Barisal Division

4 injured in Patuakhali attack

At least four people were injured in an attack allegedly by the personal assistant of local lawmaker at a fish enclosure in Kalapara’s Kauar Char in Patuakhali on Thursday night.

Ex-BM college BCL leader Hena commits suicide over ‘family feud’

Shawdesh Desk: A housewife and former leader of Brojo Mohon (BM) College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room in Oxford

Woman ‘gang raped’ in Bhola

Shawdesh Desk: A woman was reportedly gang-raped by two young men on Halima Khatun College campus in Doulatkhan upazila of Bhola on Wednesday night. Quoting the victim, Sadequr Rahman, officer-in-charge

HC upholds death penalty for 5 JMB men in Jhalakathi PP killing case

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of five operatives of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for killing public prosecutor of Jhalakathi Advocate Haider

Patuakhali SSC examinee commits ‘suicide’

A Secondary School Certificate examinee allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his residence in Sabujbagh area in Patuakhali on Thursday night. The deceased was Al Jaman

Jhalakathi Juba League leader and cohorts arrested for extortion

A Juba League leader and his five accomplices have been arrested with 12 machetes on the charge of extorting from a contractor in Jhalakathi. Police arrested Juba League leader Syed

HC rejects Minni’s plea as it not placed

Shawdesh DEsk: The High Court (HC) on Tuesday rejected a petition filed by Ayesha Siddika Minni, wife of slain Rifat Sharif, seeking her name to be dropped from the case

Sweet-talking kidnappers Juli, Tuli came in guise of tenants

Shawdesh Desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued an abducted minor boy and arrested his alleged kidnappers from Gazipur city on Saturday night. The rescued child was identified as 16-months-old Shahriar