Tarique Rahman promises: BNP BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman promised on Sunday that those involved in torture and killings during the anti-dictatorship movement and the possible 2024 mass uprising will be tried if BNP comes to power. “If the people of Bangladesh give BNP a chance to rule in the future, we can firmly say that we will ensure justice for all killings and atrocities,” he said while virtually joining an iftar gathering at a hotel in the capital on Sunday (March 16). He assured that the party will make…
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Rohingya in aid crisis: Guterres warns
Rohingya in aid crisis: Guterres UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that a reduction in international aid for Rohingya refugees will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. He spoke before breaking his fast with Rohingya refugees at Ukhiya Camp 20 Extension in Cox’s Bazar on Friday. “We are on the brink of a deep humanitarian crisis. With the announcement of a reduction in funding, we are at risk of receiving only 40 percent of the amount of humanitarian aid we had in 2024 in 2025. This would be a terrible catastrophe,”…
Read MoreProperty dispute: wife, children torture elderly man, 13 days.
Property dispute: wife children, His hands and feet were tied tightly to the bed with four thick nylon ropes. There were dark marks on the parts where his hands and feet were tied. When the torture continued, screams could be heard from outside. Even in such a dying state, Khuilla Mia, a businessman over seventy from Paschim Baklia Shantinagar Nirapha Housing Society in Chittagong city, did not get any relief. He was tortured like this for 13 days. It has been alleged that his wife and children carried out this…
Read MoreSchoolgirl raped and videotaped in Sreepur, accused arrested
Schoolgirl raped and videotaped in Sreepur, accused youth arrested A young man raped a third-grade girl in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila on Saturday and recorded the scene on his smartphone. Later, the local people caught the young man, Md. Arman Mia (27), red-handed and handed him over to the police. Accused Arman Mia is the son of Md. Shamsul Haque of Niguari Union of Gafargaon Upazila of Mymensingh. The victim of the torture (8) lives in Barmi Union of the upazila. According to some residents of the area and police sources,…
Read MoreMother slaps daughter with hot iron, father beats her
Mother slaps daughter with hot iron, father beats her In Taltoli upazila of Barguna, it has been alleged that mother Asma Begum beat her daughter with a hot iron and father Kamruzzaman Sikder beat her severely by tying her to a tree for running away from a madrasa. Locals said that the incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in Sawdagarpara village of Barobogi union of the upazila. The name of the child who was tortured is Lamia (9). She is the daughter of Kamruzzaman Sikder and Asma Begum from Sawdagarpara…
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