Notorious fugitive terrorist Shahin, 41, was found dead on Saturday night near Rajbari-Faridpur Bypass road.Additional Police Super Md. Quamruzzaman said that Shahin hailing from Kamalapur area had been sentenced to 54 years jail and also convicted in 18 cases of…
Two people were killed and four others injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Tamabil Road in Sadar upazila last night.The deceased were identified Rafiq Miah, 45, a vegetable trader and Babul, 30, residents of the same area.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested five persons in separate drives in sadar and Shibganj upazilas during the last two days.RAB also recovered a pistol, two magazines, five bullets, 973 pieces of yaba tablets and 300 bottles of phensidyl…
A worker and a CNG-auto-rickshaw driver were killed in separate incidents in the city and district today.The deceased were identified as worker Monir Ahmed, 47, son of late Abul Hossain, hailed from Charlakkhya village under city’s Karnaphuli Thana and auto-rickshaw…
Exploring sexual identity, sexual attraction and sexual arousal in women, new research shows that heterosexual women have more diverse patterns of sexual response than previously reported.In the first study, women watched short videos, and in the second study, women listened…
Being subjected to rudeness is a major reason for dissatisfaction at work and unpleasant behaviour spreads if nothing is done about it, a study says.Workplace incivility should be treated with the utmost seriousness. This is the finding of three psychologists…
High winds in Florida have pushed to Sunday Orbital ATK’s launch of its unmanned Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station, the latest in a series of delays due to weather.The next launch bid will begin at 4:44 pm…
The BNP has doubted the fairness of the Election Commission and said a free and fair municipal polls may not be possible on Dec 30.“The Election Commission’s role from the very beginning is not an impartial one. It’s totally partisan,”…
Oil prices sank Friday as the OPEC cartel decided not to cut output despite the global oversupply that is battering the market.The 13-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which pumps about 40 percent of the world’s crude oil, took…
Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman says she has a “tight intimate family”.The Oscar-winning star praised her husband and country music star Keith Urban for being so good as her partner and a father.“I live a very quiet family life. I have…
Police recovered the bodies of a mother and her two daughters from their house in Nilphamari’s Joldhaka upazila on Sunday.The deceased mother is indentified as Fancy Begum, 30, and the daughters are Aklima Begum, 8, and Khadiza Begum, 4.The locals…
A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after stabbing his friend to death at Haripur in Kushtia sadar upazila on Sunday morning.The murder victim was Sujan Ali, 17, a first-year student of Amla Government College and son of…
Robert Loggia, the gravelly voiced character actor who danced with Tom Hanks on a giant floor keyboard in “Big”, fought aliens in “Independence Day” and trafficked in drugs in “Scarface”, died on Friday at age 85, his widow said.Loggia, who…
Malaysia’s police said on Saturday that it had arrested five people, including a Bangladeshi and a European employed as a teacher, on suspicion of links with militant groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.Malaysia is on heightened alert after reports…
The governor of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden has been killed in a large explosion, officials say. Jaafar Mohammed Saad and several aides died when their convoy was hit. Some sources say the blast was caused by a rocket…
Dhaka – Democracy Day is being observed in the country today (Sunday), marking the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad in 1990. On December 6, 1990, military dictator HM Ershad stepped down in the face of a mass upsurge, and…
A man wielding a knife slashed a man in an east London metro station on Saturday, reportedly screaming “this is for Syria”, before police used a stun gun to detain him in what they described as a terrorist incident.A pool…
A total of 19 candidates for the posts of mayor of three pourashavas in Narsingdi district submitted nomination papers to the respective election officers on Thursday.Of them, 8 mayoral candidates submitted nomination papers to returning officer for Narsingdi Pourashava, 4…
Awami Sechchasebak League (ASL) overnight constituted its new Faridpur Sadar upazila and the Town committees in a joint triennial conference at the Ambica Memorial Hall here.The delegates unanimously elected Emran Hossain Rimon and Golam Mostofa Khokon as president and general…
A doctor of Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka was killed as a bus rammed his motorcycle at Islampur on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district on Friday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sergeant Ibrahim Hossain, son of…
Police arrested two local leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami from Boni area in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar district on Friday.The arrestees were identified as Faisal Ahmad,35, general secretary of Barlekha upazila unit of Jamaat, and Kamal Uddin,30, president of its Boni union…
A young man reportedly committed suicide by taking pesticide following a family feud at Purba Bhadrakole village in Ullapara upazila on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Maruf Hossain, 25, son of Haji Sakhawat Hossain.
Police recovered the body of a teenage girl, whom miscreants reportedly strangled after rape, from Purbo Chandkhali area in Sadar upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased was identified as Rani Akter Nupur, 15, daughter of Siraj Mia, a resident…
Police recovered the body of a young man from Ragoi area of Shahrasti upazila of the district on Friday.The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.
Joint forces in separate drives from Friday night to early Saturday arrested 56 people, including 15 Jamaat-Shibir activists, in different places of the district on various charges.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said the joint team conducted separate drives…
Police arrested five leaders and activists of Swechchhasebak League, volunteer front of the ruling Awami League, from Noymile area of Shajahanpur upazila on Friday on extortion charges.The arrestees were identified as Manir,32, Manik,22, Masud,25, Based,28, and Shamim.
Detectives arrested a man along with a shutter gun and one round of bullet from South Nangla village in Debhata upazila early Saturday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Gafur, son of late Kalu Haji of the village.
A Hindu priest was injured as some miscreants carried out an attack on a cremation ground at Chalibandar in the city on Friday morning.The injured was identified as Ruhun Chakraborty, a priest of Chalibandar Shashan (cremation ground).
An elderly man was killed and his son injured in a clash between two rival groups over a land-related dispute at Sinduria Boruria village at Aminpur in Sujanagar upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased was identified as Sohrab…
A young man was hacked to death by miscreants in Cemetery Road of the city on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Gouranga Biswas,26, a resident of Muripotti area of the city.Police and locals said one Shukur called Gouranga over…