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Speech-impaired housewife gang-raped in Bhola

Speech-impaired housewife gang-raped in Bhola

A speech-impaired housewife was allegedly gang raped by some young men on her way to home from a programme of devotional song (kirtan) in Tajumuddin upazila of Bhola district. The woman aged about 25 is now undergoing treatment at Bhola Sadar Hospital. Family members of the rape survivor said the


Miscreants vandalise BNP office in Natore

Miscreants vandalise BNP office in Natore

Miscreants vandalised a local BNP office in Naldianga upazila of Natore on Monday evening. Rakib Hossain, a local Jubo Dal leader, said a group of assailants attacked the BNP office at Ward No. 9 in Chatarbhag Market of Brakhpur Union and caused extensive damage. The incident occurred during Ifta

CNG-truck collision leaves 5 dead in Kushtia

CNG-truck collision leaves 5 dead in Kushtia

At least five people, including three women, were killed when a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a gas cylinder-laden truck on the bypass road in Kushtia on Saturday afternoon. The identities of the victims could not be immediately ascertained. The accident occurred around 2:05 pm,

Man stabbed to death in Jashore

Man stabbed to death in Jashore

A village doctor was stabbed to death by miscreants in Sharsha upazila of Jashore while returning home after offering prayers on Thursday night. The incident took place around 9:30 pm at Baripota village in Sharsha upazila. The deceased was identified as Al Amin, son of Rafiqul Islam of the Shars

Two suspected robbers lynched by mob in Gaibandha

Two suspected robbers lynched by mob in Gaibandha

Two men have been beaten to death by locals on suspicion of robbery in Gaibandha’s Sadullapur Upazila. The incident occurred at dawn on Friday in Khorddmojahidpur village, according to Sadullapur Police Station chief (OC) Abdul Alim. Police said the men were part of a group that allegedly a

Two killed, 10 injured in Madaripur road accident

Two killed, 10 injured in Madaripur road accident

Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident in Melkai area of Dasar upazila in Madaripur district on Thursday afternoon. According to eyewitnesses and police, a passenger bus of Imran Paribahan, traveling from Dhaka to Barishal, collided head-on with a BRTC bus coming from the

Hero Alom detained after police ‘pursuit’

Hero Alom detained after police ‘pursuit’

Police have arrested popular content creator Ashraful Alom, widely known as Hero Alom, in connection with a rape case filed in Bogura. He was detained around 2pm on Thursday from a place near the Shajahanpur Police Station on the Dhaka-Bogura Highway. Additional Police Superintendent Mostofa Mojn

Million taka growth centre defunct for 18 years in Sunamganj

Million taka growth centre defunct for 18 years in Sunamganj

SYLHET, Feb 18: Sunamganj's Dowarabazar Upazila growth centre, built to be used as the commercial hub for the sale and marketing of kitchen and other items, remained non-operational for nearly two decades. Sources said "over unknown reasons", the authorities had failed to launch operations at the