Shamima Yasmin, the headmistress of Rameshchandra Government Primary School in Sonarghop, Nesarabad Upazila, has been temporarily suspended following allegations related to hanging a picture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Import and export operations between India and Bangladesh through the Benapole land port were suspended today (Tuesday) due to a government-declared holiday marking the anniversary of the July Mass Uprising.
A group of student protesters advocating against discrimination temporarily blocked railway operations in Rajshahi on Tuesday morning, expressing dissatisfaction with the train allocated for their journey to Dhaka. The students were headed to the capital to attend the July Declaration Ceremony.
In Faridganj, Chandpur, Shah Poran Alam Rabbi, the president of a now-defunct unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), was arrested in connection with a sabotage case. Just four days after his arrest, his wife, Nusrat Jahan Faria, gave birth to their child. Tragically, she later died while on life support at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
A woman named Lucky Sing (24) lost her leg in a landmine explosion while collecting bamboo shoots near the Myanmar border in Nikuchhari, under Ghumdhum Union of Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban.
The body of former Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General (Retd.) M. Harun-ur-Rashid was recovered from the guest house of the Chattogram Club on Monday morning.