The true identity and family of the speech-impaired woman who was brutally murdered following an attack at Methikanda Railway Station in Raipura, Narsingdi, have finally been revealed. Local residents knew her as "Bobi Begum," but her family has confirmed that her real name is Wahida Begum.
Tension flared in Damurhuda, Chuadanga, over a training workshop organised by Jamaat-e-Islami's women activists at the Damurhuda Model Mosque. The situation was brought under control following administration intervention on Saturday, July 11.
The culture of division based on first, second or grade-based evaluation in education hinders students' creativity, confidence and independent thinking, Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan has said.
Police have found alive Mustafa Kamal, 28, two years after he was reported murdered in a case filed in Kishoreganj's Kuliyarchar. Kamal was found working as a mason in Gazipur's Gacha area, where he had started a new family after going into hiding.
The BNP government will not make promises to turn Bangladesh into Singapore or Canada, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shah Alam has said, adding that the government's goal is to make the country liveable and healthy.
A mob torched at least six buses and blocked the Dhaka-Khulna highway after a passenger bus ran over five people who had gathered to collect eggs spilled from an overturned truck in Bhanga, Faridpur.