Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami–nominated candidate for Chattogram-15 constituency Shahjahan Chowdhury has been served a show-cause notice over allegations of publicly seeking votes for a specific election symbol at a feast event.
Two more people have died in Rangpur after falling ill from drinking rectified spirit, taking the death toll to six in three days. Two others are currently undergoing treatment in hospital.
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said the party has no stance beyond the July National Charter and remains committed to implementing every provision of the signed document.
A bullet-riddled body was recovered from the Nayapara registered Rohingya camp in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, by the Armed Police Battalion (APBN).
An elderly patient has died en route to Dhaka after his ambulance was allegedly blocked twice by members of a local ambulance syndicate, authorities and family members said.
In Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, the Coast Guard has arrested two drug traffickers with yaba tablets valued at nearly 40 million Taka.