Jhenaidah: A man was killed in a landslide at Gaupinathpur village under Kaliganj upazila of the district today.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the deceased was Nazrul Islam, 52, son of Abdul Mannan, a resident of the same village. Nazrul was the former general secretary of Trilochanpur Union Juba Dal of the upazila. The incident occurred when the soil of an under-construction house suddenly collapsed around 1 pm while Nazrul was working there, burying him under the soil.
Local residents and fire service workers quickly responded to the emergency, rushing to the site to recover Nazrul’s body. Station officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Fire and Civil Defence Service, Rabiul Islam, confirmed the incident.