Two children were burnt to death and their mother sustained critical burn injuries after the in-laws of the woman set fire to their residence at village Piargaon under Jagannathpur in Sunamganj district on late Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Ria Akter, 3, and her brother Imon Ahmed, 5, both children of Nuruddin Ahmed while ... Read more
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Acid thrown for dowry
A youth threw acid on his sister-in-law over dowry at Kurarghat in the city’s Kamrangirchar Wednesday night. Beauty, 22, a resident of Shahidnagar in Lalbagh, suffered burns on her right hand, chest and face, and is taking treatment at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. She told reporters at the hospital that her ... Read more