After a year and a half of closure, Bengal Textile Mill in Jashore's Abhaynagar is set to resume operations under the Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC), with thousands of workers eagerly awaiting the chance to be employed.
Hill-based organizations in Bandarban staged a protest rally and human chain condemning the gang-rape and brutal murder of Chingma Khiyang, an indigenous Khiyang woman from Thanchi upazila. They called for a thorough investigation and exemplary punishment for those involved.
Leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party (NCP) attacked Acting Principal SM Millat Hossain of Bogura Homeopathic College, after which they handed him over to the district police's Detective Branch (DB).
An ancient archaeological relic has been uncovered in Cumilla's Mainamati, which the Department of Archaeology suspects could be a part of the historic Shalban Vihara, dating from the 6th to 12th centuries.
Six bombs were unearthed on Monday afternoon during soil excavation work for a building foundation in the Purba Madarbari area of Chattogram city.
Supporters of the Sunni Sufi groups, including Islami Chhatra Sena and Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, have been protesting for several days demanding justice for the killing of Maulana Muhammad Rais Uddin.