The family of Asma Sadia Runa, a former chair of the Department of Social Welfare and assistant professor at Islamic University (IU), is facing severe financial hardship following her killing, as her husband struggles to support their four children. In response, the university administration has initiated a plan for teachers to donate one day's salary to assist the family.
A female trainee lawyer was injured after being struck by a paperweight allegedly thrown by a judge during court proceedings in Gopalganj on Wednesday (July 22).
The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) administration has suspended two leaders of the university unit of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal for four semesters over the assault of a student who complained about food quality in a residential hall. Furthermore, the authorities have banned them from entering or staying on the campus for the next two years.
Grief-stricken after losing his father, Bagerhat HSC examinee Ekon Daria confronted harsh realities as he performed night duty at an ATM booth and sat for his Higher Secondary Certificate examination just hours after his father’s burial.
Police have arrested Md. Mostafizur Rahman, 25, a madrasa teacher, on charges of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old male student in Kumarkhali Upazila of Kushtia. The suspect, a resident of Harinakundu Upazila in Jhenaidah, was apprehended from a Hafezia madrasa and Lillah boarding facility located in the Sadaki Union on Tuesday afternoon (July 21).
A protest march and demonstration rally were held in Shyamnagar following the viral circulation of a video on social media involving Gazi Nazrul Islam, a leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Member of Parliament for the Satkhira-4 constituency (Shyamnagar-part of Kaliganj). At the conclusion of the rally, demonstrators burned a symbolic effigy of the lawmaker and demanded his resignation.