A Rajshahi court today sent a madrasa teacher to jail after rejecting his bail plea in a case filed for beating up a student.

Nusrat Jahan Rafi was set on fire two days after detained Sonagazi madrasa principal Siraj Ud Doula gave a directive to some of his followers when they visited him in Feni district jail, investigators said yesterday.

A madrasa teacher yesterday confessed before a Rajshahi court that he raped a minor girl in Charghat upazila of the district, said police.

A madrasa teacher and an imam of a mosque have been beaten up allegedly for preventing a child marriage at Hatia upazila in Noakhali.

A nine-year-old boy was mercilessly caned by his madrasa teacher in Alamnagar area of Rangpur on Wednesday.

A madrasa teacher in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur has been arrested for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl twice in a month.

A madrasa teacher was temporarily suspended for allegedly beating 42 female students in Bagatipara upazila yesterday noon.