Arafat Siddiqui, the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Trishal in Mymensingh, who drew widespread criticism for assaulting a worker at a sand quarry, has been withdrawn and attached to the Ministry of Public Administration.
A seventh-grade schoolgirl named Anika Jannat, 13, has died after bread got stuck in her throat while eating in Sakhipur, Tangail. The incident occurred on Thursday evening.
An Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) has expressed regret after a video surfaced showing him assaulting a worker of a sand quarry leaseholder in Trishal, Mymensingh. Following the incident, he did not go to his office for the day.
Four people, including a woman, were killed in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a fertiliser-laden truck in East Dhala, Netrakona. Three others were injured in the accident.
A case has been filed in connection with the recovery of a powerful pressure cooker bomb in the Sadhapur area of Savar, Dhaka. The case names six to seven unidentified individuals as accused.
Following the tragic deaths of three students by drowning in campus ponds, the Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) authority has declared all ponds and ditches on the campus as hazardous. Entering, swimming, or going into the water of these ponds has been completely prohibited until further notice.