A 12-Km-long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Monday morning after a vehicle became dysfunctional on the highway at Bashbaria in Sitakunda upazila earlier on Sunday midnight.
Year: 2015
Robbers loot valuables in Faridpur
Robbers looted valuables from a house after injuring three of its inmates at Kamargram in Alfadanga upazila early Monday.
Accused in police assault case dies
An accused in a police assault case died at the jail ward of Comilla Medical College Hospital on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Sabir Khandaker, 38, son of Rafiq Miah, a resident of Sujanagar area of the district…
KCC takes up development plan for modern city
City Mayor Moniruzzaman Mony today said Khulna city Corporation (KCC) has taken up a development plan for building a modern Khulna city.He was addressing as chief guest in a view-exchange meeting held at Shaheed Altaf auditorium of the Corporation.
3 human traffickers injured in Satkhira gunfight
Three human traffickers were injured in a gunfight with police at Shikri frontier under Sadar upazila last night. The injured were Abdul Alim, 32, son of Sirajul Islam of Bakchara village, Abdus salam, 45, son of Mafizuddin of Kasempur village…
IGP warns against drug trading, human trafficking
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque today said that none will be spared if found involved in trading drug and human trafficking.“The culprits who are mastermind behind these crimes will be brought to book and given exemplary punishment.…
Meeting to ensure sanctity of Ramadan
A meeting for maintaining the sanctity of ensuing Ramadan and to ensure unadulterated food items at a reasonable price to the members of Muslim community was held yesterday (Sunday) at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner.The meeting chaired by ADC…
Climate change poses threat to livelihood in Barind
Speakers at a seminar in Rajshahi said adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to the overall public health especially relating to water and sanitation in the region including the vast Barind tract. To face the…
With 70 pc mass support BNP must play a huge role
Mostafa Kamal Majumder A senior journalist-turned writer has said to this writer the other day that the main opposition Bangladeshis Nationalist Party commands the support of at least 70 percent of voters but has not succeeded to mobilise them to…
Transit fee likely as per WTO policy: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has indicated that necessary cost and fee for providing transit facility to another country to be fixed as per the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) policy. The Finance Minister said this while replying to a query from…
Bangladesh cannt afford to offer free transit
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday night said Bangladesh’s friendship with any country must be based on equality and any country should use its land giving transit fee. “Friendship [with any country] is good, but it should be based on…
Neymar leads late Brazil win against Peru in Copa Cup
Neymar scored a goal and set up the injury-time winner for Douglas Costa, helping Brazil open its Copa America campaign with a 2-1 over Peru on Sunday. Costa found the net from close range after receiving a perfect pass from…
Historic Nepal sites set to reopen after quake
Nepal is set to reopen all the heritage sites in the Kathmandu valley to the public, in a bid to attract tourists after April’s devastating earthquake. Among those sites set to open are the historic Durbar squares or “noble courts”,…
Keep the rivers flowing
A report from the Indian water resources ministry underlines, for the first time, the importance of ‘e-flows’ in river basin planning, so that the rivers are able to carry out all the functions needed to sustain entire riparian systems. Shripad…
Journalist Habibur Rahman Milan pases away
Senior jounanlist Habibur Rahman Milan, chairman of the Press Institute of Bangladesh is no more. Advisory editor of the Itefaq and a senior member of the National Press Club, and a recipients of the Ekushey Padak, Habibur Rahman Milan breathed…
Khandakar Mosharraf charge hearing July 23
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing on charge framing against Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain to July 23 in a case filed for money laundering. Judge Ataur Rahman of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-1 passed the order after hearing on…
Bnp activists fill jails for no crime, AL workers unchecked: Bnp
BNP yesterday complained that the law and order has been deteriorating day by day as there is no government with accountability. “Ruling party people are spared even they are involved in criminal activities but the opposition leaders and activists are…
Foreign currency worth Tk 18 lakh seized at airport
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized foreign currencies worth around Tk 17.80 lakh and arrested one Bangkok bound passenger on Saturday night. Deputy Commissioner (Customs) Ruhul Amin tsaid that the arrested passanger Anisur Rahman, 45, was scheduled to…
Lightening kills one in Manikganj
A farmer was killed by lightening in Manikganj today. The victim was identified as Abdul Halim, 45, son of Hazrat Ali.
50,000 Yaba tablets seized in Teknaf
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 50,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from Sabrang border point area of the Naf River in Teknaf upazila on Saturday night.
Man held with 43 bottles of Phensidyl
Police in a drive arrested a man along with 43 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup near a restaurant in Babna point area of Dakhshin Surma upazila on Saturday afternoon.
Youth held with 400 yaba in Goalundo
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a young man in possession of 400 pieces of Yaba tablet from Daulatdia Ghat area in Goalundo upazila on Saturday night.
State-owned jute mill workers enforce blockade
CBA and non-CBA Oikya Parishad of eight state owned jute mills in Khulna has enforced a 3-hour road-railway blockade in the city to press home their five-point demands.
Schoolgirl drowns in Sylhet
A schoolgirl drowned in a pond at Sonapur village in Biswanath upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Ayesha Begum, a class X student of Gobindaganj High School in Chhatak upazila and daughter of Shukur Ali, a resident of Sonapur…
Farmer found dead in Jessore
Police recovered decomposed body of a farmer from Gopinathpur village in Abhaynagar upazila early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 45, son of Tota Miah, a resident of the village and a farmer.
2 killed in bus-auto rickshaw collision in Comilla
Two people were killed and four others injured in a collision between a bus and CNG=run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Model Police Station area in Sadar upazila on Saturday night.
Youth body recovered in Meherpur
Police recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified youth from Madandanga village under Sadar upazila this morning.
Father killed by son in Chandpur
A father was killed allegedly by his son over family feud at Bishnupur village under Sadar upazila last night.The victim was Siddiqur Rahman, 70, of the same area.
25 schemes being implemented in Chuadanga
A total of 25 schemes are now being implemented in all the four upazilas of the district at a cost of taka 61, 60,000.The four upazilas of the district are Chuadanga Sadar, Alamdanga, Damurhuda and Jibannagar. Ministry of Relief and…
Ship leaves transshipping containers to India
The “Ocean Probe” with 85 cargo-laden containers today left Chittagong Port for transshipment to India.As neighbouring India recently got the transshipment facility, foreign container-vessel “MV Iravati Star” anchored at jetty number 13 of Chittagong Port on June 2 for reshipment…