Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Monday urged the upazila administration, particularly Upazila women vice chairmen and Upazila women affairs officers, to be more sincere alongside police to prevent violence against women and children.

At a time when the entire country is struggling to tackle Covid-19, some dishonest people took their fraudulent activities to a new level exploiting the crisis.

A tortoise weighing about one maund (roughly 37 kg) has been rescued from Tamlai area of Pirganj upazila of Thakurgaon.