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Mirpur-10 metro station reopens (cybivq Ly‡j †`qv)

Mirpur-10 metro station resumed (Avev‡iv Pvjy Kiv) operations this morning, almost (cÖvq)  three months after it was vandalized ( †f‡½ †`qvi ci)  and consequently (Gi d‡j)  shut down (eÜ nq)  in July.

Mohammad Abdur Rouf, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd, confirmed (wbwðZ K‡ib)  the information to The Daily Star.

Unidentified individuals (cwiPqnxb e¨w³iv)  went on a rampage (fvsPzo K‡i)  at Mirpur-10 and Kazipara metro stations on July 19, amid (g‡a¨)  the student movement (QvÎ Av‡›`vjb)  for quota reform (ms¯‹vi), which later turned into (cwiYZ nq)  a people's uprising (MY Afz¨Ìvb)  that (hv)  toppled (boeo K‡i †`q)  the Sheikh Hasina-led government. Metro rail operations remained (_v‡K)  suspended (¯’wMZ)  for over a month (GK gv‡miI †ewk mgq)  afterwards (Gici).

The then Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader had said reopening (Ly‡j †`qv)  the metro stations would not be possible (m¤¢e n‡e bv)  even in one year (GK eQ‡iI).

Although metro rail operations resumed (Avev‡iv ïiæ nq)  on August 25, the two stations remained closed (eÜ wQ‡jv). The authority (KZ…©cÿ)  reopened (cybivq Ly‡j †`q)  Kazipara station on September 20.

 

5 killed (wbnZ)  as two buses collide (msN©l jvMv)  in Faridpur

Five people were killed (wbnZ nq)  and at least (Kgc‡ÿ)  15 others (Av‡iv c‡biRb)  injured (AvnZ nq)  in a head-on collision (gy‡LvgywL msN‡l©)  between two buses in Faridpur early today.

The deceased (g„Z‡`i)  could not be identified (cwiPq Rvbv hvqwb)  immediately (Zrÿbvr), our local correspondent (msev` `vZv)  reports quoting (eivZ w`‡q)  Mohammed Salauddin Chowdhury, officer in-charge of Karimpur Highway Police Station.

Subhas Chandra Barai, station manager of Faridpur Fire Service and Civil Defence Station, said that the accident took place (N‡U)  when a Jhenidah-bound (gywL)  bus of Green Paribahan collided head-on (gy‡KvgywL av°v jv‡M)  with another bus (Ab¨ GKwU ev‡mi m‡½)  around (w`‡K)  4:00am.

Five died on the spot (NUbv ¯’‡j)  and 15 others were injured (AvnZ nq), he said.

On information (Lei †c‡q), police rushed (Qz‡U hvq)  to the spot, recovered (D×vi K‡i)  the bodies (jvk)  and kept (iv‡L)  them at highway police station, the fire service official said.

The injured (AvnZ‡`i)  were admitted (fwZ© Kiv‡bv nq)  to Faridpur Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital, he added.