Police have arrested two persons on charges of secretly recording video and creating a commotion with officials at the Patuakhali Deputy Commissioner’s office. They were arrested from in front of the deputy commissioner’s room around 12pm on Thursday (September 17).
Shahin Mia broke down in tears while saying, “How could Aklima do this? Can anyone kill their own child?” His wife Aklima Begum has been accused of stabbing their two children in their own house in the dark of night. In the incident, their three-year-four-month-old son Md. Ashraful Islam was killed. Their seven-year-old daughter Sidratul Muntaha was seriously injured.
Farmers of Lalmonirhat are hoping for a good yield of Aman rice in the current season due to favourable weather. Due to regular rain there has been no need for extra irrigation in many fields. As a result production costs have also decreased somewhat. The rice plants have also grown quite vigorously in various areas of the district. However, amid the possibility of a good yield the farmers remain worried about getting fertiliser on time and the supply of quality pesticides.
Three people have been killed in a collision between a CNG-run autorickshaw and a truck in Dhamrai of Dhaka. Among the deceased are the autorickshaw driver and two passengers.
The physical condition of the 11-year-old child from Khagrachhari who was subjected to long-term torture while working as a domestic worker at a house in Dhaka is critical. Doctors have advised giving advanced treatment on an urgent basis to the child undergoing treatment at hospital with marks of torture on various parts of the body. Police have arrested an accused couple in this incident.
Two people have been killed in separate lightning strikes in Kushtia. Three others were injured in the incidents. The injured are being treated after being admitted to Kushtia Medical College Hospital.