A young man was held as he allegedly raped an 8-year-old schoolgirl in Kandapara village of Naria upazila on Monday.

At least 64 people were diagnosed with Covid-19 on Tuesday, with reports reaching the UNB desk from just 6 of the 64 districts at the time of filing this report. 

A physician of Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday.

Three Covid-19 patients who were undergoing treatment at Faridpur Medical College Hospital returned home on Thursday after their full recovery.

Six more people have died from fever, cough and breathing complications in Faridpur, Chattogram, Barishal and Cumilla districts.

Two septuagenarian men, who had been suffering from fever and cold, have died at the isolation unit of Faridpur Medical College Hospital.

A pregnant woman died at Faridpur Medical College Hospital on Monday as she was not reportedly given oxygen support.

A parliamentary probe body visited Faridpur Medical College Hospital on Wednesday, in a bid to investigate alleged irregularities at the hospital.

A court here on Tuesday sent two accused to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed in connection with Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) curtain purchase scam.

A schoolgirl has allegedly been gang-raped in a remote char of the Madhumati River in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur district.