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Headmaster held over shaving heads of 5 students in Thakurgaon
Thakurgaon, Oct 4 (UNB) – Police arrested the headmaster of a high school from his house at Madhabpur village in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning allegedly for shaving heads of five male students.
6 hurt in gas cylinder blast in Pabna
Pabna, Oct 4 (UNB) – Six people sustained injured in a gas cylinder explosion at the National Development Fair premises in front of Ishwardi Upazila Parishad office on Thursday.
Man killed in Keraniganj road crash
Keraniganj, Oct 4 (UNB) – A man was killed while another injured when a pick-up van hit a rickshaw in Dakpara area on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 52, son of Sohrab Hossain of West Rabishur.
The accident took place around 11:45 pm when a pick-up van hit a rickshaw carrying Shafiqul and his wife Saima, leaving them injured, said Shaker Mohammad Zibaiyer, officer-in-charge of Keraniganj Model Police Station.
Later, they were taken to Mitford Hospital where the doctors declared Shafiqul dead.
Woman slaughtered in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Oct 3 (UNB) - A woman was slaughtered by miscreants at her house at Jitpur in Tanore upazila on Wednesday night.
Farmer killed in Chuadanga bomb attack
Chuadanga, Oct 3 (UNB) – A young farmer was killed in a bomb attack by some unidentified miscreants at Pirpurkulla village in Damurhuda upazila on Wednesday evening.
12 more arrested over snatching an accused in Sirajganj
Sirajganj, Oct 3 (UNB) – Twelve more people were arrested over snatching the prime accused in a subversion case on Monday, increasing the number of arrestees to 21 so far in two days.
College girl ‘gang raped’ for month in Savar after abduction; 1 held
Rajshahi, Oct 3 (UNB) – A college girl has allegedly been ‘gang raped’ for over a month in Savar of Dhaka after her abduction from Ratul village of Durgapur upazila in the district.
5 students pay price for protest against stalking; get heads shaved
Thakurgaon, Oct 3 (UNB) – They had protested the stalking of a schoolgirl. Instead of getting any reward for their good deed, they have been beaten, and got their heads shaved in the name of arbitration.
12 pirates held with arms in Bhola
Bhola, Oct 3 (UNB) – Local fishermen caught 12 pirates with some indigenous arms from Meghna River in Monpura Island of the district on Tuesday night.
Auto-rickshaw ‘hijacked’ killing driver in Munshiganj
Munshiganj, Oct 3 (UNB) - Police here on Wednesday recovered the body of an auto-rickshaw driver from Manikpur area in Sadar upazila.