Youth life for child rape in Dhaka

A youth named Jewel has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl in Banani of the capital. Judge Sabera Sultana Khanam of Dhaka Women and Child Torture Prevention Tribunal gave this order on Wednesday. Special Public Prosecutor (PP) of that tribunal Afroza Ahmed told Prothom Alo that the child was living with…

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Boro harvesting of haor areas almost done

4.38 lakh out of 4.53 lakh hectares have already been harvested Farmers have completed harvesting 97 percent paddy of haor areas in Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Sunamganj, Kishoreganj, Netrokona and Brahmanbaria. In the seven districts, farmers cultivated boro in 4.53 lakh hectares this year, of which 4.38 lakh hectares have already been harvested. The government has…

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