A housewife has alleged that she was gang raped at the 250-bed Manikganj General Hospital after going there in search of a safe place to stay. Two Ansar members on duty at the hospital have been detained in connection with the incident.
The Election Commission (EC) has declared the nomination of independent and imprisoned former Upazila Chairman Ashraful Alam Shimul valid for Gopalganj-1 constituency, covering Muksudpur and part of Kachiani Upazila.
A local Jamaat leader, Abdur Rahim, 40, was sent to jail after surrendering to the court in Lakshmipur’s Raipur over sexually harassing a fourth-grade schoolgirl. He had been on the run for four months.
In Boalmari Upazila, Faridpur, a labour-carrying pickup van was hit by a train, killing three people, including two brothers. At least ten other workers were injured.
Huzayfa Afnan, 9, a child seriously injured by gunfire from Myanmar, remains on life support.
A landmine explosion at the Hoikyang border in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, has severed the left leg of Mohammad Hanif, 28, son of Fazal Karim of Lambabil village in Hoikyang Union.