Eight shops were burnt to ashes in a devastating fire at a market in Kathalia upazila of the district early Wednesday.
Day: October 3, 2013
Housewife found dead in Munshiganj
A housewife has been found dead in her husband’s house at Shimulia village in Gazaria upazila of the district.
RAB nabs one with arms, ammo in C’nawabganj
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested an alleged arms trader along with four firearms and bullets from Kansat in Shibganj upazila on Wednesday.
Man killed in Jessore road accident
A man was killed in a road accident in Shahjadpur area of Chowgachha upazila on Wednesday noon.
Photojournalist’s house bombed in Khulna
Unidentified miscreants hurled crude bombs at the house of a photojournalist of a local daily in the city’s Khalishpur area on Wednesday.
8 injured by robbers in Shariatpur
Some eight people were injured in an attack by a gang of robbers in a house at Saheber Char village in Naria upazila of the district early Wednesday.
One gets life time for killing mother-in-law
A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his mother-in-law in 2000.
Youth jailed for sexual harassment in Thakurgaon
A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for sexually harassing a college girl in Haripur upazila the day before.
Smuggled goods worth Tk63 lakh seized in Chuadanga
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in two separate drives seized different kinds of goods worth Tk63 lakh, smuggled from India, early Wednesday.
Derailment cuts off rail service with Sylhet
Rail communications of Sylhet with other parts of the country remained suspended as two oil tank wagons of a freight train derailed at Moghla Bazar in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Thursday morning.
Branches of trees cutting at Barisal B M College campus
Branches of huge trees cutting at the Barisal Government Brojo Mohun College campus since last two days.
Dacoity committed in Morrelganj : 2 Arrested
A daring dacoity was committed in the village Choto Badura within Hoglabunia union under Morrelganj Upazila in the district on the night of Sunday, according to a delayed report received here. Police already arrested 2 persons of the same village…
RAB arrested one arms trader and recovered arms and ammunitions
Rapid action battalion (RAB)- 5 arrested one arms trader and recovered arms and ammunitions at Kansat bazaar area of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.
Direct contest between AL and IAB candidates in Barguna-2
Direct fight would be held between the candidates nominated by ruling Awami League and Islami Andolon Bangladesh of Charmonair Pir in Barguna-2 by-election on today Thursday.
Khaleda conspired to kill me: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again blamed her political opponent Khaleda Zia for the 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally that killed two dozen workers and leaders of the party.
30 dead in northeast Indian collision
A cargo truck crashed into two minivans packed with labourers heading to work early Thursday in northeast India’s Assam state, killing 30 people, including 13 children, police said.
Housewife killed by miscreants in Gazipur
Housewife Selina Akter, 27, was killed by unknown miscreants at Boiragbhita in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.
Lalu Prasad gets 5 years in jail
A court sentenced Lalu Prasad Yadav, a powerful ally of the ruling Congress party, to five years in jail on Thursday for siphoning off state funds, underlining that a wave of public disgust with rampant corruption is finally catching up…
Petition for caretaker government
A lawyer has moved the Supreme Court seeking a non-party caretaker government to supervise the next two national elections in Bangladesh.
Begum Zia is conspiring to go to power: Nasim
Awami League presidium member and former Home Minister Mohammad Nasim today alleged that failing to launch a movement, BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has now been hatching conspiracy to go to power through illegal way.
Polls without opposition not possible: BNP
Opposition chief whip Zainul Abedin Farroque on Thursday said the ruling party will not be able to hold the next general election without the participation of BNP.
Pharmacy owners go on strike
Drugstore owners kept their shutters down across the country on Thursday to press home their eight-point demand, including the release of their fellowmen arrested on charge of selling fake and date-expired medicines.
Order in contempt plea against Kh Mahbub Sunday
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 fixed Sunday for order on the prosecution plea seeking to issue notice asking senior advocate Khandkar Mahbub Hossain to explain why contempt proceedings should not be drawn against him for his ‘disparaging’ remarks on the ongoing…
Japan to provide Tk 100cr loan for RMG sector safety
Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide Tk 100 crore in loan for improving the working environment in garment and knitwear industries of the country.
FBCCI for keeping ports open during Eid, Puja holidays
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Thursday urged the government to keep land and sea ports open during the public holidays of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja.
Banks, NBFIs urged to promote new entrepreneurs
President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) M Sabur Khan on Thursday urged the banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to come forward to help the new entrepreneurs.
Factories in BSCIC parks produce goods worth Tk 36,097cr
Various factories in BSCIC industrial parks produced goods worth Tk 36,097 crore in the last fiscal year, according to the BSCIC Annual Report published on Thursday. In the last fiscal, 4,205 factories were operative in 74 industrial parks of BSCIC…
Ershad’s lawyer cross-examines OI in radar purchase case
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad’s lawyer once again on Thursday cross examined Manjur Ahmad, Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director and investigation officer (IO) of the case filed for irregularities and misuse of power in purchasing radar in 1980s.
TIB finds 10 NGOs receiving climate fund fake
Dhaka – Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), an international non-government organization working as a catalyst of social movement against corruption, has found no existence of 10 NGOs out of 63, which were given allocation of projects under Bangladesh Climate Change Trust…
Bill okays bill to tighten Central Bank control on Grameen Bank
Dhaka – The cabinet on Thursday approved a draft of the Grameen Bank Bill-2013 with some amendments for bringing change in the bank’s capital structure, management system and other necessary regulations.