Allegations have surfaced that a woman died after a gauze was left inside her abdomen following a caesarean section at a private hospital in Faridpur. Konika Mandal from Rajbari's Baliakandi died after being treated for about a month and a half. The Health Ministry has formed an investigation committee over the incident.
At least 30 people, including a police officer-in-charge (OC), were injured in a clash between two groups over control of a shrine waqf estate mosque and 35-40 shops in the Shilam union of Moghlabazar in Sylhet city.
A death at a drug rehabilitation centre in Brahmanbaria has sparked panic, with around 40 patients fleeing the facility following the incident. The patient's family alleged he was tortured and beaten to death by the centre's authorities, accusations the management has denied.
A newly-married groom, Ahmed Anas Bappi (22), died from electrocution while trying to remove a stand fan from a wedding pandal in Kushtia's Daulatpur upazila.
Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the BNP government implemented the largest-ever budget for the education sector in the country.
Police have arrested nine people, including Sheikh Sifat, chief of the youth gang 'Sifat Bahini', in connection with the killing of Bulbul Ahmed, a leader of Islami Jubo Andolan, in Bandar, Narayanganj. The arrest was confirmed by Bandar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Jamal Uddin on Friday (August 21) morning. Among those arrested is Jumman, also known as White Jumman, a member of Sifat Bahini. Police said three of the nine arrestees are women, but the identities of the others have not been disclosed immediately.