A court in Sylhet on Sunday indicted 32 people, including former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and suspended Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque, in the ex-Finance Minister SAMS Kibria murder case. Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal…
Two persons were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Joinabazar-Kaoraid road of Sripur this morning.One of the deceased is Liakat Ali, 27, son of Dulal Miah of Niguari village of Mymensingh while the identity of another…
Police recovered the body of a young man from Chapaigachhi village in Kumarkhali upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Sabu, 20, son of Swapan Mandol, a resident of Jagannathpur village of the upazila.
Police recovered the body of a policeman from South Kalikapur area in the district town this morning.The deceased was Obaidul Islam, 47, son of late Dabir Hossain, resident of Bakri village under Harisankarpur union in Sadar upazila.
Rajshahi University Teachers Association (RUTA) observed a day-long work abstention and sit-in-strike programme in front of university senate building from 11.00am to 1.00pm on Sunday demanding separate pay scale for them.
News The overall flood situations in the district improved significantly as water level in the river Jamuna dropped further.Water Development Board sources said during the last 24 hours Jamuna dropped 19 cm and was flowing 42 cm below the red…
A Mobile Court realized Taka 40,000 as fines from 3 restaurants for different offences on Saturday.A mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Boisakhi Borua conducted a drive in the town’s
Train movement from Dhaka to Chittagong and Sylhet has remained suspended from Sunday morning following derailment of a freight train at Jatrapur in Ashuganj upazila of the district.
A young man was beaten to death over theft charge at Harikhali village in Sharsha upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 28, son of Kawser Ali, a resident of the village.
A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband as she protested her illicit relationship in Bostapotti area of the district town early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Sanjida, 22, wife of Babu, a resident of the area.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion in a drive arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in possession of 163 pieces of Yaba tablet at Charabhita Bazar in Bagharpara upazila on Saturday night.The arrestee was identified as M A…
A young man died falling from a coconut tree at Zidhuri Moholla village in Belkuchi upazila headquarters on Saturday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested an alleged arms trader along with a pistol and 17 rounds of bullet from Hothathpara area adjacent to Gopalpur ghat in Shibganj upazila on Saturday.The arrestee was identified as Minu,…
Police arrested a leader of Kagapasha union unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) from Borohati village of Baniachong upazila on Saturday for allegedly violating a schoolgirl.The arrestee was identified as Samsul Alam, 35, vice-president of Kagapasha union unit of BCL…
Private university students, who have been pressing the demand for withdrawal of a government-imposed 7.5 percent VAT on tuition fees, will continue their agitations on Monday. The announcement came at the end of their daylong demonstrations on the streets on…
Thomas Vermaelen’s struggles with injury continued on Saturday when the Barcelona defender picked up a calf problem in the 2-1 La Liga victory at Atletico Madrid. The Belgian international damaged his hamstring at last year’s World Cup in Brazil, shortly…
The London edition of the Sundance Film Festival will be held in June next year, returning to the British capital after taking a year off, organisers said on Thursday. The fourth edition of “Sundance Film Festival: London” will take place from June…
Austrian authorities said they were expecting another wave of migrants and refugees coming over the border from Hungary on Sunday, after a brief lull in arrivals gave them a chance to re-stock reception centres. Austria struggled last week to cope…
CNG-refuelling stations will remain open round the clock for seven days during Eid, the government has said. Roads Transport Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday the extended facility would be available for three days before and after Eid. The mandatory…
Kazakhstan welcomed the world’s most experienced space flier and two rookie crewmates on Saturday, including Denmark’s first-ever astronaut, who returned from the International Space Station with a bull’s-eye parachute landing. The descent capsule departed the space station at 2139 GMT…
Masum Billah ‘When a child reaches the age appropriate for enrolling in class-I, he or she should have to be admitted, and there’s no need to sit for test with printed papers because this is his or her right, not…
The death of 107 pilgrims and injury of about 300 others in a crane collapse on Haram Sharif in Makkah on Friday has come as a great shock to the leaders in Bangladesh, and anxiety to the people who have…
At least 89 people have been killed in a powerful explosion that tore through a restaurant in Petlawad in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials say. It was packed with workers and schoolchildren eating breakfast.
Jeremy Corbyn has promised to lead a Labour “fightback” after being elected the party’s new leader by a landslide. The veteran left-winger got almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast, trouncing his rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz…
The draft of the 7th Five Year Plan (FY2016-FY2020), aiming to accelerate employment generation and reduce poverty, is now ready and awaits the Prime Minister’s suggestions. “The final draft of the 7th Five-Year Plan is ready and we’re awaiting Prime…
Four people, including a woman, were killed in three train accidents in Tangail and Comilla districts on Saturday. In Tangail, two people were killed and another injured as ‘Moitri Express’ rammed an auto-rickshaw at Kalimajani level crossing in Mirzapur upazila…
SM Akram, chief adviser of Nagorik Oikya on Saturday reiterated the demand for release of the convener of Nagorik Oikya, Mahmudur Rahman Manna, and protested the imposition of vat on education. Addressing a human chain organised by the Nagorik Juba…
The Department of Applied Mathematics of Rajshahi University (RU) observed its 12th founding anniversary on the campus on 12 September 2015 with festivity and fanfare. RU vice chancellor Professor Muhammed Mizanuddin inaugurated the day’s program releasing balloons and pigeons in…