A seven-year-old girl named Fahia has died after drowning in a pond at her grandfather's house in Pekua, Cox's Bazar. The incident took place on Friday morning, April 17, in the Purba Baimkhyali area of Sadar union under the upazila.
Three individuals who were abducted for ransom have been rescued from a remote hilly area in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, following a crackdown by RAB. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-15) conducted separate operations at two locations on Thursday night, April 16, and rescued them unharmed.
Police have recovered two bodies from the Ichamati River in the Maheshpur border area of Jhenaidah within a span of 72 hours, raising concerns in the border region.
A mobile court has detained 16 fishermen in Chandpur for catching juvenile hilsa in a protected area of the Padma–Meghna river sanctuary, with nine of them sentenced to various jail terms.
A petrol station in Natore’s Baraigram upazila has suspended fuel sales after being vandalised following a dispute over delayed fuel distribution.
The government has confirmed that Bangladesh currently has sufficient fuel reserves to meet demand for April and May, while efforts are underway to secure additional stock for June, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit.