An 18-year-old boy died after being attacked by a wild elephant in Banshkhali upazila of the district early Wednesday (1 May). The incident took place around 2am at a litchi orchard near Godarpar in Bailchari union of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Sibgatullah Rizvi, son of late Taib Ullah of Kulinpara area of the same union. Kofil Uddin, chairman of Bailchari Union Parishad, said  an elephant entered the locality in the hilly area of East Bailchari. Rizvi went to see the elephant in the litchi orchard and suffered serious injuries after being attacked by the elephant.

Police have detained as many as 20 members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir in Natore. They were detained on Tuesday (30 April) night while holding a `secret meeting` at the house of local Jamaat leader Ainul Haque in Shivnagar village of Lalpur upazila, according to Lalpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nasim Ahmed. District Jamaat Karma Parishad member Professor Abdul Wahab and Assistant General Secretary of Lalpur Upazila Jamaat Masud Rana were among the detainees, he added.

The Forest Department recovered a floating carcass of a Bengal Tiger from Andharia canal under Dacope upazila in the Sundarbans on Tuesday (30 April). Forest department workers recovered the carcass and brought it to the Karamajl wildlife breeding centre, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sundarban East Division Kazi Muhammad Nurul Karim confirmed. Later, in the presence of the Forest Department and Dacope Upazila Administration, the Livestock Department conducted the post-mortem of the tiger, he added.

At least twelve shops were gutted in a major fire that broke out at a market in Chandpur`s Sadar upazila in the small hours of Wednesday (1 May). At least 10 people suffered minor injuries while trying to tame the blaze. The identities of the injured could not be known immediately. Locals said the fire broke out at a shop in Baghra Bazar of Bagadi Union of the Upazila around 2:45am and it soon engulfed the adjoining shops.