Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 192 bottles of Phensidyl syrup worth Tk76,000 from Kishorpur Padmar Char in Charghat upazila on Tuesday night.A patrol team of Charghat Bikalpa border camp recovered the contraband syrup around 9pm, said HM Kamrul…
Police in a drive arrested a young man along with 1.6 kg heroin worth Tk1.6 crore from Godabari upazila headquarters on Tuesday morning.The arrestee was identified as Atiqul Islam, 22, son of Abdul Khaleq of Amtala Para.
STAFF REPORTER BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government started using the foreigners killing to carryout repression on opposition leaders and activists.
A man was killed as he was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Kuadar Sat Mile on the Jessore-Keshabpur road in Jessore Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Ashiqur Rahman,45, son of Bakar Mollah, a…
Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Sayedabad area on the Bangabandhu Bridge western side in Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was clad in a black and white lungi and a shirt.
Police is yet to get any motive behind the killing of former chairman of the Power Development Board (PDB) Khijir Khan.
Two people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a battery-run human hauler (locally called Nasimon) at Aladipur on the Pabna-Nagarbari highway in Bera upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased were identified as Akbar…
Three separate cases were filed against six members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) with Karnaphuli Police Station on Tuesday.The accused include four of the five who were arrested on Monday by detectives and two others absconding.
Police recovered the body of a local Awami League leader at Battali in Pekua upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as AKM Shahabuddin Forazi, 55, son of late Moulovi Golam Haydar, a resident of Pashchim Shonaichari…
A young man hacked his wife to death and strangled his stepson in South Keraniganj upazila early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Shahera,30, and her 10-year-old son Foysal.
A mobile court here yesterday seized 8,000 metres of current nets from different points of Padma river under Bagha upazila of the district.Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Upazila Fisheries Officer (UFO) accompanied by a BGB team conducted a combing operation and…
Police in an anti-crime drive arrested an alleged drug-trafficker with 1.6 kilograms of heroin from Godagari Hospital premises of the district on Tuesday, police sources said here yesterday.The arrested person was identified as Atikul Alam, 23, son of Abdul Khaleque…
Detective Branch of police today arrested Bogra district unit Jubo Dal president Shiper al Bakhtiar from Malatinagar area in Bogra town today.Police said Bakhtiar, also Bogra municipality Ward 11 councilor, was accused in 15 cases including of creating violence.
Chittagong District Police in overnight special drives arrested 98 people including five leaders and activists of Jamaat-Shibir in drives conducted at different upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.During the drives, the law enforcers also seized 156-litre locally made liquor…
Two youths were killed in a road accident at Noyakhaler Mukh area under Satkhania upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 28, and Monwar Hossain, 23, both hailed from Mirersarai Upazila of the district.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said Manjurul Islam Liton, MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, will have to stand trial after surrendering to the court in connection with the shooting of a minor boy.
RU Correspondent Demanding the fair admission test cancelling the one taken earlier in medical and dental the Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit observed a day-long strike on the campus with various programme on Wednesday.
A three-member team of Bangladesh Police will fly to Saudi Arabia on October 12 to bring back Kamrul Islam, the prime accused in the teenage boy Rajon murder case.
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Mohammad Zainal Abedin, from New York Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, desperately tries to mobilise support to get UN Security Council permanent membership to gain veto power and establish India as a superpower. In New York on September…
Russia’s violation of Turkish airspace over the weekend “does not look like an accident”, Nato has said. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia had not provided “any real explanation” of the violation, which “lasted for a long time.” Russia says Saturday’s…
The US commander of international forces in Afghanistan has said an air strike on a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz was a mistake. Gen John Campbell said that the US would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.…
Some 30 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident blasted radiation across Chernobyl, the site has evolved from a disaster zone into a nature reserve, teeming with elk, deer and wolves, scientists said on Monday.The remarkable turnaround in the area,…
Organisations representing foreign hospitals must adhere to certain “ethical values”, Prof Kamrul Hassan Khan has said since many Bangladeshi patients are being misled to seek treatment outside the country.The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) was speaking in…
The BNP has alleged its leaders and activists are being jailed and implicated in new cases to foil its grass-roots level revamp efforts.The party’s Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan in a media conference at its Naya Paltan headquarters on…
Uzbekistan colts have sealed a spot in the finals of AFC Under-19 Championship, shrugging off the Bangladesh Under-19 team in their last qualifiers match with a 4-0 rout.The Uzbeks romped to the 2016 Bahrain edition of the competition by topping…
The Election Commission (EC) has sought information over Rohingya refugees from three ministries with a view to keeping them out of the country’s voter list.
Indian intelligence agencies are discounting the possibility of Islamic State’s involvement in the recent killings of an Italian and a Japanese national in Bangladesh, says the ‘ Times of India’ newspaper.The report, quoting Indian intelligence officials, said they suspect the…
Action star Sylvester Stallone is putting up for sale props from his “Rocky” and “Rambo” movies in an auction organisers say could fetch up to $6 million.Fans will have the chance to bid on more than 1,400 personal items, props…