A clash between supporters of a union chairman and his acting replacement in Baniachong upazila, Habiganj, has left at least 50 people injured, including the local police station's officer-in-charge.
A tourist trawler was robbed on its way back from the haor area of Kishoreganj. The robbers held about 40 passengers in the trawler hostage at gunpoint and looted valuables including mobile phones, cash and gold ornaments.
Two people died after being electrocuted while digging a grave in Kasba, Brahmanbaria, on Monday morning, June 8. Five others were injured in the incident.
The Bangladesh Army has started road construction in Jungle Salimpur under Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram, a remote area surrounded by hills and forests. The 34 Engineer Construction Brigade is initially constructing four roads in the area.
In Katiadi, Kishoreganj, family members of a deceased centenarian prepared to bury him with drum-beating to fulfil his 'last wish', but after intervention by local individuals and Islamic scholars, the janaza and burial were conducted according to Islamic rites. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in the Purba Kahetertek Mahalla area of Ward 6 under Katiadi municipality.
The Gandharvapur Water Treatment Plant Project under construction in Rupganj, Narayanganj will be fully launched within the next one year. If the project is launched, it will be possible to supply 500 million liters of pure water per day to Dhaka city in the first phase and 100 million liters later, said Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.