A 46-kilogram touchstone was recovered from a graveyard in Ghoraghat upazila in the district on Saturday morning. Locals said they spotted the touchstone while leveling earth at the graveyard in Kuchpara village under union No.3 of the upazila.   Read more: 3 touchstone idols recovered in Thakurgaon Asim Kumar Jadhav, sub inspector of Ghoraghat police station, said on information they recovered the touchstone. The stone will be examined, he added.

A newborn baby was found abandoned at a graveyard in Ibrahimpur on the outskirts of Sunamganj town on Thursday night. Hearing the cries of the newborn around 10pm, locals rescued the girl and rushed her to Sunamganj Sadar Hospital. Taslima Akter, a resident of the area, said, “We heard the cries and found the newborn baby at the graveyard. Later we informed the police and rescued her." Also read: Baby born on road after accident that kills parents, sister Local UP member Giash Uddin said he would be more than happy to raise the baby. "She is being taken care of at the hospital," he said. Also read: Baby snake killed after bit by 16 months old in Chuadanga Sunamganj sadar police station assistant sub-inspector Sohel Ahmad said they had informed their higher authorities about the matter.

The remains of the victims of the Muslim Bazar massacre by the Pakistani army during the Liberation War in 1971 were buried with state honours at the Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard at Mirpur in the city on Monday. The burial was held under the supervision of the Bangladesh Army and in presence of Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed, said an ISPR press release. On July 27, 1999, while digging a well during the renovation of the Nuri Mosque in Mirpur's Section 12, many remains including skulls and bones, human hair braids, veils, and pieces of clothing were unearthed. Also read: Bangladesh calls British parliament to move a motion recognising 1971 genocide For confirmation of whether the recovered bones and skulls were evidence of the genocide of 1971, the War Crimes Facts Finding Committee examined the evidence of martyrs and carried out scientific research, added the release. The research included examining tissue samples of blood relatives of the martyrs. Later, some of the remains were donated to the Liberation War Museum and some to the Army Museum for preservation. Also read: Discussion in UN: Recognition of 1971 genocide sought Senior officers of the army, other members of the army and local dignitaries were also present at that time.

A seven-month-old baby girl was thrown into a graveyard from a moving CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Nasirabad area of Chattogram city on Monday.