Landslide kills 1 in Cox’s Bazar

A man was killed and three were injured in a landslide in Moheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar Thursday morning. On information, police recovered the body of Md Idris, 35, and sent it to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, reports a district correspondent. The three injured persons – Abdus Sabur, 45, Abu Shamad, 45, and Mohammad Ali, 38, –were admitted to the local upazila health complex. Police said a large chunk of earth fell on the workers from at least 10 feet above when they were working at a betel-leaf garden at the bottom of a hillock at Adharghona village around 8:30am. Md Idris, son of Siraj Miah of the village, died on the spot, said Ranjit Kumar, officer-in-charge of Moheshkhali Police Station.