A team of Police of Shibalaya thana seized 881-bottle of contraband phensidyl syrup from a Dhaka bound Covered van from Satkhira last evening at Paturia ghat.
Year: 2015
BNP leader hacked to death in Patuakhali
A local BNP leader was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants in Bauphal upazila of the district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain, 45, son of Altaf Master, hailing from Kamalapur village. Shamim was a…
3 held with 1,800 yaba tablets in Benapole
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged drug peddlers in possession of 1,800 pieces of Yaba tablet from a private car in Jes Tower area on the Chowrasta-Garikhana road of the Jessore town on Wednesday night.The arrestees were…
3 held with 1,800 Yaba tablets in Jessore
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged drug peddlers in possession of 1,800 pieces of Yaba tablet from a private car in Jes Tower area on the Chowrasta-Garikhana road of the Jessore town on Wednesday night.The arrestees were…
6 get life term for killing man in Tangail
A court here on Wednesday sentenced six people, including two siblings, to life term imprisonment each for killing a man in Mirzapur upazila in 2004.The convicts were identified as Jasim Uddin and his sister Sajeda Begum, Kalu Miah and Rayej…
Teacher held for corporal punishment in Bogra
Police arrested a teacher in a case for inflicting corporal punishment on two students at a kindergarten in Adamdighi upazila on Wednesday noon.The arrestee was identified as Murad Hossain, a teacher of Rothbari Daffodil Kindergarten School.
Pirate ringleader held in Sundarbans
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the ringleader of a pirate gang from Sundarbans in Amurbunia camp area of Morelganj upazila on Wednesday night.The arrested was identified as Shafiqul Islam Swapan,44, the ringleader of the gang, Swapan Bahini, and…
Minor boy killed in Bandarban landslide
A minor boy was killed and another injured in a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall for the last three days at New Gulshan in Bandarban municipality area on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Sajjad Hossain, 02, son of M…
1 held for raping minor girl in Benapole
Police on Wednesday night arrested a man in connection with a case for violating a minor girl at Balunda village under Benapole Port Police Station.The arrestee was identified as Siraj Biswas, 55, son of late Samsur Biswas, hailing from Balunda…
BLAST organises day-long training in Rangamati
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) Rangamati unit organized a day-long training programme on human rights and remedies here at Asika Manobik Human Development centre today. Chief Judicial Magistrate of Rangamati hill district Mohammad Shamsuddin Khaled attended the training…
2 businessmen jailed for drafts deceit in Ctg
The Chittagong Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, in a verdict here on Tuesday, sentenced two businessmen to separate terms of imprisonment and fined about Taka twenty two thousand on charges of submitting fraudulent bank drafts.
US Police kill another black teenager near Ferguson
Police shot dead another black teenager on Wednesday, days after the first anniversary of death of Michael Brown in north St. Louis, Missouri.The police officers in St. Louis, which hit the headlines for its suburb Ferguson where Brown was killed,…
Pique banned for four matches over Super Cup red card
Barcelona centre back Gerard Pique has been banned for four matches by the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) after he was sent off for insulting a linesman in Monday’s Spanish Super Cup second leg against Athletic Bilbao.Barca can appeal and may…
UK study endorses ‘game-changing’ e-cigarettes for first time
Health officials in Britain have for the first time endorsed e-cigarettes, saying they are 95 percent safer than tobacco equivalents and even suggesting doctors should be able to prescribe the “game-changing” devices to smokers trying to quit.E-cigarettes, which allow users…
Nearing milestone, Queen Elizabeth shows no sign of stepping aside
After 63 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth next month becomes Britain’s longest-ruling monarch but there is little prospect of her stepping aside, as other ageing European crowned heads have done, in favour of her son, Charles.
Matt Damon recruits NASA to simulate life on Mars in ‘The Martian’
When Matt Damon needed to play an astronaut stranded on Mars, he and director Ridley Scott were able to turn to US space agency NASA to make the extreme circumstances of “The Martian” as scientifically accurate as possible.”We’re kind of…
Bangladesh backs down on December deadline for tannery industries to relocate
The government has yet again backed down on the December deadline for tannery industries in Hazaribagh to relocate to Savar’s under-construction Leather Industrial City.A taskforce comprising six ministers decided at a meeting on Wednesday to give them more time.
Nazi gold train ‘found in Poland’
Two people in Poland say they may have found a Nazi train rumoured to be full of gold, gems and guns that disappeared in World War Two, Polish media say. The train is believed to have gone missing near what…
Developing countries paying a high price for global mineral boom
Soaring worldwide demand for the minerals used in electronic devices such as smartphones and laptops has left a legacy of social conflict and human rights violations across Asia, Latin America and Africa A 200ft deep pit gapes where three years…
Call for more weaponry against ‘neglected malaria’
New Delhi: The World Health Organization has called for more research on ways to battle malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, in the wake of a surge of infections in Western India. According to the WHO, the parasite is…
Six suspected robbers lynched in C’Nawabganj, Narsingdi
Six suspected robbers were killed in separate incidents of lynch-mob attack in Chapainawabganj and Narsingdi districts last night. Of them, four were killed in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj district and two in Gandardia in Monohardi upazila of Narsingdi district. The…
PM Sheikh Hasina attends Suvra Mukherjee’s funeral in Delhi
Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here on Wednesday to attend the funeral of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee`s wife Suvra Mukherjee, an official said. Vikas Swarup, the official spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs, said: “A leader comes…
India falter at the final hurdle: Bangladesh win 4-2 in penalties
The Indian colts lost out on spot-kicks in the final of the U16 SAFF Cup held in Bangladesh against the hosts… India was defeated 2-4 on penalties against Bangladesh in the U16 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup final. The…
Shaukat Mahmud on 3-day remand
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed BNP Chairperson’s Adviser and journalists’ union leader Shawkat Mahmud on a three-day remand in a case filed with the city’s Ramna Police Station on charge of arson attack. Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan of the…
3 Ansarullah Bangla Team suspects on remand
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed three suspected members of banned militant outfit ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team’ on a three-day remand each in the cases filed in connection with the murder of blogger Avijit Roy and…
Khaleda demands Anwar, Shaukat release
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday demanded the release of party standing committee member MK Anwar and journalist leader Shawkat Mahmud accusing the government of behaving in a vengeful manner. “We have been pained to see an elderly party leader like…
Free speech under attack as never before: HRW
Human Rights Watch, a New York-based international human rights watchdog, has said that free speech in Bangladesh is under attack as never before. “Free speech in Bangladesh is under attack as never before, held hostage between angry, machete-wielding radicals on…
How safe substances become dangerous
Henry I. Miller Palo Alto – Since the development of the science of toxicology in the sixteenth century, its guiding principle has been that “the dose makes the poison.” It is a rule that applies to the medicines used by…
Construction worker electrocuted in Pabna
A construction worker died from electrocution at Baluchar in Chatmohor upazila on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Jharmu Ali,35, son of late Mahmud Ali of Katenga village of the upazila.
Man found dead in Chapainawabganj
Police recovered hanging body of an elderly man at Shiala Colony in Chapainawabganj municipality area on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Lokman Ali, 50, son of Kalimuddin, a resident of Chapainawabganj town.