Two journalists have sustained bullet injuries after clashes erupted between police and angry residents in Chattogram's Bakalia area over the attempted rape of a four-year-old child.
A Jubo Dal leader was shot and another person injured after unidentified attackers opened fire inside a political party office in southwestern Bangladesh’s Khulna city.
A pregnant woman died while undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital after her family alleged medical negligence and improper treatment at a private clinic in Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila, triggering anger in the local community.
At least 18 fishermen have been abducted by forest bandits within a span of 24 hours in the Sundarbans, with another six reportedly kidnapped according to local sources on Wednesday night (May 20).
Tensions ran high in Chattogram’s Bakalia area after locals staged protests over allegations that a four-and-a-half-year-old child was raped, leaving police effectively trapped inside a residential building while trying to secure the accused.
One year after a death sentence was handed down in the Maguura child rape and murder case, the verdict has yet to be executed, prompting frustration from the victim’s family.