Police arrested three activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, while they were holding a ‘clandestine meeting’ in Nagua area of the district town on Sunday.The arrestees were identified as Masum Ahmed, 21, Mostakim, 18, and Al…
BNP yesterday alleged that law enforcers are once again resorting to extra-judicial killing and abduction of opposition workers. “After the killing of some ruling party men in crossfire, we feared that the opposition men will again be subjected to enforced…
Government earned revenue of around Tk 112 crore as 14,5,92 unregistered motorcycles were forced to registered during on going drive against unregistered motorcycles by police across the country till September 5 from July 1 5. It was disclosed by Inspector…
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the “breathtaking” flow of migrants into Germany will “occupy and change” the country in the coming years. She said Germany would speed up asylum procedures and build extra housing, but called on other EU states…
By Thomas E. Franklin By now, you’ve probably seen the photo. A lifeless boy, body limp and legs dangling, is carried by a Turkish paramilitary officer from the water’s edge. The image is a powerful representation of the refugee crisis…
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) dissolved its Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit committee. Confirming the matter BCL central organising secretary Mobarak Hossain said that the committee was disbanded as investigation found that the tenure expired long ago. Besides the leaders…
Bangalore – Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus today inaugurated the new corporate head quarters of Grameen Koota (GK), one of the largest microfinance organizations in India reaching over one million women members in five states of the country. GK began…
People from the developing countries are adopting illegal, risky and dangerous ways and means to migrate to the advanced countries in hope for job plus better living condition. Many of these unfortunate people have already met with tragic end of…
In mega city Dhaka, traffic jam is a serious problem acting as retardation to our economic activities. In addition, blocking of footpaths by small businessmen is causing deceleration to our everyday movement. The law enforcers off and on conduct drives…
Bangladesh National Cricket Team player Shahadat Hossain and his wife Nitto Shahadat have been sued in court over torturing their housemaid early Monday. A journalist named Mojammel Hossain filed the case with Mirpur Model Police Station under the Women and…
Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing. They say it could help predict when a person will die, identify those at high-risk of dementia and could affect medicine, pensions and…
UN Shadow Conference of United Nation Youth and Student Association Bangladesh (UNYSAB) held at Rajshahi University (RU) for the third day on Sunday. The Conference consists of five divisions that are United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP), Human Right Council (HRC),…
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed November 26 for hearing in a case filed against 130 BNP leaders and activists, including its Joint Secretary Generals, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Amanullah Aman.
A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to detained Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of war crime convict and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury (SQC), in a case filed for an attempt to murder seven years ago. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan…
BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday staged demonstrations and bought out processions in different parts of the city and elsewhere in the country protesting price hike power and gas. However, police allegedly charged batons on 20-party leaders and activists in different places…
Russia’s State corporation- Rosatom with the support of Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) distributed a popular science book titled “Nuclear power: Q&A” among 30 schools in the town of Pabna, district town of…
A man was killed and ten others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over a land-related dispute at Kalikapur village in Madhabpur upazila on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Zia Uddin Zeru, 55, a resident of…
A construction worker died from electrocution in Sonadighi area of Godagari upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jamal Hossain, 37, son of Rojom Ali, hailing from Abhoynagar upazila in Jessore district and a construction worker of Jamuna Oil Mill.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested an alleged arms trader with a foreign made one shooter gun and bullet from Khaserhat under Shibganj upazila of the district last night.The arrested was Shamim Reza, 23, son of Uzir Ahmed of…
A young man was shot to death by miscreants at Bharatpur village in Atghoria upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Salauddin Ahmed alias Bishal Khan,24, son of late KM Mehedi Hasan Khan of the village.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged Rohingya militants from the district town early Sunday.The elite force also recovered huge firearms and explosive materials.
Police on Sunday foiled a demonstration programme of BNP in the district town protesting the gas and power price hike.When a procession of Barisal district unit (Dakhshin) of BNP reached Nazirpul area of the town around 10:30am, police obstructed them,…
A mobile court on Saturday sentenced a young man to six months’ jail for teasing a schoolgirl sexually at Halidakanda village in Dharmapasha upazila.The convict was identified as Cornel Miah, 22, a resident of the village.
Police arrested a regional leader of an outlawed party at Shalaipur village in sadar upazila on Saturday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Latif, 48, a resident of Dhalarchar area of Bera upazila. He was accused in 15 cases, including that…
Detectives arrested two activists of outlawed Biplobi Communist Party (BCP) along with one shutter gun, four live bombs and one round of bullet from Takpara area on the Gholdari-Madhupur road in Alamdanga upazila early Sunday.The arrestees were identified as Shamsul…
Two security guards of Gulshan Youth Club were received burn injuries when police were destroying detained illegal goods in the area early Sunday. The injured security guards are—Masud Rana, 42, and Akram, 40.
A middle aged man was sandwiched while he was trying to get into a passenger bus near Jatrabari crossing in the city on Sunday morning. The victim was known as Abul Kalam, 45.
Six people, including a pregnant woman, have been killed after a car veered off the road during a car rally in north-western Spain. Police said that 16 people had been injured, some critically, after the accident at the A Coruna…