Alamgir Hawladar, 55, was hacked to death inside his home in New Madaripur village under Madaripur Sadar upazila following a dispute over establishing dominance. His house was also vandalised and looted during the attack. Police have detained one person in connection with the incident.
All leaders and activists, including the convenor of the upazila committee of the National Citizen Party (NCP) in Jurachhari upazila, Rangamati, have resigned en masse. Eighty-seven activists of the NCP took the decision to resign en masse through a special meeting held on Monday afternoon. Later, the resignation letters were sent to the Rangamati district committee.
Like last year, the potato market in Rajshahi and Naogaon has crashed again. While production costs are Tk 16 to 18 per kg, farmers are being forced to sell potatoes at Tk 5 to 9 per kg. As a result, growers are facing severe losses.
Fifteen Garo (Mandi) families who have been living in Sylhet for seven decades are now living in fear of eviction due to threats from a housing company. Residents allege that people from 'Chairman City Housing Company' are putting up pillars and using various pressures and intimidation to force them to vacate the land.
Three teenagers were killed and at least 20 people, including a child, were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram on Monday evening.
The Detective Branch (DB) of district police has arrested seven leaders of the Students Against Discrimination (SAD) Jhenaidah district unit over allegations of setting buses on fire and vandalising an oil pump. They were arrested around 2:00 am on Monday, March 9, from Beparipara and Payra Chottor areas in Jhenaidah municipality. Police produced them before court on Monday afternoon.