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A 12-year-old girl, a Class-IV student of a government primary school in Chandpur's Shahrasti upazila, has been found five months pregnant, with her family accusing a 60-year-old neighbour of raping her. The incident took place in Chitoshi East Union and has sparked widespread concern in the locality. The accused, identified as Nasir Uddin, reportedly went into hiding after the matter came to light. According to local residents and family members, the victim is the daughter of physically challenged parents and frequently worked at the accused's house. The girl said that her parents had sent her to Nasir Uddin's house about seven months ago at his request to assist with household chores. During that period, he allegedly touched her inappropriately on several occasions. She further alleged that in February, Nasir Uddin forcibly took her into a room and raped her. The accused allegedly threatened to kill her parents if she disclosed the incident, leaving her too frightened to tell anyone about it. The matter came to light on June 2 when the girl's aunt noticed physical changes and questioned her. The child then disclosed the alleged rape, family members said. Subsequently, the family took her to a physician, who confirmed that she was five months pregnant. Following the disclosure, the accused fled the area, according to locals. The victim's mother alleged that her daughter had been raped and threatened with death. "My daughter is now five months pregnant. We will seek legal action and demand justice from the administration," she said. Md Aminul Islam, member of Ward No. 5 of Chitoshi East Union Parishad, said he had heard about the incident and found the allegations to be credible after making inquiries. "It is a shameful incident involving a helpless family's young daughter. I demand exemplary punishment for the accused," he said. Shahrasti Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mir Mahbubur Rahman said no formal complaint had yet been filed with the police. "If a complaint is received, the matter will be investigated and legal action will be taken accordingly," the OC said.  

Rihanna was pregnant with her second child as she performed her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday. The singer’s representative confirmed the pregnancy shortly after she ended her 13-minute set at Super Bowl 57. She hovered high at times as she performed a number of hits including “We Found Love,” “Diamonds” and “Work” during a halftime break between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The baby bump that was visible in the tight clothes she wore under her baggy red jumpsuit set off a wave of social media speculation that she might be pregnant again. Rihanna, 34, has a 9-month-old son with rapper A$AP Rocky. During her media preview Thursday, Rihanna said she was initially unsure about taking on the challenge of performing during a time when she was three months postpartum and wondered “should I be making major decisions like this right now? I might regret this.” “But when you become a mom, there’s something that just happens where you feel like you can take on the world, you can do anything,” Rihanna said. “The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages of the world. As scary as that was, because I hadn’t been on stage in seven years, there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all.” Rihanna said had to figure out how to fit some of her biggest songs into her 13-minute set. “The setlist was the biggest challenge,” she said. “That was the hardest, hardest part. Deciding how to maximize 13 minutes but also celebrate — that’s what this show is going to be. It’s going to be a celebration of my catalog in the best way that we could have put it together.′ A nine-time Grammy Award-winner, Rihanna has 14 No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including “We Found Love,” “Work,” “Umbrella” and “Disturbia.”

Kalia upazila health authorities in Narail decided to close a private clinic Monday over the death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child during surgery by a quack doctor.  Upazila Health Officer Kajal Mallik said he directed to close the clinic named Baradia Khan Rowshan Ali Private Clinic after a probe body formed in this regard found the clinic along with its doctors and nurses were all unregistered. On May 6, Shiuli Begum, 25, wife of Jinnat Ali, an autorickshaw driver, from Gopalganj sadar upazila got admitted in the clinic to deliver her second baby. The hospital admitted her taking Tk 15,000 as fee for a c-section surgery.  But Shiuli died when she was given anaesthetic injection at the Operation Theater by a doctor. The hospital authority tried to cover up the situation by calling an ambulance and sending her body off to another hospital.  READ: Suspected militant leader held in Narail However, the relatives of the patients learned of the situation and got agitated.  Later, some police personnels called by the authority took control of the situation.  Meanwhile the alleged quack doctor who was conducting the operation managed to flee.  The poor husband of Shiuli agreed to settle the case with intervention of police and some local influentials upon receiving Tk 3 lakh as compensation from the hospital authority. But the matter refused to die after the news spread.  Narail Civil Surgeon formed a three member probe committee led by Upazila Health Officer Kajal Mollik and asked to submit a report within next four days after investigating the incident. “The clinic was following none of the conditions that a hospital should follow and it had no regular doctor or nurses. As the hospital authority and its staff remained absconding since the incident we could not know the identity of the quake who was conducting the operation,” said Kajal Mallik. 

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