Three journalists were under attack and a camera was vandalised allegedly by a local Awami League leader and his sons today (August 12, 2022) at Sakorpar area of Panchagram union in Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila.
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said Bangladesh is on the right track to holding a "free, fair and participatory" national election, noting that there is no issue of interference by foreign countries. "A new election commission has been formed and it is talking to all parties. So, it is preparing for a free fair and participatory election.
The High Court yesterday stayed for six months the trial proceedings against Jamuna Television journalist Nurnabi Sarkar in a case filed under the Digital Security Act in Mymensingh.
A recent Plan International Bangladesh survey found that 35.3 percent of parents marry off their underage daughters in fear of sexual harassment, while roughly 25.6 percent of parents give in to child marriage out of concern of societal divisiveness.
A video of what appears to be a plane engulfed by flames has been viewed thousands of times in Facebook posts that claim it shows an accident at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport that serves.