A seven-year-old girl has been killed allegedly after being raped in Natore's Baraigram upazila. Police recovered the body of Jui, 7, daughter of Malaysian expatriate Jahirul Islam of Garfa village in the upazila, from neighboring Chatmohor upazila. Quating family members Chandai union parishad chairman Shahnaz Parveen said Jui had been missing since she got out from home on the day of Pahelda Boisakh (Monday).   Krishal Dal activist stabbed dead in Gazipur On Tuesday morning, locals spotted the girl's naked body in a maize field at Katakhali Haripur area in Chatmohar upazila in Pabna, said Shahnaz Parveen. Upon receiving information, family members rushed to the scene and identified the girl as Jui. Her face was found burnt apparently by acid. Mahbub Hossain, officer-in-cahrge of Baraigram Police Station, said that they are investigating the incident.         

Police recovered six firearms from a pond near the police wireless centre and the old DC’s bungalow in Kandivita area of Natore city on Friday. Among the recovered weapons were four shotguns, a double-barrelled gun, and an airgun, police said. 3 arrested with 45,900 yaba pills in Dhaka Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mahmudah Sharmin Neli of Natore Sadar Circle said that two boys were fishing in the pond in the morning when their fishing rod got stuck underwater. “As they tried to free it, they discovered a bundle wrapped in a blanket. Upon opening it, they found an airgun and a double-barrelled gun inside.” Locals immediately informed the police, who later recovered the weapons. Subsequently, a team of divers from Natore Fire Service conducted a search operation in the pond and found four more shotguns. "A full-scale search operation will be launched from Saturday by draining the pond," ASP Neli said.

Police in have arrested a leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) on Facebook in Singra upazila og Natore. Sakibul Hasan Swachchha, general secretary of Ward-6 of the Chhatra League's Ramananda Khajura Union unit was arrested from the Singra Bazar area around midnight Sunday, said Singra Police Station Officer-in-Charge Asmaul Haque. Banned BCL leader arrested for offensive remarks on Prophet (PBUH) According to police and locals, Swachchha, posted derogatory comments about the Prophet (PBUH) in the comment section of a political post on Facebook. After his remarks spread online, angered locals gathered at Singra Police Station around 10:00 pm, demanding his punishment and filing a written complaint. Following this, police conducted an immediate operation and arrested Swachchha from the Singra Bazar area, the OC said. Banned IU BCL leader, activist held during exam The arrestee will be sent to the court on Monday in a defamation case, added the OC.

A group of protesters vandalised and set fire to the residence of former Natore-2 MP and district Awami League Vice-President Shafiqul Islam Shimul in the early hours of Thursday. The attack took place around midnight in the Kandivita area of Natore city, where protesters broke into Shimul’s residence, damaged property, and torched a burnt-out vehicle along with other remnants on the premises. During the incident, demonstrators played loud music and chanted anti-Awami League slogans before leaving the area in a procession around 1am. Sheikh Mujib's mural demolished in Sylhet Witnesses said no law enforcement personnel were present at the scene during the attack. The incident came hours after a programme  titled "Bulldozer Procession," scheduled for 9pm on Wednesday, and the vandalism of Sheikh Mujib's residence at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka.

Two teenage students died and another got injured when their motorcycle lost control and crashed into a wall in Naldanga upazila, Natore on Sunday evening. The deceased were identified as Sadnan Safa, 14, a class 8 student and Labib Hasan Sun, 16, a class 10 student, both from Diyar Kazipur village. The injured, Siam Sheikh, 14, also a class eight student, remains in critical condition at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH). Naldanga Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mostafizur Rahman said the three cousins were traveling from Trimohani Bazar to Diyar’s Kazipur Chowdhurypara on the Trimohani-Mirzapur rural road around 8pm. The motorcycle, reportedly speeding, lost control at a bend and crashed into the brick wall of a house, leaving them injured. 2 die in separate Natore road accidents Locals rushed to their aid and took them to Natore Sadar Hospital. Labib died while undergoing treatment, while Sadnan succumbed to his injuries en route to RMCH. Police inspected the scene and sent the bodies to Natore Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy. “After completing the legal formalities, the bodies will be handed over to their families,” said the OC.

