Beauty Rani Pal, the schoolteacher at the centre of a recent social media controversy, has expressed heartfelt gratitude to teachers, journalists, professors and intellectuals across the country. She has also called for the enactment of a Teacher Protection Act to shield educators from cyberbullying and online harassment.
Three individuals have been detained in Shariatpur's Naria upazila over allegations of raping a housewife after tying up her husband.
BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has dismissed media reports suggesting he is set to become the next president, calling them "rumour."
Two Bangladeshi fishermen, who were abducted from the Naf River in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, while returning from fishing, have returned home after 14 days in captivity following the payment of a ransom. The victims alleged that armed men took them across the border into Myanmar, held them in captivity and tortured them. While the kidnappers initially demanded Tk 20 lakh, they eventually released them after receiving Tk 5 lakh.
A housewife, Tania Islam (22), was allegedly tied up, tortured and killed with a sharp weapon by her husband, Md Shah Paran, in Sirajganj's Tarash upazila. The accused has been on the run since the incident.
Police have recovered the hanging body of a police constable, Md Shahabuddin Fakir (45), from a rented house in Bhola municipal area. The body was recovered from his residence in the Officerpara area on Tuesday (July 28) afternoon.