Four members of a New Zealand family fell into the water after their wooden boat capsized due to the impact of waves at the mouth of Sonadia Channel in Cox’s Bazar. Local fishermen managed to rescue three members of the family alive, but a 16-year-old boy is still missing.
Zahid Hasan of the Daily Star, Bidhan Majumdar, district correspondent of NEWS24 Television and Jago News, and Barkat Molla, district correspondent of Manabkantha, were assaulted in the premises of the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Shariatpur, with allegations raised against a Jubo Dal leader and his supporters.
Harun Ar Rashid Khalek, 38, a businessman of Kumarkhali in Kushtia, has allegedly committed suicide due to debt pressure and business losses. Before his death he phoned his younger brother asking him to look after his son. His body was later recovered from a local mango orchard.
An elderly mother has been forced out of her home following a clash between her two sons over their father's burial plot in Keshabpur, Jashore. Before she could even overcome the grief of losing her husband, Nurjahan Begum was compelled to leave her home and has now taken shelter at her daughter's house.
Clashes and chases between transport workers and police took place in Chattogram over elections to the Inter-District Road Transport Workers' Union. Four police personnel, including the Officer-in-Charge of Halishahar Police Station, and several workers were injured. Following the clashes, workers blocked roads and held protests in the Kadamtali and Alankar areas of the city.
Police have recovered the hanging body of SM Tanim (30), a leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League's Patiya Government College branch in Chattogram, from a yarn mill in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj.