Police arrested two young men in possession of 800 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Dayingpara More area in Godagari upazila on Monday.The arrestees were identified as Ripon,40, son of Abdul Momen of Dola village in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj…
Detectives arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 1,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from Kamta village in Saturia upazila early Tuesday.
A young man was killed in a head on collision between a motorcycle and a truck in front of Magura Textile Mill on the Magura-Jessore Highway in Sadar upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Assaduzzaman Jewel, 32, son…
Department of Women Affairs, Narsingdi, under its women assistance programme are being imparted training to the helpless women for making the women self-reliant.District Women Affairs Officer Sayeda Masuda Islam said the year-long training course for the helpless women began in…
One person was killed and five others were injured as a bus knocked down a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Ram Char on the Hatikumrul-Bonpara road under Salanga police station on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Abdul Jalil, 50, teacher of…
Two people went missing as an engine-run boat capsized at Chakuria Haor in Ashtogram upazila on Tuesday morning.The victims were identified as Aftab,28, and Sohel,30.
A special court here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to 17 years’ imprisonment for possessing firearms and ammunition. The convict was identified as Sujon Sardar, son of Habib Sardar, a resident of Charamandi area in Bakerganj upazila.
A court here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing his wife in 2011. The convict was identified as Shahid Thakur, a resident of Shyamsundarpur village in Sadar upazila.According to the prosecution, Shahid…
A teenage girl reportedly committed suicide by cutting vein of hand at Sherali Madonpur village in Monirampur upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday early morning.The deceased was identified as Musfika Khatun alias Akhi, 15, daughter of Mustafizur Rahman, a resident…
An one-year-old boy drowned in a pond at Mostafapur village in Dupchanchia upazila on Monday.The deceased was identified as Mostakin, son of Sanowar Hossain, a resident of the village.
Police arrested a local leader of BNP from Eidgah area in the district town on Monday for his alleged involvement in subversive activities, including vandalism and arson attack.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Hamid,55, president of Dupchanchia upazila unit BNP.
Police arrested a man from Lamakazi area in Bishwanath upazila on Monday on charge of murder, arson attack and subversive activities.The arrestee was identified as Shahin Ahmad,41, acting president of Bishwanath upazila Sramik Kalyan Federation and son of late Nurul…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three people along with three firearms, 170 grams of cocaine and bomb making materials from Jhumjhumpur area in sadar upazila of Jessore district on Monday.The arrestees were identified as Sumon,…
A mobile court here on Monday sentenced two video shop owners to one month’s jail and fined them Tk10,000 each for exchanging porn footages at Chaurongi in the district town.The convicts were identified as Ziauddin and Riad Ali, owners of…
Detective Branch (DB) police in a drive arrested two youths from Kamlapur area under Rajoir upazila here on Monday night.DB police also seized 4-kg ganja from their possessions.
A woman was killed in a road accident at Asmot Ali Bridge area under Sadar upazila last night.The deceased was Akhlima Begum, 38, wife of Surat Ali, resident of Kulpoddi area of the upazila.
Optimum consumption of micro nutrient-rich small fishes effectively saves the pregnant women, lactating mothers, babies and malnourished children from many severe diseases meeting their nutritional demand.Despite laudable success achieved so far in the health sector, malnutrition of the pregnant women,…
Speakers at a participatory discussion in Rajshahi unequivocally called for forging social movement against using steroid for fattening cattle ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha in Rajshahi region.They viewed a section of unscrupulous farmers and traders are allegedly feeding and injecting…
Railway authorities have started selling tickets in advance for trips ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Holidaymakers, like always, queued up in hundreds to buy train tickets in advance. Sales started on Tuesday with advance tickets for Sep 20 being made available. Tickets…
A ward level leader of ruling Awami League has been stabbed to death by miscreants at Dubail village under Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh. Deceased Mohor Uddin, 60, was vice-president of ward 1 of Gafargaon upazila’s Niguari union. Victim’s brother Abdul…
Aman Moudud, only son of BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed, died early Tuesday. He was 38. He breathed his last around 4:30am when he was being flown to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore by an air ambulance from United…
Louis Van Gaal does not know how Manchester United will perform in the Champions League this season, the manager has said. United, who failed to qualify for the tournament last season, open their Group B campaign away at PSV Eindhoven…
Thriller “The Perfect Guy” narrowly beat out horror film “The Visit” for first place at the weekend box office, picking up a leading $26.7 million. “The Visit,” M Night Shyamalan’s return to the shock and chills genre that made famous…
North Korea said on Tuesday its main nuclear complex was operating and it was working to improve the “quality and quantity” of its weapons which it could use against the United States at “any time”. The comments follow a declaration by the…
Malaysia plans to officially declare Bangladesh a “source country for importing labour”, the visiting secretary general of Malaysia’s ministry of human resources has said. Haji Saripuddin Bin Haji told Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali of the plan on Monday.…
As a part of preparation for the 21st session of Conference of Parties (COP21), a national workshop on climate change and dialogue with the government was held on 9 September 2015 at YWCA conference hall of Asad Avenue in Dhaka.…
A two-day long workshop on “Advancing knowledge and skills on agricultural education and research” was held at the central library conference room of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Monday.
With the intention to launch Chinese language Learning Course MA Yan, director of Confucius Institute of China met Professor Dr. Muhammad Mizanuudin, vice chancellor of Rajshahi University (RU) on Monday. They discussed launching Chinese Language Certificate course under the language…
By James M. Dorsey A panel in Doha of religious scholars, officials of Qatar’s government-sponsored human rights committee, and international labour activists has called on Qatar to radically alter its controversial labour policies. The call serves to support Qatari government…
Australia is set to swear in Malcolm Turnbull as its new prime minister, after Tony Abbott was ousted by his party in a leadership challenge. Mr Turnbull will go to Government House in Canberra on Tuesday to be sworn in…