Six teenagers have been detained in connection with the murder of an 11-year-old boy in Fatullah, Narayanganj, with police alleging that the accused committed the crime out of "curiosity about what life in jail would be like".
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the mob beating and murder of Pir Shamim Reza Jahangir at his darbar in Daulatpur, Kushtia. The arrests were made from the Filipnagar area of the upazila on Sunday night, according to police on Monday, April 27.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced that girls' education up to graduation and degree will be free. He also announced that LPG cards will be given to ease the burden of cooking for women. He said these things at a BNP rally at Jashore Central Eidgah Maidan at 5:30pm on Monday (April 27).
A pregnant woman from the Bede community died after a tree fell on her during a Kalbaishakhi storm in Atrai, Naogaon. The deceased was Arafatun, 20, who was three months pregnant.
A Jubo Dal activist, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, was killed after being shot by ambushed in Raozan upazila of Chattogram. The murder took place at around 10 pm on Sunday (April 26) in Shamsher Para village of Kadalpur Union.
Three people have died in separate lightning strikes in Netrokona's Khaliajuri upazila. The accidents occurred on Monday morning and afternoon (April 27).