A Dhaka court today sentenced two former employees of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for taking Tk 5,000 as bribe from a sweater factory in 2007.

A Chattogram court yesterday placed eight accused including a woman on remand in connection with a case filed for gang-raping a housewife in the port city’s Chandgaon area early Friday, reports our staff correspondent from Chattogram.

Rape incidents like the one in Noakhali’s Begumganj could take place due to political patronage of ruling groups and it is important to look at the source of power of these perpetrators, said a delegation of six women who visited the rape victim in Noakhali on October 9.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) awarded its most talented students through a virtual ceremony on October 8.

A tribute book written on former Indian president and a true friend of Bangladesh Pranab Mukherjee, highlighting his life and contribution, was published through a webinar in Dhaka yesterday.

The main opposition party in parliament, Jatiya Party, has picked Mohammad Nasir Uddin Sarkar to contest the Dhaka-18 by-polls.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday called upon party leaders and activists to remain alert against conspiracies, saying that a vested quarter is out to capitalise on the anti-rape movement.

Among the 12 new wards under Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC), people of three wards (Ward-31, 32, 33), which are on the other side of Brahmaputra river, regularly have to deal with dilapidated roads amid serious waterlogging.

Although launch capsizes have decreased, accidents involving different types of vessels take place on inland waterways round the year, and deaths continue, said a report of two non-government organisations yesterday.

The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education is going to distribute stipend to over 1.37 crore primary students through digital financial service Nagad.

Formulation of law and enforcement of High Court guidelines are needed to ensure emergency medical services for road accident victims, speakers have said at a webinar.

Children from different districts in the country demanded justice for the recent killings and rapes in an online dialogue yesterday.

“Where do I belong? What is the character of my city? Who decides where is the power? Who do we celebrate and forget?” The identity and role of a woman as part of a city is fraught with expectations, restrictions, trials, and in some cases even freedoms.

The Dhaka University student who started fast-unto-death on Thursday demanding arrest of former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and five others in a rape case fell sick yesterday.

The main opposition party in parliament, Jatiya Party, has picked Mohammad Nasir Uddin Sarkar to contest at Dhaka-18 by-polls.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested three members of a “juvenile gang” from Savar early today for allegedly abducting a teenage boy.

Four children from Bakerganj in Barishal, who were arrested in a rape case, have been handed over to their parents yesterday after they were released from Jashore Children Development Centre in line with a High Court directive issued on Thursday night.

Idol artisans in Barishal are not getting expected price ahead of Durga Puja amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In far north Queensland, Australia, there is a rainforest called Wet Tropics. Meandering through this forest is the Daintree River. Two years ago, I was on a boat on the Daintree with several others, looking for birds the area is famous for.

BNP yesterday announced SM Jahangir as its candidate for Dhaka-18 by-elections, and Selim Reza for Sirajganj-1 by-polls.