An alleged drug peddler shot his former house lord in Mugda area of the city on Wednesday night. The injured was identified as Mohammad Jahangir Alam, 48, owner of the house at 101 South Mugda.
Year: 2015
5 killed in B’Baria roac mishap
Five people were killed when a pick-up van rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Soshoi in Bijoynagar upazila on Wednesday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Rain disrupts early birds’ homebound Eid trips
Heavy monsoon showers lashed the capital on Wednesday causing immense miseries to city dwellers as well as those who are on their way home to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. As Wednesday was a public holiday, the city dwellers who were…
Bangladesh win first ODI series against South Africa
Babgladesh registered their first-ever series win against mighty South Africa crushing them by 9 wickets in the 3rd match of the three-match National Polymer ODI Cricket Series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday. Bangladesh won the series…
Arakan militia abducted Myanmar soldiers to Bandarban?
Two ‘abducted’ Myanmar soldiers have been rescued from the Bandarban frontier, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has said. BGB Director General (DG) Major General Aziz Ahmed told journalists, “ The Bangladesh Army and BGB have recovered two abducted members of the…
AL-men on extortion spree before Eid, alleges Bnp
BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon on Wednesday alleged that the ruling party men and law enforcers have been on an extortion spree everywhere ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. “A horror grand festival of extortion is going on everywhere centring the eid. Usually, the…
Over 1.46 lakh poor, distressed families get VGF rice
Over 1.46 lakh poor and distressed families have been brought under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in Rajshahi district to mark the end of Ramadan and celebration of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Fitr festival.Under the specialised VGF programme, 1,462 tonnes of…
Shaghata Upazila sees record development: Deputy Speaker
Record development works involving Taka 9 crore have been accomplished at different institutions of Shaghata Upazila in the district form 2009 to June 2015.The development works included infrastructure building, earth filling on school ground, connecting road building from institutions to…
Youth’s body recovered in Khulna
Police recovered the body of a youth from Putimari Beel area under Labonchara Police Station in the city.The deceased was identified as Sohag, 28, son of Abdul Barek of Batiaghata upazila in Khulna.
18 institutions get multimedia equipment in Gaibandha
A total of 18 academic institutions in secondary level of Sadar upazila today got equipments for multimedia class rooms from the government here.A simple function organized by Sadar upazila parishad was held at the auditorium of the parishad with UNO…
30 funding resources for sustainable food advocates
Danielle Nierenberg Farmers are the backbone of resilient local and regional food systems, yet many are aging or retiring. The FarmLASTS Project at the University of Vermont estimates that 70 percent of farmland in the United States will change hands…
7 alleged currency forgers, one robber held in city
Detectives in separate drives arrested seven people in connection with fake currency note trading and one suspected robber from different areas in the city on Monday night. Law enforcers also recovered various types of ornaments weight around 41 tolas around…
Fakhrul bailed 6 months after arrest need treatment
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was released on bail from the prision cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital yesterday, six months after his arrest. The BNP leader walked out of the BSMMU prison cell…
Khaleda replies to loan default of Dandy Dying
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday (Tuesday) submitted her written reply to the Money Loan Court-1 of Dhaka in a case filed for default of Dandy Dying Limited. Begum Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Ahmed Azam Khan submitted the written reply on her…
Khaleda, Hasina exchange eid greeting cards
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday greeted Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr through sending an eid card. On behalf of the BNP chief, her party’s assistant office secretaries Asadul Karim Shahin…
Cabinet window dressing: 3 new faces, 2 get elevated
Three ministers and two junior ministers were sworn in on Tuesday evening as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has gone on her first cabinet-overhaul exercise inducting three new faces and elevating two junior ministers to full ministers. President Abdul Hamid administered…
Special tribunal to try ‘sensational’ Rajon murder
A special tribunal will try the killers of Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon who was tortured to death at Sundar Ali Market in Kumargaon area of the city on July 8, said the deputy commissioner on Tuesday. “The trial proceedings will…
Trader gunned down in the city’s Matuail early Tuesday.
The victim was identified as Mojibur Rahman, 45, son of Showrab Ali Sarder. He was residing at his own house at Kajirgaon Mridhabari of Matuail. Contacted, Sayedur Rahman, elder brother of the victim, said Mojibur Rahman had cable (Copper) business…
Peril looms as Assam, Bengal, Bihar rivers to be linked – Dhaka in dark
New Delhi: Moving forward with its grand plan of linking rivers across the country, India’s Centre on Monday announced that it will take up the task of connecting Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar. The three states will soon…
Bnp workers cann’t be demoralised by threat to try Khaleda: Ripon
BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon on Monday said that the government cannot demoralise the opposition leaders and activists by threatening to try their chairperson Khaleda Zia under a tribunal. “We want to tell the government that it’s pointless to threaten BNP.…
SC upholds HC bail to Fakhrul in 3 violence cases
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday upheld the High Court (HC) order that granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases for six weeks. A four-member bench of the…
Latif’s membership case now in Election Commission’s court
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Monday sent a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad over the parliament membership dispute of former Awami League minister Abdul Latif Siddique, stripped of the Awami League primary membership. He had been…
4 held so far in connectiton with Rajon murder
A total of four people have so far been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of teenage boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon. The arrestees were identified as prime accused Muhit Alam, 26, his wife Lipi Begum, his brother Quamrul…
Child Rajon died of brain hemorrhage after medaeval type of torture
Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, the 13-year-old boy who was brutally tortured at Sundar Ali Market in Kumargaon area of the city on Wednesday, died of brain haemorrhage, said the autopsy report on Monday. Dr Farhana Islam of Sylhet MAG Osmani…
Police get a suspect on remand for five days over Sylhet boy’s murder
Police have been granted five days to grill Muhith Alam for suspected involvement in torturing 13-year-old Samiul Alam Rajan to death in Sylhet.The court of Sylhet’s Second Metropolitan Magistrate Farhana Yasmin granted the remand on Monday.
Three suspected robbers late-night lynched in Barisal
Police said the mob justice took place around 2am on Monday at Baherchar village in Barhajalia Union Parishad.The dead are Harun Bepari,23, Hanif Sarder, 25, and Miraj Molla, 22, from Khunna Gobindapur village in the same Upazila.
BNP leader Minu surrenders in Rajshahi court, sent to prison
Rajshahi City BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu has been sent to prison after he surrendered in court to seek bail in a number of violence-related cases.
Chittagong clothing factory workers lock up manager, demonstrate for unpaid salary
Workers of a readymade garment factory in Chittagong have demonstrated seeking payment of their outstanding salaries and allowances and locked up the factory manager for hours.
Eid Greetings to All
Eid-ul-Fitr arrives at the end of month-long fasting, that is, the holy month of Ramadan. The objective of Ramadan is to achieve piety and righteousness and learning to give. On this holy Eid let us forget and forgive our differences…
Banks in RMG areas to function till 15 July
Branches of scheduled commercial banks dealing with readymade garment industry will remain open on July 15 to facilitate payment of salaries and festival bonus of the RMG employees.