Widowed housewife Sonia Begum was forced to take shelter beside her husband's grave with her two children in Uttar Laskarchala village of Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur after not being able to find a place in her in-laws' house. This incident has been strongly condemned and urgent administrative intervention has been demanded by Youth Action for Social Change (YASC) Rajshahi chapter President Md. Shamiul Alim Shaon.
A case has been filed in connection with the murder of four people, including two children, from the same family in Niamatpur of Naogaon. Meanwhile, five members of the family, including the deceased's father, have been taken into police custody for further questioning.
Jubo Mohila League leader Mosammat Shilpi Begum, who was arrested along with her one-and-a-half-month-old child in a case filed at Tejgaon Police Station under the Explosives Act, has been released from prison.
At least five members of the river police, including the officer-in-charge, were injured after being shot by armed assailants during a routine patrol on the Padma River.
Academic activities at Barishal University have come to a complete halt after teachers enforced a “complete shutdown,” suspending all classes, examinations, and administrative academic work amid an escalating dispute over promotion policies and the university statute.
A clash has broken out between two factions of local BNP in Kaliakair, Gazipur, over control of the jhut (textile waste) business. The clash occurred on Tuesday morning in front of the Hope Lone Intimate Limited factory in the Mouchak area of the upazila, leaving several people injured. Harun or Rashid is reported to be in critical condition.