Police arrested former vice-president of Chhatra Dal Abdul Ahad Khan Jamal from Mirabazar area in the city early Monday.Sohel Ahmad, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said tipped off, a team of police conducted a raid at the JCD leader’s residence…
Two people, including a schoolgirl, allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Jessore district on Sunday night and Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Ratna Khatun, 12, class VI student of a local high school and daughter of Nazrul Islam,…
Joint forces teams in separate drives from Sunday night to early Monday arrested 27 people including 12 Jamaatactivists from eight upazilas of the district on sabotage charges.Enamul Haque, Sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said the joint team conducted separate drives…
Police recovered a hanging body of a young man from Chalibandar area of city on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Liton Das, 24, a resident of Alimpur village of Habiganj district, who used to works at a mobile flexi…
A young man was crushed under a speeding bus on Nachole-Chapainawabganj road in Mushlimpur area ofNachole upazila on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Shri Choitonno, 25, son of Shri Nakul, a resident of the area.
A joint forces team in a drive arrested acting chairman of Shibganj upazila Sayma Khatun from Mirzapur village of the upazila early Monday in an extortion case.Sayma Khatun is also a leader of the local unit BNP.
A court here on Monday sent president of Khulna metropolitan unit of BNP Nazrul Islam Manju to jail, turning down his bail petition in a sabotage case.Judge of Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court Amirul Islam passed the order rejecting the bail…
Authorities have taken special security measures ahead of the famous three-day ‘Rash Mela’ at Dublar Char Island near the Sundarbans, beginning on Tuesday.Hundreds of thousands of people, irrespective of their beliefs, throng festival at Alorkol, which is located on the…
Police arrested a man with firearms, ammunition and drugs in a drive last night from Mohammadpur village under Gangni upazila of the district.The arrested man was identified as Idris Ali, 37, a native of Mohammadpur village and son of Abdul…
There is no impact of dawn to dusk hartal called today by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the execution of top war criminal Ali Ahasan Mohammad Mojaheed.He was also buried yesterday here after execution at mid night at Dhaka central jail.
Construction of two four-kilometre long roads from Chawrahat to Sarai and Jafarganj to Keranirhat have begun under Ward No-7 and Ward No-10 respectively in the city.Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu inaugurated the construction work of…
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken a programme to set up 210 demonstration plots of Boro paddy in seven upazilas of the district during the current Robi season.The DAE office sources said three varieties of Boro paddy will be…
The teachers can play the most vital role in improving quality of education through disseminating time-befitting knowledge among the students with utmost sincerity, professionalism and noble commitments.The opinion came at concluding ceremony of a seminar on ‘Role of Teachers in…
Belgian police have made 16 arrests in anti-terror raids, but suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large, the authorities have said. Some 22 raids were carried out Sunday across Brussels and Charleroi, the federal prosecutor’s spokesman said. Brussels…
The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the execution of death sentence against its former secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed for his war crimes is underway peacefully on Monday. In the capital, there was no report of any…
A Khulna court on Monday sent president of Khulna metropolitan unit of BNP Nazrul Islam Manju to jail, turning down his bail petition in a sabotage case. Judge of Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court Amirul Islam passed the order rejecting the…
Mostafa Jamal Haider Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. — William Shakespeare One of the most controversial and misunderstood, yet seriously discussed and evaluated name in contemporary Bangladesh politics is Kazi Zafar…
Several Belgian media outlets are carrying reports that Salah Abdeslam, the suspected Paris gunman on the run from police, was spotted by police in Liege on Sunday but escaped in a black BMW.
A senior foreign ministry official on Sunday night told that High Commissioner Shuja Alam had been asked to visit the ministry on Today.
Security forces on high alert amid Jamaat-e-Islami’s countrywide shutdown
The Islamic State claims it now has a ‘regional leader’ in Bengal, meaning Bangladesh.
Dhaka – Rosatom has made another step towards the Generation IV reactor. The world’s first 880 MW fast breeder reactor is about to generate electricity as the Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor have issued a relevant permit and final tests have been…
Indian filmmaker-lyricist Gulzar has been appointed as ‘Tagore Professor of Indian Literature’ at Panjab University in India.The appointment was approved by the PU syndicate, the institution’s decision-making body, on Sunday. “Panjab University Syndicate on Sunday decided to appoint noted film…
The BBC’s political independence has been gradually eroded, according to the corporation’s director general. In a speech to business leaders on Monday, Tony Hall will urge changes to the way the broadcaster is regulated.He wants licence fee payers to have…
Belgian police have made 16 arrests in anti-terror raids but suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large, the authorities have said.A total of 22 raids were carried out on Sunday across Brussels and Charleroi, Belgian prosecutor Eric van…
The Islamic State claims it now has a ‘regional leader’ in Bengal, meaning Bangladesh.But it does not name the leader nor does it provide any clue to who it could be.A post in its online magazine ‘Dabiq’ says that the…
Dhaka Dynamites to secure a six-wicket victory against Comilla Victorians in their first match of the franchise-based Twenty20 format 3rd Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. Replying to Comilla Victorians’ 110, Dhaka Dynamites…