At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Rajbari-Faridpur Highway at Basantapur in sadar upazila early Friday. Four of the deceased were identified as Alamgir, driver of Eagle Paribahan…
Year: 2014
81 N’ganj police officers transferred
The government has shaken up the Narayanganj police administration by transferring two inspectors, 40 sub-inspectors (SI) and 39 assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) of police following the abduction and killing of seven people that outraged the nation. They shifted to police stations…
RMG official found dead at Gazipur factory
Police recovered the body of a garment factory official from his workplace at Tongi in the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Alamgir Hossain, 38, assistant accountant of ‘Zaber and Zobayer Garment’ situated at Pagar of Tongi.
Democratic behavior from this regime a distant cry: B Chy
Terming the present government ‘undemocratic’, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Thursday said the incidents of forced disappearance, kidnapping and killing have marked an alarming rise due to its undemocratic behaviour. He made the remarks while addressing…
3 Rajuk officials quizzed in case against secretary
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has interrogated four Rajuk officials as part of investigation into the three cases recently filed against former secretary of Housing and Public Works Ministry Dr Khondaker Showkat Hossain for allegedly taking government plots abusing power.…
Why not action against RMCH interns: HC
The High Court has asked why Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital interns who denied treatment to a journalist should not be denied their certificates. A High Court bench on Thursday also asked under what authority those interns had denied treatment…
RAB investigations have ‘found evidence of its own officers’
RAB investigations have found evidence of its own officers being involved in the Nayarayanganj murders, several sources inside the elite force say. It has found no proof that suggests involvement of anyone besides RAB and fugitive Ward-4 Councillor Nur Hossain,…
Official probe body chief vows to expose N’ganj murders
Chief of the probe body, formed to investigate law enforcers’ involvement in the Narayanganj seven-murder case, Md Shahjahan Ali Mollah on Thursday said the fact behind the murder of seven people would be unveiled. “The investigation into the murders will…
Hiron’s wife Zebunnesa Afroz AL nominee for Barisal-5 by-polls
Bangladesh Awami League on Thursday nominated Zebunnesa Afroz, wife of late Shawkat Hossain Hiron MP as its candidate to contest the by-election to Barisal-5 constituency, which is slated for June 12. The nomination was finalized at a meeting of the…
Dead UP member’s wife file case against OC in Jhenidah
A case was filed by Hasina Begum wife of Elangi UP member and Jamaat leader Abul Kalam against Officer in charge of Kotchandpur thana Fazlur Rahman and 7 others on Wednesday for abduction and murder of her hustand. Judicial Magistrate…
Ramna Batamul blast case argument afresh May 18
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed May 18 for arguments afresh in the Ramna Batamul blast case. Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Dhaka Ruhul Amin set the date, after completion of arguments on behalf of 13 accused in the…
Govt desperate to hush up N’ganj 7 murders: BNP
BNP leader Hannan Shah on Thursday alleged the government is desperately trying to hush up the seven-murder incident here as it has a direct link with the killings. “The involvement of Rab in the gruesome killings has proved the government…
3 placed on 10-day remand in N’ganj abduction-murder case
A court here on Thursday placed three people arrested in connection with the abduction and killing of seven people on a 10-day remand. Senior Judicial Magistrate Monowara Begum passed the order when police produced them before her court. Those who…
‘Missing’ not “enforced disappearance:” Ashraf
Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said the term “forced disappearance” is being wrongly used for missing persons. “There is no word like forced disappearance rather it should be missing. Many people go missing…
3 children drowned in Netrakona
Three minor children drowned in the river Dhali at Ilazpur village under Purbadhala upazila of the district on Wednesday.
737 bottles of liquor seized in Sylhet
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 737 bottles of liquor from Companyganj border area early Thursday.
Youth jailed for possessing hemp in Satkhira
A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to two years’ imprisonment for possessing hemp.
Outlaw leader held in Chuadanga
Police arrested a leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party from Sultanpur village in Damurhuda upazila early Thursday.
Bus passengers robbed of valuables in Comilla
Highway robbers looted valuables worth Tk several lakhs from passengers of a bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Putia in Daudkandi upazila on Wednesday night.
Minor girl killed getting hit with spade in Sirajganj
A minor girl was killed after she got hit with a spade in her house at Mosipur village in Shahjadpur upazila on Wednesday.
54 students fall sick for food poisoning in Kushtia
At least 54 students of a local women’s madrasah were hospitalised after they fell sick eating foods at a feast at the madrasah ground in Bheramara upazila on Wednesday.
Huge Indian clothes seized in Chuadanga
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 2,200 pieces of Indian three-piece worth about Taka 2.60 crore from Jibannagar frontier area under Jibannagar upazila of the district on Wednesday evening.On a tip-off, a BGB team conducted the…
Discussion meeting on education for disabled held
A discussion meeting for ensuring integrated education arrangements for the disable children jointly organized by ‘Campaign for popular education’ and local NGO Racine was held here on Wednesday.
Plantation of off-season Parija rice seedling begins
The farmers have already started plantation of the off-season indigenous parija rice seedlings to complete the process by this month-end everywhere in Rangpur division.
Mango output likely to suffer setback in Rajshahi, C’nawabganj
Mango production is likely to suffer a setback in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts, famous for mango production, this year as immature mangoes are falling off trees due to a drought like situation which has been prevailing in the region for…
‘Digital Shadow’ Exposes Exactly How Much Facebook Knows About You
Ubisoft has created a video game promotion called Digital Shadow, that’s actually one of the best ways to determine exactly what you are sharing online right now.
‘Pinocchio Rex’: T. Rex’s Long-Snouted Cousin Discovered
Dead men tell no lies, but perhaps dead dinosaurs do. A new dinosaur species found in China and nicknamed “Pinocchio Rex” was a long-snouted cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Two siblings murdered at Rangamati
Miscreants have killed two brothers early on Thursday in Rangamati district of the Chittagong hill tracts. The dead were identified as Sushanta Chakma, 40 and Tridev Chakma, 35. The two were former activists of Parbatya Jana Sanghati Samity faction (JSS-…
‘Move to obstruct Khaleda’s political activities’
BNP alleges the government is plotting to throw Khaleda Zia out of politics by not allowing a rally at Narayanganj that she was to address and by changing court premises in two cases filed against her. On Wednesday Narayanganj Mayor…
No whitening black money in next budget: Muhith
The next budget will have no provision to legalise black money, says Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith. “There will be no more chance for converting black money into white,” the finance minister said, while addressing the 35th meeting of…