Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex) has found a new gas well named Sundalpur South-1 in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali. The organisation said a total of 97.69 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas is reserved in two zones of the well.
Police have recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of two youths from Atharobeki River in Rupsha upazila of Khulna. The two bodies were recovered from Singher Char area opposite Rupsha Government College around 11:30am on Monday (November 2). Police believe the two youths were shot dead and then thrown into the river.
Delowar Hossain, 35, a youth, has been left beside a beel after miscreants broke his limbs and gouged out both his eyes in Faridpur Sadar upazila. He was rescued in a critically injured condition from a paddy field beside Baitkumari Beel in Krishnanagar union on Monday morning (November 2). He was later admitted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital.
Protesters in Gazipur vandalised and set fire to three police vehicles on Monday amid demonstrations by garment workers over wages and other benefits.
Garment workers have blocked the Dhaka–Narayanganj Link Road, pressing five demands, including a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000.
Garment workers demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000 staged fresh protests in Ashulia, Savar, on Monday, triggering repeated clashes with police. Law enforcers fired tear gas shells and sound grenades to disperse protesters, while a covered van parked beside a road was set on fire during the unrest.