A teacher and an office assistant of Matlabganj Pilot Balika High School in Chandpur's Matlab South upazila have been temporarily relieved of their duties over allegations of making derogatory and objectionable remarks on Facebook about President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. At the same time, a three-member committee has been formed to investigate the allegations.
A man has been accused of entering a flat in the North Shewta area of Manikganj town disguised as a beggar, hammering an elderly woman and snatching her gold chain. The woman, identified as Hazera Begum, 70, was injured in the incident. She has been admitted to Manikganj General Hospital.
A woman has been killed and four members of the same family have gone missing after a trawler capsized in the Meghna river due to gusty winds while travelling from Cumilla to Sonargaon in Narayanganj for a relative's wedding. Other passengers on the trawler managed to reach the shore with the help of a nearby trawler.
Police have recovered the hanging body of an NCP leader from his home in the upazila headquarters of Dharampasha in Sunamganj. The body of the leader, Md Shahin Kadir (48), was recovered from the Paschimpara village of the upazila around 9:30pm on Thursday.
A woman has allegedly been raped in front of her two children in Gazipur's Sreepur after being called with the promise of shelter. The incident took place in the Mawna Chowrasta area of the upazila on Thursday noon. Later, based on information provided by the woman, police detained two people for questioning.
An altercation and scuffle occurred between leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and BNP-backed Chhatra Dal-Jubo Dal centring remarks by Abdul Hannan Masud, Member of Parliament for Noakhali-6 (Hatiya) constituency.