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A bullet was found in the head of Shaker Hossain, joint convener of Magura Municipal Jubo Dal, during his autopsy. However, Magura Superintendent of Police Molla Azad said the matter could be confirmed only after further examination. An investigation is underway to uncover the motive for the killing and identify those involved. His body was recovered from the Royal Paribahan counter at Magura Bus Terminal at around 5:15 am on Wednesday. Shaker worked as a counter master there. He was the...

‘Where will I look for my son? In the jungle or in the water?’ Cumilla University teacher Nahida Nahid wrote the words on Facebook in despair after her son went missing. A search for him was underway at various locations. Many had hoped the child would return. After 20 hours, he was found in a jungle, but not alive. Nahida’s Facebook post began circulating on social media from Friday night and Saturday morning. After failing to find Apratim despite searching nearby areas, his father filed...

A university student named Md Azmul Hossain (21) was allegedly beaten to death in Khulna after he was accused of stealing and eating rice at a student mess. The incident took place Friday night, September 18, at a four-story student mess on Islamnagar Road behind Khwaja Khan Jahan Ali Residential Hall of Khulna University in the city. Azmul Hossain was a first semester student in the Department of English at private North Western University. He enrolled at the university on September 10....

A journalist was attacked while covering allegations of substandard materials being used in the construction of a municipal road in Kumarkhali, Kushtia. The incident took place around 12:45 pm Saturday in the Kundupada area of the municipality. Mahbubul Ahsan Ullash, Kumarkhali upazila correspondent for Bangla TV and general secretary of the Kumarkhali Press Club, was attacked. He was later admitted to Kumarkhali Upazila Health Complex with injuries. According to eyewitnesses and local so...

‘Where will I look for my son? In the jungle or in the water?’ Cumilla University teacher Nahida Nahid wrote on Facebook in distress after her son went missing. Searches were underway in different places. Many were hoping the child would return. After 20 hours, he was found in a jungle. However, he was found dead. Police said the body of Apratim (13), who had been missing since Friday afternoon, was recovered from a jungle adjacent to Cumilla University on Saturday afternoon. Rakibul Islam, offi...

Farhad Hossain Jony (35), was a familiar face in Muktagacha, Mymensingh, for protesting various social issues. He was the central organiser of an organisation called ‘Bekar Mukti Kormosongsthan’ and president of its Mymensingh chapter. He was also seen at a human chain at the National Press Club in the capital last Tuesday. The next day, miscreants poured petrol over him and set him on fire in front of his home in Muktagacha. The young man died at a hospital yesterday, Thursday. He had in...

A 25-year-old unidentified youth was allegedly beaten to death by on duty Ansar members at the Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) office in Tejgaon, Dhaka, on suspicion of theft. The incident took place at around 7:30 am Tuesday (September 8). The youth was taken to Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital in an unconscious condition. Doctors declared him dead at around 3:30 pm. The deceased was wearing a black vest and black trousers. Mohammad Saiful Islam, an office assis...

Gunmen have now opened fire at the home of an expatriate in Chattogram city. The homeowner alleged that a man sent a voice recording to his son, who had returned from abroad, from a foreign WhatsApp number in the afternoon and demanded Tk 5 million in extortion. After the number was blocked, the house came under gunfire at night. The incident spread panic among residents of the building and across the area. The incident took place around 11 pm Monday at the home of Haji Mohammad Yusuf in...