Police have arrested an assistant teacher named Golam Kibria (Lalon) on the allegation of making ‘derogatory and objectionable’ remarks about Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the classroom in Daulatpur of Kushtia.
Allegations have been raised against BNP leaders and activists of beating three lawyers and vandalising their chambers in Shariatpur for celebrating Sheikh Hasina’s birthday.
A 44-year-old garment worker has made a rape allegation against the house owner in Sreepur of Gazipur. The victim alleged that the house owner entered her room by trick on the night of August 29 and raped her. Later, when the matter was disclosed, she was also given death threats.
After an attack on a leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP) in Fatullah, Narayanganj, the party's Narayanganj district committee convener, Jubair Sardar, has threatened to "take away the bricks of the police station" if any party activist is attacked again. He was heard making the remark while addressing leaders and activists standing in front of the Officer-in-Charge's (OC) room inside Fatullah Model Police Station on Monday night. A 17-second video of his speech has spread on social media. The video was posted by NCP leaders and activists themselves.
The Arpara zonal office of Palli Bidyut Samity has issued a bill of Tk 506 crore 83 lakh to a consumer in Sreepur of Magura against the use of 235 units of electricity. Including delayed payment charge, the amount of that bill has stood at Tk 530 crore 96 lakh 59 thousand 764. Anger has erupted among the consumer and locals over this abnormal bill.
State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam has remarked that an artificial fertiliser crisis has been deliberately created in the areas where Jamaat-e-Islami MPs have been elected, with the aim of undermining the government.