Teesta crosses danger level
At least 7,000 families were stranded on chars as the Teesta River flowed above the danger mark on Tuesday afternoon after India opened the floodgates of the Gajaldoba Barrage following heavy rainfall.
At least 7,000 families were stranded on chars as the Teesta River flowed above the danger mark on Tuesday afternoon after India opened the floodgates of the Gajaldoba Barrage following heavy rainfall.
A case has been filed in connection with the inhuman beating of 9-year-old Ismail Sikder in a madrasa in Khulna. His father Omar Faruk Sikder filed the case at the Sonadanga police station last Monday night. Madrasa teacher Hafez Abdur Rahman has been made an accused in the case filed under Section 70 of the Children's Act of 2013.
The officer-in-charge of Faridpur Detective Branch’s Sadar Zone has been withdrawn from his post following the death of a Chhatra League leader in DB custody.
Ayub Babu, a leader of the banned Awami League, attended his mother's funeral in handcuffs after being released on parole from jail for five hours in Patiya, Chattogram, on Monday night, June 22.
Water levels in the Teesta river are rising rapidly due to upstream flow and continuous rainfall. Authorities are on alert as water at the Dalia point in Nilphamari has reached very close to the danger level. To manage the water pressure, 44 gates of the Teesta barrage have been opened, raising concern among residents of low-lying areas along the river.
Police have recovered the dismembered body of a schoolgirl six days after she went missing in Singair upazila of Manikganj.