Three members of the same family, including a two-year-old child, were killed after a truck struck and ran over a motorcycle in Dighalia upazila of Khulna late Friday night (July 31). Two others, including the motorcycle rider, sustained serious injuries.
The government will take initiatives to preserve the historic front-line sites of the Liberation War, erect monuments or memorials there, and document the associated history, said State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Ishraque Hossain.
A young man, Shariful Islam Babu (38), was shot while riding a speedboat on the Padma River late at night in Bheramara upazila, Kushtia. He was first taken to Kushtia General Hospital in critical condition and later transferred to Dhaka for advanced treatment.
Police have arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in Paba upazila, Rajshahi, for allegedly sexually harassing a nine-year-old girl in the Borgachi Union. A case is being filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act .
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 .