Two people died, at least 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Natore’s Gurudaspur upazila on Friday. The first accident occurred at around 6:30 am on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul toll road in the Noyabazar area when two trucks collided head-on, resulting in the death of Shahin Alam (27), a fruit trader from Ullapara, Sirajganj, who was in one of the trucks. Three other individuals were injured in the crash, said Ismail Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bonpara Highway Police Station. Lineman dies falling from ladder in Shahbagh While emergency teams were responding, a passenger bus arriving at the accident site lost control and overturned. At least seven passengers were injured in the incident. Fire service personnel rescued the victims, transporting them to the local government hospital and clinic for treatment, he said. In another accident, a person died in the nearby Kachikata area after being hit by an unidentified vehicle. The identity of the deceased is yet to be known, the OC said. Two college students die in Sylhet road accident

A fire has destroyed 11 houses belonging to 11 brothers to ashes in Singra Upazila, Natore on Thursday. The fire broke out in Chaupukuria village of Ramananda Khajura Union of the upazila causing an estimated loss of nearly 2 crore taka. A police team visited and assured that appropriate action would be taken if a formal complaint is lodged, said Singra Police Station Officer-in-Charge Asmail Haque. Fire in Mirpur Bata: No casualties reported According to locals, the fire started around 1:30 AM while the family was asleep. All members narrowly escaped unharmed after noticing the flames and rushing outside. However, the fire quickly engulfed the entire property. The Singra Fire Service took two hours to bring the fire under control, but by then, the damage had been done. The family's cash reserves of approximately Tk 3.5 lakh, six refrigerators, 200 mounds of paddy, and other valuables were completely destroyed. Jalal Uddin Mohuri, the eldest of the brothers and a joint convener of the Union BNP, said they lost everything they owned. Sub-Officer Abdus Shaheen of Singra Fire Service suggested that an electrical short circuit might have caused the fire. Hazaribagh leather warehouse fire extinguished, fire safety negligence highlighted Singra Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Mazharul Islam assured that financial aid would be provided to support their recovery.

A court in Natore on Thursday sentenced a woman to 10 years of jail in a case over the killing of her mother in Gurudaspur upazila of the district around four years back. Judge of Natore Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Muhammad Abdur Rahim tried her in absentia, said the court’s Public Prosecutor Abdul Kader Mia. The court issued an arrest warrant for convict Nusrat Jerin Boby Khan, he said. Unauthorised fishmeal factory sealed off in Natore The convict was aged 16 when she committed the crime, he added. According to the case deposition, Nusrat killed her mother Selina Begum with a sharp weapon out of anger for not buying a motorbike for her husband in Naribari village of the upazila on March 22, 2021. Later, the victim’s brother Sultan filed a case in this regard.              

Three teenagers were killed in a collision between a truck and a motorbike at Sheikhchilan in Lalpur upazila of Natore on Tuesday. Lalpur police station Officer-in-Charge Md Nuruzzaman said the motorbike crashed into the truck after the biker lost control around 12:30 pm, leaving three dead on the spot. Jubo Dal leader killed in Khulna; 2 held The deceased were identified as Srabon and Swapno from Sheikhchilan village and Biplob from Sonaidanga village in Singra upazila. Family members said the teenagers had gone out for a ride on the motorbike while visiting their maternal uncle’s house, he said. 3 killed as bus hits motorbike in Chattogram

Two people were killed and one injured in a road accident on Sunday in Singra upazila, Natore, when their motorcycle collided with a truck while overtaking on the Natore-Bogura highway. Jhalmalia Highway Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mahbubur Rahman said that police visited the scene after receiving information about the incident. "We are currently working to identify the truck involved and are preparing to file a case" the OC added. The deceased were identified as Rubel (28), son of Ismail Hossain from Khyali Madhyapara village in Dupchanchia upazila, Bogura district and Nadim Mahmud (30), son of Manjur Alam, also from the same village. The injured, Shamsuddin, aged 32, is the son of Saber Pramanik, a local resident. He has been admitted to the Singra Upazila Health Complex for treatment. Driver’s throat-slit body recovered in Faridpur Eyewitnesses reported that around 4pm, three individuals were traveling from Bogura to Haltibile in Naldanga upazila, Natore, on a motorcycle. As they attempted to overtake a truck in the Ningwin area of Singra upazila, the motorcycle lost control and collided with the vehicle.