Md Alauddin, Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) of Hatiya in Noakhali, has been transferred to the Ministry of Public Administration as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) after an intimate video of him with a woman went viral on social media.
Police have recovered the body of Jubo Dal leader Yusuf Khan, three days after he went missing in Mirzapur, Tangail. The body was found on Tuesday evening, March 17, beside a brick kiln in the Kuratoli area of the upazila.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam on Tuesday said over the next two to three days, around 1.5 crore people will leave Dhaka to celebrate Eid and efforts are underway to ensure everyone can travel home without any inconvenience.
Three members of the same family, including a child, were killed when a truck hit their motorcycle while they were heading home for the Eid holiday in Patgram upazila, Lalmonirhat.
Food, Fisheries and Livestock and Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid Yasin has said that before the election, BNP announced the distribution of Family Cards to support poor and helpless women, and implementation of that programme began very soon after the election. Similarly, preparations to launch the Farmer Card to assist farmers are almost complete, and he expressed hope that it will be launched around Pahela Baishakh.
Momena Begum, an 89-year-old woman from Tetulia village in Fulbari upazila, Dinajpur, has been declared 'dead' in government records despite being alive. As a result, she has been deprived of the old age allowance for three consecutive years, forcing her to live in extreme financial hardship.