Law Minister Md. Asaduzzaman has expressed anger at Bagerhat district Civil Surgeon ASM Md. Mahbubul Alam for his mobile phone ringing and him talking on it multiple times during an exchange of views meeting. At one stage, the minister asked him to leave the meeting room.
Police have arrested two people, including the alleged boyfriend, on charges of rape and aiding rape of a schoolgirl in Panchagarh. The family said the schoolgirl committed suicide by drinking pesticide after the incident.
Leaders and activists of Mahila Dal staged a broom procession against Kushtia-3 (Sadar) constituency MP Mufti Amir Hamza over allegations of making derogatory remarks about reserved women’s seat MP Farida Yasmin.
Five members of the same family fell ill after eating tipa or puffer fish in Satkhira's Ashashuni upazila. Among them, grocery trader Md Azharul Islam (50) died while undergoing treatment. The incident occurred in the upazila's Bardal village on Monday, September 14. The deceased, Azharul Islam, was the son of the late Majid Gazi of that village and ran a grocery shop at Bardal Bazar.
District BNP President Mirza Faisal Amin has collected a nomination form as a BNP nomination aspirant for the by-election to the vacant Thakurgaon-1 (Sadar) constituency. He is the younger brother of former BNP Secretary General and former President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Sixty-three foreign nationals arrested on allegations of involvement in online scamming has been placed on a two-day remand.