An one-year-old boy drowned in a pond at Mostafapur village in Dupchanchia upazila on Monday.The deceased was identified as Mostakin, son of Sanowar Hossain, a resident of the village.
Year: 2015
BNP leader held in Bogra over subversion
Police arrested a local leader of BNP from Eidgah area in the district town on Monday for his alleged involvement in subversive activities, including vandalism and arson attack.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Hamid,55, president of Dupchanchia upazila unit BNP.
One held over murder, arson attack in Sylhet
Police arrested a man from Lamakazi area in Bishwanath upazila on Monday on charge of murder, arson attack and subversive activities.The arrestee was identified as Shahin Ahmad,41, acting president of Bishwanath upazila Sramik Kalyan Federation and son of late Nurul…
3 held with firearms, cocaine in Jessore
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three people along with three firearms, 170 grams of cocaine and bomb making materials from Jhumjhumpur area in sadar upazila of Jessore district on Monday.The arrestees were identified as Sumon,…
2 jailed for trading porn footages in Magura
A mobile court here on Monday sentenced two video shop owners to one month’s jail and fined them Tk10,000 each for exchanging porn footages at Chaurongi in the district town.The convicts were identified as Ziauddin and Riad Ali, owners of…
2 arrested with ganja in Madaripur
Detective Branch (DB) police in a drive arrested two youths from Kamlapur area under Rajoir upazila here on Monday night.DB police also seized 4-kg ganja from their possessions.
Woman killed in Madaripur road crash
A woman was killed in a road accident at Asmot Ali Bridge area under Sadar upazila last night.The deceased was Akhlima Begum, 38, wife of Surat Ali, resident of Kulpoddi area of the upazila.
Small fishes helpful for mothers, babies
Optimum consumption of micro nutrient-rich small fishes effectively saves the pregnant women, lactating mothers, babies and malnourished children from many severe diseases meeting their nutritional demand.Despite laudable success achieved so far in the health sector, malnutrition of the pregnant women,…
Social movement against using steroids for fattening cattle stressed
Speakers at a participatory discussion in Rajshahi unequivocally called for forging social movement against using steroid for fattening cattle ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha in Rajshahi region.They viewed a section of unscrupulous farmers and traders are allegedly feeding and injecting…
Sales of advance train ticket begin
Railway authorities have started selling tickets in advance for trips ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Holidaymakers, like always, queued up in hundreds to buy train tickets in advance. Sales started on Tuesday with advance tickets for Sep 20 being made available. Tickets…
AL leader stabbed to death
A ward level leader of ruling Awami League has been stabbed to death by miscreants at Dubail village under Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh. Deceased Mohor Uddin, 60, was vice-president of ward 1 of Gafargaon upazila’s Niguari union. Victim’s brother Abdul…
Moudud’s son Aman dies
Aman Moudud, only son of BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed, died early Tuesday. He was 38. He breathed his last around 4:30am when he was being flown to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore by an air ambulance from United…
Van Gaal casts doubt on United’s Champions League hopes
Louis Van Gaal does not know how Manchester United will perform in the Champions League this season, the manager has said. United, who failed to qualify for the tournament last season, open their Group B campaign away at PSV Eindhoven…
‘Perfect Guy’ elbows ahead of ‘The Visit’ with $26.7 million
Thriller “The Perfect Guy” narrowly beat out horror film “The Visit” for first place at the weekend box office, picking up a leading $26.7 million. “The Visit,” M Night Shyamalan’s return to the shock and chills genre that made famous…
North Korea says main nuclear complex operational, warns US
North Korea said on Tuesday its main nuclear complex was operating and it was working to improve the “quality and quantity” of its weapons which it could use against the United States at “any time”. The comments follow a declaration by the…
Malaysia mulls officially declaring Bangladesh ‘source country’ for labour import
Malaysia plans to officially declare Bangladesh a “source country for importing labour”, the visiting secretary general of Malaysia’s ministry of human resources has said. Haji Saripuddin Bin Haji told Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali of the plan on Monday.…
National workshop on climate change, dialogue with Govt held
As a part of preparation for the 21st session of Conference of Parties (COP21), a national workshop on climate change and dialogue with the government was held on 9 September 2015 at YWCA conference hall of Asad Avenue in Dhaka.…
Workshop held at BAU
A two-day long workshop on “Advancing knowledge and skills on agricultural education and research” was held at the central library conference room of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Monday.
Chinese language study del calls on RU VC
With the intention to launch Chinese language Learning Course MA Yan, director of Confucius Institute of China met Professor Dr. Muhammad Mizanuudin, vice chancellor of Rajshahi University (RU) on Monday. They discussed launching Chinese Language Certificate course under the language…
Religious support for Qatari labour reforms puts Gulf states on spot
By James M. Dorsey A panel in Doha of religious scholars, officials of Qatar’s government-sponsored human rights committee, and international labour activists has called on Qatar to radically alter its controversial labour policies. The call serves to support Qatari government…
Turnbull to be new Australia prime minister as Abott loses leadership
Australia is set to swear in Malcolm Turnbull as its new prime minister, after Tony Abbott was ousted by his party in a leadership challenge. Mr Turnbull will go to Government House in Canberra on Tuesday to be sworn in…
India tells, acquittal of Felani killer won’t increase border killings
India has said the acquittal of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) member Amiya Ghosh in the Felani murder case will not encourage more killings along Bangladesh-India border. “No, it won’t. That’s not the way the Indian border gourd functions,” Indian…
Two alleged robbers lynched in Southern Bangladesh
Dhaka- Two suspected forest robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack following an internal feud at Sora village in Shyamnagar upazila on Monday evening. The deceased were identified as M Obaidullah, 27, son of M Yeakub Ali, and M Hazrat…
No democrary, country in grip of plunderers, extortionists: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Monday said it’s not possible to hang onto power for a long time by killing people and resorting to enforced disappearance. Addressing the biennial council of his party’s Khulna unit, the former president also…
Eid-ul-Adha in Bangladesh on 25 September
Holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on September 25 as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zilhajj was not sighted in Bangladesh sky on Monday.
Govt withdraws Vat from Varsity tuition fees – students end unrest
In the face of a strong movement, the government on Monday withdrew the 7.5 percent VAT from the tuition fees of private university students, bringing an end to their widespread street protests that caused immense sufferings to city commuters. Like…
1.75 kg gold recovered from Shahjalal Airport
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized gold consignmenmt weight around 1.75 kg and arrested one passenger from Dubai in this connection on Monday evening. The arrested passenger was identified as Mukesh Kumar, who landed in the airport by…
Another testifies in blogger Rajeeb murder case
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Monday recorded the deposition of another witness in case filed in connection with the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider in the capital on February 15, 2013. Judge Syed Ahammad of the tribunal…
One awarded death 3 prison terms for killing Brac Bank official
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka yesterday (Monday) sentenced a young man to death and three others to different terms of imprisonment for killing a Brac Bank official in Mirzapur Upazila area of Tangail in 2011. Judge Abdur Rahman Sardar…
7 members of alleged question paper leaking syndicate held
Dhaka- The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested seven members of question papers leaking syndicate from the city’s different areas conduction simultaneous drives in last 25 hours till 5:00 pm on Sunday. Some question papers, answer sheets, admit…