A court in Cox's Bazar has sentenced three men to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment each for attempting to rape an Australian woman tourist. Each has also been fined Tk 50,000, with an additional month of simple imprisonment in default of payment.
An elderly man has died in a landslide in Baghaichhari, Rangamati. The incident occurred around 7:30 am on Tuesday, July 7, in the West Lailaghona area of ward no 6 under Baghaichhari municipality.
A crude bomb exploded at a National Citizen Party (NCP) rally at the Tarapur ground in Savar, causing panic among attendees on Monday night. However, no senior party leaders were injured in the incident.
Three people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a cattle-laden pickup in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, on Monday afternoon, July 6. Seven cows also died in the accident. The incident occurred around 3:00 pm on the Dhaka-Kishoreganj road in the Sukhiabazar area.
Three members of the same family have died from electrocution in Biswambharpur upazila, Sunamganj. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon, July 6, in the Anantapur village.
The body of Mahbubuzzaman Kochi, former office secretary of Khulna Metropolitan BNP who died on national election day, has been exhumed following a court order. The body was recovered from the Tutpara graveyard in the city on Monday afternoon, July 6, nearly five months after his death, for an autopsy. The body was later sent to Khulna Medical College morgue.