The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has held a meeting with the family of Sumanti Chakma, a pregnant schoolteacher who was tragically killed after being hit by a BGB truck in Sajek, Rangamati. During the meeting, the BGB assured financial assistance, educational support for her child, and other forms of cooperation to the grieving family.
Mokarram Hossain Khoka, convenor of the upazila Chhatra Dal, has been expelled from the organisation over allegations of involvement in the murder case of Mithamain Upazila BNP President Jahidul Alam Jahangir. The decision was confirmed by Kishoreganj District Chhatra Dal General Secretary Rakibul Islam Nawshad on Monday (July 20).
The body of BNP leader Md Masud (50) was recovered from Kaptai Lake in Rangamati on Monday afternoon, two days after he went missing. His body was found floating in the lake in the Gorjontila area of Kaptai upazila around 1pm. After receiving information from locals, a joint team of fire service, police and navy recovered the body.
Another person has died of dengue in Khulna division. During the same period, 43 new dengue patients were admitted to various government hospitals in the division.
Ten private university students who were stranded at the Hamham waterfall in the Rajkandi reserve forest of Moulvibazar's Kamalganj upazila have been rescued by police, tourist police and fire service personnel.
An Argentina fan died in Rangpur's Mithapukur after continuing to watch the World Cup final instead of seeking immediate treatment following a snake bite.