Tuesday morning. Later, they were handed over to the mobile court. The mobile court, led by Executive Magistrates Moshiur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, handed down the punishment.

Girl dies of snakebite

UNB, Sherpur

A college girl died of snakebite at Daodhara village in Nalitabari upazila on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Asma Khatun, a student of Poragaon Haji Nurul Haque Moitry College and resident of the village. Local sources said a venomous snake bit Asma in the right hand when she went to a nearby latrine of her house in the morning. She was rushed to upazila health complex where the doctors declared her dead.