A Tangail court yesterday recorded deposition of a prosecution witness in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.

Two people were killed and at least five others injured in separate incidents of lightning in Ghatail upazila of the district yesterday afternoon.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders yesterday distributed 2,000 saplings among students of different schools and colleges in Nasirnagar upazila.

Failing to avail ambulance service for transferring a seriously injured patient to another hospital, aggrieved relatives of the patient vandalised the lone ambulance of Phulbari Upazila Health Complex on Wednesday night.

Police recovered the body of schoolgirl hanging from a tree at Gangdhoa village in Kishoreganj’s Pakundia upazila yesterday.

A housewife was raped allegedly by one of her neighbours at Goga village in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila on Wednesday.

Two girl students took their own life on Wednesday in two upazilas of the district as they could not pass in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations.

Around fifteen thousand residents of Rangamati’s Barkal and Jurachhari upazila have been suffering immensely without power supply for the last 13 days.

Indiscriminate sand lifting from the Ramnabad river poses threat to agricultural lands, flood control embankments and dwelling houses in Char Joybangla area under Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali.

Floodwater has washed away fish worth Tk 9 crore from 2436 ponds in Sylhet division while rainwater has submerged the hanging bridge over Kaptai Lake in Rangamati.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the government officials to continue drives against corruption and drugs as well as design development projects in a planned way.

A youth is beaten to death by a mob after he was found carrying a child’s severed head in a bag in Netrakona town.

Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma river is disrupted due to its water level rising.

President Abdul Hamid calls upon the guardians to inspire their children to engage in cultural practices alongside their academic activities.

The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief will remain open on next Friday and Saturday for overall coordination and supervision of flood situation that has worsened in different districts in last couple of days.

Family members demanded immediate safe return of Mishuk Khan, a polytechnic student in Narayanganj, who has remained traceless for nearly two months.

The High Court directs the judges of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals across the country to complete in six months the trials of cases filed for rape and murder after rape.

Government of India initiates a new scheme for providing medical treatment to 100 freedom fighter patients every year under which they will be provided free medical treatment in Indian Armed Forces Hospitals.

Aysha Siddika Minni admitted to her involvement in the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif, says Superintendent of Barguna Police Maruf Hossain.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses the importance of maintaining the international standard of fish and fish products for export as riverine Bangladesh can grab the first position in the world in producing fish from inland water bodies.