Bagerhat
Crack down urgently on Sundarbans’ bandits
The forest-dependent people of the Sundarbans once feared tigers and crocodiles, but now they live in perpetual fear of the bandits of the jungle. Terrified of these criminals, they are reluctant to enter the forest. The robbers sometimes take them hostage to extract ransom, and at other times force fishers to poison different waterways of the Sundarbans to catch huge amount of fish in a short time. On Saturday (20 September), media reports revealed that many of those who had earlier surrendered to the authorities promising to leave banditry have returned to the old profession, increasing the number of active bandit groups at least to 14, including the notorious ‘Dulabhai gang'.
Fire service starts extinguishing fire in Sundarbans
Fire fighters have started work to douse the fire in the deep Amurbunia forest of Chadpai range of the eastern Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
3 killed in truck-van collision in Bagerhat
Three people have been killed in a collision between a truck and a battery-operated rickshaw van in Bagerhat’s Rampal Upazila.
Bulkhead capsizes with 6,000 sacks of rice in Mongla
A bulkhead ship named MV Shahajada-6 has capsized in the Mongla upazila of Bagerhat, with 6,000 sacks of rice on board.