Doctors have removed more than 50 gas lighters, nail cutters, pieces of brick and other objects from the stomach of a life-term convict after he was admitted to hospital with severe abdominal pain.
Police have found no evidence of a petrol bomb attack at the village home of Nusrat Tabassum, joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and a lawmaker from a reserved women's seat, in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia, following a fire at the property. Tabassum alleged that petrol bombs had been thrown at her home, but police said they were investigating the cause of the fire.
Women activists under the banner of Kushtia Sachetan Nagarik Samaj staged a protest rally on Thursday, demanding the resignation of Kushtia-3 (Sadar) MP Mufti Amir Hamza and his trial over “derogatory remarks” about women.
Three people were killed when a postal vehicle collided head-on with a stone-laden truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj early Thursday.
A petrol bomb was allegedly hurled at the home of Nusrat Tabassum, joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and a lawmaker representing a reserved seat for women, in Daulatpur, Kushtia.
Two men attempted to abduct a woman police constable as she walked home from Juri Police Station in Moulvibazar on Tuesday night. She screamed, and local residents rushed to the spot. The men fled on a motorcycle.