Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Monday threatened to enforce a daylong countrywide hartal on Thursday if sacked minister Abdul Latif is not arrested by Wednesday for his disparaging remarks against Islam. Hefajat organising secretary Maulana Azizul Haque Islamabadi said that they have…
Robbers looted valuables worth TK 7 lakh including gold, cash, laptop and mobile sets from an expatriate’s house at Gopsohor area in Dakkin Surma upazila early Monday.
A man was killed as he was allegedly beaten and chopped by the robbers when he tried to resist the dacoits of village Provakorpara in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna early Sunday.
Assailants shot dead Mollah Oliar Rahman, 59, Nawapara bureau chief; Khulna based Daily Janmabhumi, councilor, ward number 7, joint secretary, Abhaynagar upazila Awami League and also president, a co-ordination committee of different labour organization at around 7am on Sunday.
A man was killed in a bomb explosion at Pathanpaikpara under Bagharpara in Jessore early Sunday.
A court in Rajshahi on Monday placed eight people on a fresh one-day remand in connection with the murder of Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. Magistrate of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 Sharmin Akhter passed the order when…
More than six thousand examinees absent in PSC examination in Barisal division started from Sunday.
Minister for road communication and bridge Obaidul Quader on Sunday noon in Barisal said that we have successfully overcame the main challenges like construction Padma Bridge, Elevated Expressway, Metrorail under this ministry by the successful leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh…
Two assistant proctors of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) tendered their resignations on Sunday, three days into the killing of a student in Bangladesh Chchatra League (BCL) infighting on the campus on Thursday.
A youth died falling from a tree at Churmonkati village in Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 993 bottles of contraband phensidyl from Jamtala area in Sadar upazila on Sunday.
A fire broke out at Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) office in Bhadughar area of the district town on Monday morning.
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her son from their house at Deulia village in Bagmara upazila on Monday morning.
A court here on Monday sentenced two people to death and another one to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2011.
The body of a Bangladesh national, who was allegedly killed by people of Indian Khasia community at Guabari border point in Jaintapur upazila on Friday, was handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on…
A sexagenarian woman was crushed to death under the wheels of train in Dry-ice Factory area in Rajbari sadar on Sunday.
Police arrested a young man from Abhaynagar upazila in Jessore district on Sunday evening for his alleged involvement in the killing of Oliar Rahman, councillor of Noapara municipality and also joint general secretary of the Abhaynagar upazila unit of Awami…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 10 people, including two women and a child, while they were being trafficked to India through Putkhali border point in Jessore on Sunday night.
Beans cultivation has become an effective means of bringing fortune for many farmers in the vast Barind tract comprising Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj and Naogaon districts.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in anti-smuggling drives seized huge quantity of smuggled goods worth more than Taka 12.24 lakh from different areas of the district during last 24 hours till this morning.
Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) Narsingdi has distributed 1,188 tonnes of Boro seeds (BRRI-28 and BRRI-29 varieties Dan) in six upazilas of the district to make the current Boro cultivation programme a success.
The landless char people, small, marginal and riverside farmers have been cultivating various Rabi crops now on vast tact’s of the dried-up riverbeds and char lands in the riverine areas of the northern districts.
Students of Madhupur Salehia Darus Sunnat Dakhil Madrasa and Kazirhat High School under Badarganj upazila here have vowed for launching social movement to eradicate child marriage and repression on women.
A mother and son were slaughtered reportedly by some unidentified miscreants at Dewlia village under Bagmara Upazila of the district last night, police sources said.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today asked journalists, covering the court proceedings, to be more sensible and responsible. The first tribunal came up with the view while criticizing journalists, especially the ones from TV channels, for their yesterday’s mistake as…
Md Mobarak Hossain from Brahmanbaria’s Akaura, has been sentenced to death for war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War. The International Crimes Tribunal-1, headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim, announced his verdict on Monday. Two among the five charges against…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has rejected two leave to appeal petitions BNP chief Khaleda Zia had filed over a case accusing her of graft in the Zia Orphanage Trust. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Md…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday night said Awami League has gone mad driven by its thirst for blood. “Awami League has now turned crazy with their thirst for people’s blood. They’re killing people everywhere whenever they get a chance.…
Kuwait, November 22 – Labour ministers from Gulf and Asian countries meeting on November 26 and 27 next, should improve labour law protection, reform abusive immigration policies, and increase dialogue with trade unions and nongovernmental groups, 22 human rights organizations…
Nobel laureate Professor Yunus addressed as chief guest at the celebration of fourth anniversary of social enterprise UK held at the British parliament building to celebrate the occasion of Social Enterprise Day on November 20. Yunus congratulated the Houses of…