Autopsy-pending

Police have recovered the bodies of three members of the same family in Bagerhat. As the victims had marks of injuries to their heads, police initially suspect that they may have been deliberately murdered. The bodies were recovered Tuesday afternoon, August 4, from Chandarkola village in Raripara Union of Kachua. The deceased were Monira Begum ( 52), wife of late Abdar Ali of Chandarkola village; her son Ahad Howlader (25); and Monira Begum’s mother, Rashida Begum (85). Rashida Begum was...

Police have recovered three unidentified half-decomposed bodies from separate locations in the Bay of Bengal off Teknaf and St. Martin’s Island in Cox’s Bazar. The identities of the deceased could not be determined as the bodies had been floating in the sea for a long time. Police suspect the bodies may belong to people linked to the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. However, some locals have suggested that they may have been victims of a trawler sinking while traveling to Malaysia by sea or a...