The funeral and burial of bride Marzia Akhtar Mitu, her sister Lamia, and her grandmother Rashida Begum, who were killed in a road accident in Rampal, Bagerhat, have been completed. Their funeral prayers were held at 9:30 am on Friday, March 13, at a field near their home in Naksha village, Koyra upazila, Khulna. They were later buried in the family graveyard.
Marzia Akhtar Mitu had left her father's house with the wedding procession, wearing the brown Benarasi saree from her wedding night, mehendi still fresh on her hands, jewellery adorning her, and dreams of a new life. But before she could reach her husband's home, all her dreams came to a halt on the Khulna-Mongla highway. She lost her life in a head-on collision between a microbus and a navy bus, and her husband Ahadur Rahman Sabbir also perished in the accident.
At least 13 people including a just married couple were killed in a head-on collision between a Navy staff bus and a wedding microbus in Rampal of Bagerhat.
The northern region of Bangladesh witnessed the first heavy rainfall of the year on Thursday, with Rangpur and Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila recording significant showers.
A Khulna court has sent a man to jail on charges of beating his mother and throwing her out of house.
A fight broke out between customers from two sides while buying diesel at a filling station in Rangamati city. The incident took place at a filling station named M/s MM Petroleum Agency located in the Rajbari area of the city on Wednesday afternoon. The matter came into discussion when a video of the incident went viral on social media on Thursday.