Twin daughters of rickshaw puller drown in Sherpur ditch
Two twin sisters drowned in a roadside ditch in Sherpur.
District Correspondent
Arrested BNP leader expelled over VGD rice scam
Md. Shahjahan, general secretary of Char Ashtadhar Union unit BNP in Nakla upazila of Sherpur district, has been arrested on charges of hoarding VGD rice for the poor and needy and selling it at high prices. The upazila BNP has also expelled him from the party.
Trawler carrying 39 passengers capsizes in Meghna, 7 missing
A trawler carrying 39 passengers capsized in the Meghna River in Hatia of Noakhali. While 32 people were rescued in three trawlers owned by local fishermen, it is reported that seven are still missing.
Schoolboy among 4 killed in lightning strike in Mymensingh
Four people, including a schoolboy, were killed in separate lightning strikes in Nakla, Nalitabari, Nandail and Gafargaon in Mymensingh division.
Exam center submerged in Cumilla
Students took the exam at Cumilla Victoria College after wading through knee-deep water. Almost all the buildings and entrances of the college were submerged in water. The National University's first-year honours admission test was held in such a dire situation on Saturday.
Swechasebak League leader dies in Cumilla Jail
A prisoner at Cumilla Central Jail has died from a heart attack on Saturday morning (May 31), according to prison authorities.
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