Current Affairs
Madrasa teacher arrested over alleged rape of 13-year-old student
Police have arrested a teacher named Md Masud Goldar (27) over allegations of repeatedly sodomising a 13-year-old madrasa student in Faridpur's Char Bhadrasan. Earlier, local people detained him, beat him and tied him to a tree. On Friday morning, the student's mother filed a case as complainant with Sadarpur Police Station.
Four children die with measles symptoms in 24 hours
Four more children have died with measles symptoms across the country in the last 24 hours. During the same period, 1,242 people were newly infected with measles.
70kg brass bell stolen from church recovered
Police have recovered a brass bell weighing about 70 kilograms that was stolen from Saint Paul's School and Church in the capital's Mohammadpur. The bell was found abandoned beside a garbage bin on Zakir Hossain Road under Mohammadpur Police Station around 2:50am on Thursday.
Birangana Rajkumari Rabidas Fulmoti passes away
Rajkumari Rabidas Fulmoti, a recognised Birangana of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War, died at her home in Sadullapur, Gaibandha, on Thursday evening (October 1). She was 84.
Seven killed as bus rams CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh
Seven passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed after a bus rammed the vehicle in Mymensingh on Friday afternoon (October 2).
Jamaat leader Akhteruzzaman sued over threats at Dhaka airport
Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former lawmaker Major (retd) Mohammad Akhteruzzaman has been sued over alleged threats to the executive director (ED) of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and the physical harassment of a security official.
IU graduate dropped from primary teacher appointment over lack of homestead
An Islamic University (IU) graduate who was recommended for appointment as a government primary school assistant teacher says he was dropped from the final appointment process because he does not have a homestead in his own name at his permanent address.
Navy rescues 65 Malaysia-bound passengers, detains 11 suspected traffickers
The Bangladesh Navy has rescued 76 people from a wooden boat in the deep sea near Saint Martin’s Island, including 65 people allegedly being trafficked to Malaysia and 11 suspected members of a human trafficking network.
162 journalists attacked, threatened or harassed in three months: MID
At least 162 journalists faced physical attacks, threats, intimidation and legal harassment in 112 separate incidents across the country over the past three months, according to a monitoring report by the Media Initiative for Development (MID).
NBR seals four warehouses linked to Salman Muqtadir’s father-in-law
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has sealed four warehouses of TOSS Bond Private Limited in Dhaka’s South Gulshan over alleged irregularities involving duty-free alcohol stored at unauthorised facilities.