Thirteen cattle and a buffalo belonging to tea workers were killed in separate lightning strikes in Moulvibazar. A thunderbolt struck 13 cattle on Wednesday afternoon while they were grazing in a field at Kuchai Jalai village in Juri upazila.
A major chemical tanker imported for scrapping has become stranded at Chattogram's outer anchorage after being placed under fresh US sanctions, forcing the importer to send the vessel back.
A heartbreaking scene of human suffering has emerged in Dasnagar village of Chadkathi, Dhulia union in Bauphal upazila, Patuakhali. Three brothers with special needs, who have lost both parents, often sit by their mother's grave holding plates of food, as if begging their deceased mother for a meal.
Police have arrested a 20-year-old youth, Salman, for allegedly hacking his father with a meat cleaver after he refused to buy him a mobile phone in Fatullah, Narayanganj. The injured father, Kamal Mia, 45, is currently undergoing treatment in the ICU of a hospital in the capital.
Narayanganj Metropolitan BNP member secretary Yusuf Khan Tipu has said BNP leaders and activists will themselves arrest former MP Selim Osman if police fail to do so. His remarks have sparked political tension in the area.
A BNP activist was stabbed to death in Mymensingh city, following which police arrested four individuals, including the son of a Jamaat-e-Islami leader.