A female honours student, 23, was allegedly threatened with rape and murder by a bus driver and helper in Tongi, Gazipur. A young man who protested during the incident was beaten and seriously injured. Gazipur Metropolitan Police, GMP, have arrested the two main accused.
A Dhaka court has sent 45 people to jail in connection with a case filed over vandalism at the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, BTRC, building in Agargaon during protests against the introduction of the National Equipment Identity Register, NEIR.
Special prayers were offered at Baitul Mokarram National Mosque and mosques across the country seeking forgiveness for the departed soul of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
Nine flights scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka were diverted to alternate airports today (2 January) due to dense fog, authorities said.
No mobile phone users will face disconnection for using illegal or cloned handsets over the next 90 days, despite the rollout of the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR), said Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to the chief adviser for the Posts, Telecommunications and ICT Division.
Dense fog on the Dhaka–Mawa Expressway early Friday triggered three separate crashes involving seven vehicles, leaving at least 20 people injured near Srinagar and Louhajang.