The Daily Populous

Saturday December 20th, 2025 morning edition

image for Bangladesh unrest: Hindu man lynched, body tied to tree and set on fire as tensions escalate

Police identified the victim as Dipu Chandra Das, who worked at a local garment factory and lived in the area as a tenant.

“A group of agitated people caught him and beat him up around 9 pm on Thursday for insulting the Prophet.

Then they set his body on fire,” Ripon Mia, duty officer of Bhaluka police station, told BBC Bangla.

He said the attackers tied the body to a tree before setting it ablaze.Police reached the spot after receiving information and brought the situation under control.

The body was recovered and sent to the morgue of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for autopsy.

"We wholeheartedly condemn lynching of a Hindu man in Mymensingh.

“For the first time in the newspaper's history, the publication had to be halted,” consulting editor Kamal Ahmed told AFP. »

US justice department will not release all Epstein files by deadline, official says

Authored by bbc.com

US justice department will not release all Epstein files by Friday deadline, official says.

The US justice department will begin releasing long-awaited files related to Jeffrey Epstein as mandated by a new law, though not all documents would be made public on Friday, a top official says.

Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the DOJ was given until 19 December to release the files. »

Zelenskyy tells Polish PM that "scariest thing for Russia" is when Poland and Ukraine are together

Authored by pravda.com.ua

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that unity between Ukraine and Poland is "the scariest thing for Russia".

Details: Welcoming the Ukrainian president, Tusk also paid personal tribute to Zelenskyy, saying that "your fight is our common fight".

"You are a hero not only in Ukraine, but here in Poland [we] also treat you as a hero," the Polish prime minister said. »

Bondi shooting hero gets $2.5 million in donations and global praise for risking everything to stop the attacker

Authored by thefashioncentral.co.uk

Bondi hero Ahmed al Ahmed has received A$2.5 million (£1.24 million) in community donations during his hospital recovery following surgery.

Ahmed became an international symbol of bravery after he stopped a deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach with his bare hands.

During the struggle, Ahmed was shot twice and had to undergo surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand. »

'Get out of my house': 84-year-old man shoots son in the face for not visiting mother in hospice care, police say

Authored by lawandcrime.com

His wife had recently been put on in-home hospice care, "and William has been taking care of both of them," the court document states.

The defendant's son and his wife came over to the house to visit, something she said they did "on a weekly basis."

The defendant, holding his gun, pointed it at his son and fired, "striking him in the face," authorities say. »