A four-year-old child has lost his life after drowning in a pond in Mithamain upazila of Kishoreganj while trying to save his younger sister. Both siblings – the two-year-old sister and her brother – have died in the incident.
Police have arrested a madrasa teacher named Atik Ullah in Barura upazila of Cumilla over allegations of raping a student. Eight police officers were injured in a scuffle with an agitated mob while trying to protect the accused from being lynched. Two more individuals were arrested in connection with the incident.
French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marc Chéret-Challier has emphasised the need to remove non-tariff trade barriers, ensure the rule of law and create a foreign investment-friendly environment to achieve more balanced trade between Bangladesh and France. He said that in many cases, non-tariff barriers pose a greater obstacle to international trade than tariffs .
A case has been filed against Md Shahidul Islam, president of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila Youth Jamaat, over allegations of raping a widow and forcing her to abort her pregnancy. The victim filed the case as plaintiff on July 22 at the Patuakhali Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal. Judge Nilufer Shirin of the tribunal took cognisance of the case and directed Sadar Police Station to take necessary legal action.
Central leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) have set off for Habiganj after overcoming police barricades and trucks placed across the road in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar. They proceeded towards the district town even as Section 144 remained in force in Habiganj.
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been deployed in Habiganj amid fears of a deteriorating law and order situation following counter-programmes by the BNP and the National Citizen Party (NCP). Three platoons of the BGB were deployed in the district on Wednesday (July 29) to prevent any unrest, according to BGB headquarters' Media and Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam.