Worker killed in landslide

A worker died in a landslide in a hillock in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet yesterday evening.

Yakub Ali, 22, of the upazila's Purba Narayanpara village, died at Shah Arefin Tila, said Nasrin Jahan Fatema, vice-chairman of the upazila.

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In the last two months, at least 11 people were killed in similar incidents in stone quarries in Bholaganj, Bichnakandi and Lobhachhara areas of the district.

Asked about the illegal practice, Altaf Hossain, officer-in-charge of Companiganj Police Station, said, “We raided the areas but could not detain anyone red-handed."

Landslide may occur anytime due to indiscriminate stone lifting and hill cutting, said Abdul Karim Kim, general secretary of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon, Sylhet chapter.