Boy killed in Cox’s Bazar landslide

A minor boy was killed and four other members of a family were injured in a landslide triggered by incessant rain in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday morning.

The deceased was Mehedi Hasan, 8, son of Md Munna of Puratanpara in the upazila.

A chunk of mud fell on the house of Md Munna at the foot of a hill at Puratonpara in the morning, leaving Mehedi dead on the spot and four other members of his family injured, said Pradip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station.