Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the state minister for home not to spare anyone involved in Narayanganj mayhem. Authorities have already removed and sacked three officials of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) for their alleged link to the abduction of…
A two-day public hearing to investigate the multiple murders in Narayanganj has begun at town’s Circuit House. Headed by Md Shahjahan Ali Mollah, additional secretary at the Public Administration Ministry, the committee began interviewing people from 10am Monday. District lawyer’s…
The governor of Nigeria’s Borno state says he has information on the whereabouts of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram. Governor Kashim Shettima said he had passed reports of the sightings of the girls to the military…
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region have claimed a resounding victory in a “self-rule” referendum, saying 89% voted in favour. Results from a similar vote in the region of Luhansk are due shortly and are expected to show a…
A deadlock in Chittagong University caused by an internal feud of the Bangladesh Chhatra League continued for the fifth day on Sunday. One faction of the university unit of the pro-government student organisation is holding a non-stop blockade in protest…
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee invited President Abdul Hamid to visit India. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran handed over an invitation letter of Pranab Mukharjee to President Abdul Hamid during a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban on Sunday.…
The floating body of a minor girl was recovered from a pond in the capital’s Hazaribagh area on Sunday afternoon. The identity of the victim could not be known immediately.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has sent two deputy directors to forced retirement. The officials are Md Ahsan Ali and Md Shafiqul Islam posted at the ACC’s Kushtia and Patuakhali offices respectively. Commission spokesperson Pranab Bhattacharya told bdnews24.com that the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reaffirmed that her government will ensure the punishment of the culprits who are behind the sensational Narayanganj seven murders. The Prime Minister came up with the assurance when family members of slain senior lawyer…
Police have found the body of a land broker near the main entrance of the Sonargaon Police Station in Narayanganj. The victim was identified as Tota Mia, 38, son of Mohabbat Ali of Mirerbagh village under the Jampur union of…
As the lawyers announced fresh programmes to press for the arrest and exemplary punishment of those involved in the seven murders, the police super here on Sunday claimed that there had been a marked progress in their investigation into the…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday demanded disbanding of elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as, she said, they are involved in killing, forced disappearance and abduction across the country. “The RAB was formed to ensure security of the people. They…
Maize cultivation has gained much popularity among char dwellers of the district in recent years as it has played significant role in eradicating their poverty and changing their life.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized huge quantity of Indian clothes worth about Taka 1.5 crore from Jhikargachha-Bakra area under Jhikargachha upazila of the district on Saturday.
The officials of Fisheries Department, in a drive, seized 1,520 kilograms of jatka (small hilsha fish) from Rupatali area in the city here last night.
A woman was killed and 10 people were injured as a bus overturned at Mokrampur in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.
Police arrested six alleged terrorists after a gunfight from a hotel in Anumajhir Ghat area of the city on Saturday night.
Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from College Road in Ishwardi municipality on Saturday night.
Chemically-treated Indian mangoes have flooded the markets in Jessore region, posing serious health risks.
A minor girl died and her mother and maternal uncle fell sick allegedly after drinking soft drinks at Nishchinta Baria village in Khoksa upazila on Saturday afternoon.
A night guard was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants at Ikri bazar in Bhandaria upazila early Sunday.
Two children drowned in Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts on Saturday.
Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 40 pieces of Yaba tablets at Koroish village in Kachua upazila on Saturday afternoon.
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing of charge framing against 12 BNP leader and activists including Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to October 8 in a case filed for explosion of cocktail. Dhaka’s Additional Metropolitan Sessions…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed immediate past chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha Nurul Huda as part of the investigation into three cases recently filed against former secretary of ministry of housing and public works Khondaker Shawkat Hossain, for allegedly…
Daudkandi Municipality former mayor’s wife sued five physicians of Labaid Hospital on the charge of negligence which caused the death of her husband while the court directed the Vice Chancellor of BSMMU to form a three-member committee including a cardiac…
The 80 cartoons of charitable meat of Dumba which was sent by Saudi Arabia government have looted by the two chairmen and their followers on Saturday morning. Executive magistrate Iqbal Hossain said it was a horrible dream to us. The…
The Dhaka University authorities on Sunday suspended four of its students, who are also BCL men, for their involvement in kidnapping a Flexiload trader. The action was taken against them under section 52 (2) of the Proctorial Rules, said a…
India and Myanmar have signed a deal for ‘enhanced cooperation’ between their security agencies in combating militancy, narcotics smuggling and poaching of wildlife. The deal provides for coordinated patrol by the armed forces and coast guards of the two countries…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has blamed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerji and said her opposition was responsible for India and Bangladesh failing to sign the Teesta Water Sharing treaty. Bangladesh and India were all set to ink a deal…