Cox’s Bazar Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge Abu Hanif has sentenced an accused named Parvez Md Abul Kalam to life imprisonment in a case of rape of a police member’s wife in Chakaria of Cox’s Bazar. He has also been fined Tk 2 lakh. In case of failure to pay the fine, he will have to serve an additional 10 years in prison.
A lightning strike sparked a fire outside the residence of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmood Tuku in Sirajganj on Wednesday (September 9), with two Fire Service units later bringing the blaze under control.
A study led by researchers at Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) has found alarming levels of heavy metals in processed food products sold in local markets, with children facing significantly higher potential health risks than adults.
A major fire broke out at the PIONEER Base of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project in Pabna early Monday (September 6), damaging a server room and several adjoining rooms and leaving electricity and internet services disrupted at key project facilities for more than 43 hours.
A madrasa teacher has been detained after locals allegedly beat him over accusations of repeatedly raping a nine-year-old female student in Sonaimuri area of Noakhali Sadar upazila.
A temporarily suspended Ansar member was hacked to death by assailants in Basail upazila of Tangail.