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Fighting at SAU over addressing as ‘bro’ instead of ‘bhai’, 2 injured
Tension and a scuffle broke out among students at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) over a junior student addressing a senior as ‘bro’ instead of ‘bhai’. The dispute that started around noon on Tuesday (September 8) turned into a clash at night. Allegations of assault, harassment and threats have been raised against several persons including a Chatra Dal leader in the incident.
Fire erupts at Center Point Mall near Dhaka Airport, 6 fire units respond
A fire broke out at a restaurant on the fifth floor of Center Point Shopping Mall in the capitals'Uttara on Wednesday (September 9), prompting a 55-minute firefighting operation involving six units.
Dhaka climbs to 3rd on Global Air Pollution list
Dhaka ranked the world’s third most polluted city on Wednesday morning, with its air quality reaching an “unhealthy” level, according to real-time data from Swiss air-quality monitoring platform IQAir.
Allegation of beating youth to death against Ansar members baseless: Ansar
Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party has claimed that the allegation of Ansar members beating a youth to death after detaining him on suspicion of theft at the office of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) in the capital’s Tejgaon is baseless.
Ansar members accused of beating youth to death over theft suspicion at BTCL office
Ansar members on duty have been accused of beating an unidentified youth to death on suspicion of theft at the Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) office in Tejgaon, the capital. The incident occurred around 7:30am on Tuesday (September 8).
Two women die by drowning in pond at JnU second campus
Rabeya, 14, and Julia, 20, have died after drowning in a pond while bathing at the second campus of Jagannath University (JnU). The accident took place at the under-construction campus of JnU in the Tegharia area of Keraniganj in the afternoon on Monday.
Youth dies after lightning strike on house rooftop in capital
Riaz, 18, a youth, has died after being struck by lightning on the rooftop of a house in Hazaribagh of the capital. His four-year-old niece Antara has been injured in the incident.
Madrasa teacher arrested on charge of raping child in Mohammadpur
Md Husain Ahmed, 48, a teacher, has been arrested by police on the charge of raping a 13-year-old student in Mohammadpur of the capital.
Two-month-old baby dies after assault by father in Darus Salam
A two-month-old baby died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after allegedly being strangled and beaten by her father during a family dispute in the capital’s Darus Salam area.
Three prisoners die in one day at DMCH
Shahadat Hossain Liton, 52, Abul Bashar, 58, and Abdul Kaiyum, 62, have died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in one day. One of them was an inmate of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail while the other two were inmates of Dhaka Central Jail. They died at separate times on Sunday morning.