UP member found dead

A member of a union parishad in Kushtia district was found dead in a canal at Machpara union in Pangsa upazila in Rajbari on Sunday morning, reports UNB.
The deceased is Abdul Mazed Mandal, 50, a member of ward no 5 of Jayanti Hazra union in Khoksa upazila of Kushtia.
Locals spotted the body in a canal in Meghna Khamarpara area around 9:00am and informed police, said officer-in-charge of Pangsa police station.
Later, police recovered the body.