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Four tea workers killed in Moulvibazar landslide

Four tea garden workers were killed in a landslide in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district on Friday morning.

The deceased were identified as Hiramoni Bhumij, 30, Purnima Bhumij, 28, Radha Mahali, 40, and Shakuntala Bhumij, 40.

Kalighat union parishad chairman Pranesh Goala said part of a hillock collapsed on four female tea garden workers while cutting it in Lakhaichhara area around 11:30 am, leaving them dead on the spot.  

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