Section 144 has been imposed at Begum Rokeya University (BRU) campus in Rangpur amid back-to-back programmes announced by the university's Chhatra Dal and Chhatra Shibir units.
Train communication between Dhaka and north Bengal has been suspended after a bogie of the Silk City train derailed in Sirajganj. The accident occurred at 10:55am on Tuesday, August 4, at the Shahid M Mansur Ali Station on the western side of the Jamuna Bridge.
A snake charmer named Azadul Islam Ghutu, 34, died after being bitten by a snake while training a new snake in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha. The deceased was the son of the late Abdul Malek from the Tafarkamal Shialgara village in Sapmara Union of the upazila.
A court has ordered that Abu Bakar Siddique, a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader and charge-sheeted accused in a case filed over the murder of his ex-wife in Kamalnagar, Lakshmipur, be sent to jail.
A school student died after being attacked by an opponent while trying to resolve a dispute that arose over a football match in Sherpur upazila of Bogura. The incident took place around 6:30pm on Monday, August 3, at the Sherua Adarsha High School ground in Shahbandegi union of the upazila.
A clash broke out between activists of Chhatra Dal and Chhatra Shibir at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur over the display of photos of convicted war criminals from Jamaat-e-Islami at an exhibition organised by Shibir to mark the July uprising. At least three people from both sides were injured in the incident.