The Police yesterday (Wednesday) submitted two charge sheets to a Dhaka court against 58 leaders and activists of 20-party alliance including MK Anwar, Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s Adviser Khandaker Mahbub Hossain…
Mahmudullah Riyad and Tamim Iqbal hit half-centuries to guide Bangladesh to 179-4 before rain stopped play on the second day of the first Test against South Africa in Chittagong on Wednesday. Mahmudullah made 67 while Tamim added a patient 57…
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged the government to ensure adequate gas and power supplies to industries for accelerating the country’s industrialisation process. “The government has already taken a number of positive initiatives to…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked foreign buyers to raise the prices of Bangladeshi garment products which will ultimately be spent on ensuring the further welfare of RMG workers. The Prime Minister made the request when Dutch Ambassador to…
BNP yesterday extended unconditional support to the government to realise due share of common waters. “The entire people of Bangladesh are united on the question of water sharing. There is no difference amongst Awami League, BNP, Jatiya Party or Communist…
A Shillong court in the Indian state of Meghalaya yesterday framed charges against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed on alleged trespass into India. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate KML Nongbri fixed July 30 for starting the trial of the case…
A farmer was killed by a lightning strike at Diyar Manikchar village in Godagari upazila on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam Kalu, 32, son of Abdur Razzak, a resident of the village.
Two people were killed in two separate incidents in Paikgachha upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Mohananda Sana, 24, son of Parimal Sana, hailing from Choladhana village, and Rajendranath Roy, 42, son of Boloram Roy, a…
Police in a drive arrested the ringleader of a robber gang from Notun Bazar intersection area of the district town on Tuesday afternoon.The arrestee was identified as Selim Mijhi, 32, son of Sirajul Islam, a resident of Lodher Gaon village…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a young man along with 6,750 Indian rupees from Sadipur village of Benapole municipality on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Ramzan Ali, 26, son of Ahsan Ali, a resident…
Police recovered the body of a young girl from Rampur in Faridganj upazila of the district on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Reshma Akter, 17, daughter of Sattar Munshi, a resident of Lariachar village.
A mobile court here on Tuesday convicted a youth for carrying drugs and sentenced him to six months imprisonment.The convict was identified as Md Rasel, 20, son of Badol Miah of Pathakata village of sadar upazila.
Police arrested three drug traders from Satpai-Kalibari area of Netrakona town on Monday night and recovered 600 pieces of Yaba tablets from their possession.Police said the arrested were identified as Biplob, Hazrat Ali and Sanjor Shaha Babu.
A bumper production of sugarcane planted in 2014-15 season is expected at eight sub-zones of Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML) as the plants of the sugarcane have grown well on the land.According to mill sources, to run the mill properly…
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Wednesday deferred for two weeks (to August 5) the hearing on the charges of contempt of court against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury. Advocate Abdul Baset Mazumder, lawyer of Zafrullah Chowdhury, during today’s…
A team of Border Guard of Bangladesh went to Myanmar on Wednesday morning to bring back 155 Bangladeshis who were recently rescued from Myanmar sea territory. The flag meeting began between BGB and Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) began along…
By Sean Coughlan What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.…
With the fall of water level in the Brahmaputra, the river erosion has taken serious turn in Fulchhari and Shaghata upazilas of the district creating untold sufferings to the victims.According to sources, the river intensified its erosion at Kanchipara, Ratanpur,…
A farmer was electrocuted in Saraghat area under Ishwardi upazila of the district on Monday noon.The deceased was identified as Tajem Ali, 25, son of late Iakub Ali of the area.
A man allegedly hacked his two children to death and injured his wife at Gainaghata in Chakaria upazila early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Jamal Uddin, 6, and Tanjina,4, son and daughter of Abul Kashem, 45, a Rohingya and a…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a man along with 100 grams heroin worth Tk5.5 lakh at Hazir More in Godagari uapzila on Monday.The arrestee was identified as Azam Uddin, 40, son of late Mozammel Haque…
A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by a young man at Rajnagar Bakabarshi in Keshabpur upazila on Monday night.
J Police in a drive recovered 10 petrol bombs and 12 crude bombs from Jhikra area in Nachole upazila on Tuesday.
A sexagenarian woman was killed when a truck hit her on the Barisal-Nesarabad road at Magura in Nesarabad upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Rizia Begum, 65, a resident of Swarupkathi upazila.
Police, in a drive, arrested four suspected gamblers from a bazaar of Debhata upazila here on Monday noon. The arrestees are as Hamidul Haque Shameem, 45, Arshad Ali, 40, Sonjoy Sarkar, 28, and Jamsed Ali, 45, of the upazila.
A young man died from electrocution at Mulgram in Keshabpur upazila early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Touhidur Rahman, 30, son of Alauddin of the village.
A mobile court here on Monday night sentenced four teenage boys to three months’ jail each for teasing some young girls at Ashkamta village in Sadar Dakkhin upazila.The identities of the convicts could not be known yet.
A young man was killed in a bomb attack following dispute with his elder brother at Kholadanga in Shahartali area of Jessore district town on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Imran Kabir Ujjal, 35, son of Shafiul Mostafa in…
A teenage girl died from suffocation as her scarf got tangled up with one of the wheels of a human hauler at Khaldhar Road intersection in the district town on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Muslima Akter, 13,
Flower farmers in Jessore district are counting heavy losses as the crop has been badly damaged due to incessant rainfall for the last several days.The flower growers are frustrated as the crop has started rotting in their fields. However, the…