An eighth-grade schoolgirl (15) was abducted and gang-raped after the perpetrators broke a window of her home in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur. Two suspects, detained by locals, have been taken into police custody. The victim is currently undergoing treatment in the gynaecology ward of Faridpur Medical College Hospital.
Two central leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) have been declared 'undesirable' in Bogura by a group of former Chhatra Dal leaders and July movement activists over allegations of making offensive comments about Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on social media. Protesters also tore down a banner of NCP Joint Member Secretary Gazi Salahuddin Tanvir and set it on fire .
A madrasa teacher in Muksudpur, Gopalganj, has been accused of severely beating a student over an alleged calculator theft. The injured student has been hospitalised, and the teacher has been taken into police custody.
All factories of the S Alam Group in Chattogram's Karnaphuli have been declared closed. Production officially ceased from Friday after layoff notices were issued to workers on Thursday. Workers have also been laid off at the group's other factories across the country.
Miscreants have cut down nearly 800 fruit-bearing papaya trees in Rangamati overnight, causing losses of several lakh taka to the farmer. The incident, which has sparked widespread concern in the area, destroyed hundreds of trees ready for market.
Five people, including a couple, have died after consuming an alcohol-based liquid purchased from a homeopathic medicine shop in Lakhai upazila of Habiganj. The incident has caused widespread panic in the area. Police have launched an investigation to determine the exact cause of the deaths.