Police recovered four bodies from different areas of Savar Ashulia.

Among the deceased two were identified as Apon, 30, a transgender, of Radio Colony area, and garments worker Ajufa, 22, of East Rajashon.

Police sources said Apon of transgender community was strangled to death over some longstanding enmity in Radio Colony area.

Police arrested two members of the LGBT community in the area, suspecting their involvement.

On the other hand, police recovered the body of the other garments worker, Ajufa, from the quarters she rented in East Rajashon area.

Police recovered the hanging body of 20-year girl from Niribili area and a hanging body of 29-e ear boy from Jamgora area in Ashulia.

All the bodies were sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College & Hospital for autopsies.

Kalaria Hossain, inspector, Savar Police Station, said separate cases were filed over the incidents.

Dhaka University (DU) authorities on Monday suspended two students for the alleged involvement in extorting money from a truck driver.

The accused are Jobair Ahmed Shanta of the International Relations department (2017-18) and Md Al Amin of Institute of Education and Research (2017-18), said a DU press release.

Both of them are third-year students and inmates of Ziaur Rahman Hall.

The university authorities also issued show cause notice to them asking them to explain as to why they would not be expelled.

They were asked to reply to the show cause notice within seven working days.

On February 22, police arrested them reportedly for their involvement in extorting money from a truck driver in the city's High Court (HC) area.

A Class-VIII girl has allegedly been gang-raped by four young men at Jekati village in Jhikargachha upazila.

The accused are Titu, 20, son of Rustam of Bakra village, and his friends Saju, 21, Yasin, 18, Saju, 21, of Shibandokati village, and Sujon, 21, son of Shajahan of Jekati village in the upazila.

Family members said Titu and Saju gagged the girl and picked up on a motorcycle when she was returning home from a shop around 8pm on February 14.

They took her to a garden behind the Water Management Samabay Samity where Sujon and Saju joined them and violated the girl in turns.

Locals found the girl in a senseless condition and later she got her senses and disclosed the matter to her family.

Victim’s father demanded punishment of the culprits.

Sheikh Shahinur Kabir, officer-in-charge of Bakra Police Investigation Centre, said they did not get any complaint in this connection. Necessary measures will be taken after complaint, the OC added.

Bangladesh Bank has re-fixed the value of the commemorative currency which was released marking the International Mother Language Day 2000.

As per the newly fixed value, each of the gold coin of 10 grams having 22 carat will have the price of Tk 53,000 instead of earlier price of Tk 50,000 while two coins of this kind will have the price of Tk 106,000 instead of earlier Tk 100,000.

This new price will be effective immediately, said the Currency Management Department of Bangladesh Bank in a press release.

The last price of the gold coin was fixed on August 26, 2019. The new price of the gold coins was set due to price escalation of gold, it said.      

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed in the country on the night of March 22.

The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a meeting held at the Baitul Mukarram office of Islamic Foundation on Monday evening.

On the night of 26th Rajab every year, Muslims observe Shab-e-Meraj when Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) embarked on a special journey to meet Allah.

In the journey, the Prophet travelled on the “Buraq” to Heaven where Allah gave him some instructions to take back to the faithful regarding the details of prayers.