Bangladesh Tea Workers’ Sangram Parishad has called off their indefinite strike started from Tuesday to press home their 20-point demands including election of Tea Workers’ Union and increase of salary. The decision came as Labour Minster Razi Uddin Ahmed assured…
The prize distribution ceremony of Ekti Bari Ekti Khamar project was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s conference room here yesterday Monday. A total of ten officials of the project who showed good performance for implementing the project work have given…
BSS, Gaibandha A 3-month long basic training for the recruited beneficiaries of National Service Programme (NSP) has been continuing at Phulchhari upazila headquarters in the district since March 3. Department of Youth Development (DYD) is supervising the training course for…
UNB, Benapole A young man died from electrocution at Bhaina village in Jessore Sadar upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Jahurul Islam,32, son of Fasiar Rahman of the village. Locals said Jahurul was severely injured as he…
UNB, Sylhet A local activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was snatched way from police by his fellow activists after his arrest on Monday night in connection with assault on journalists. Witnesses said a team of Detective Branch (DB) of…
Chapainawabganj Correspondent Many development projects were inaugurated in remote char area under Sadar upazila of the district on Monday. The projects include construction of roads, Sundarpur UP complex and a new building of a primary school in Sundarpur union. A…
Sherpur Correspondent: One brother and sister drowned at Jarultala village in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur district on Monday afternoon. The children were identified as Mubarak(05) son of Hafizur Rahman and Hafiza(07) daughter of Hafizur Rahman of Jarultala village. Villagers and…
Bogra Correspondent A girl was killed by train crash at Malson area near Shantahar rail station under Adamdhigi upazila of Bogra district at 9 am on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Momotaz Khatun, 15, daughter of Mohammad Ali Bhutta…
Md. Emdadul Haque, Dupchanchia The boro paddy growers are frustrated though they are getting bumper yield of it’s. They could not afford to get profit under Dupchanchia upazila in Bogra district due to its low market price this year. Most…
18 party alliance extends support to Mayor candidate Kamal , both alliances annoyed over rebel candidates Barisal Correspondent Ahead of only 25 days from the third Barisal City Corporation Election scheduled to be held on June 15, the BNP led…
Gzaipur Correspondent GS Engineering & Construction Corp of South Korea set up a computer lab and donated necessary computer to Gazipur Police Lines School on 20th May 2013 for the technical training and development of the poor students. GS E…
Noapara Correspondent An uncle was beaten to death allegedly by his nephew at Kota village under Sharsha upazila while police recovered the body of an extremist from the River Bhairab under Abhaynagar upazila in Jessore. The dead were identified as…
India’s union law minister, Kapil Sibal, is keen on the central government drawing up legislation that allows “exemplary punishment” to be handed out to those involved in spot or match-fixing in the country. Sibal has consulted with Jitendra Singh, the…
Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor has confessed that his heart beats for dancing sensation Madhuri Dixit, with whom he did a special song for his upcoming film Yeh Jaawani Hain Deewani. The 30-year-old actor, who is often linked with his co-stars,…
Sylhet city suffered from water logging and lack of power and water supply for more than 12 hours on Sunday due to hit of havy rainfull. The storm started hitting the city areas from early morning and continued till 9:00…
A former leader of Rajshahi University (RU) unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and also a senior assistant of the university engineering office raised allegation of extortion amounting at Tk 5 lakh against present President of the party. A general diary…
The campus of Sylhet MC College has turned into battlefield as two groups of Chhatra League locked into a fierce clash on Sunday. Two TV reporters were assaulted during the clash while the numbers of injured couldn’t be known immediately.…
A BGB member was killed in a clash with Hefajat –e-Islam activists at Narayanganj was buried at his village Saljhor under Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram district recently. The dead body was taken in his village from Dhaka by a helicopter…
As part of central programme, Institution of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh (IDEB), Moulvibazar district unit, formed a human chain to press home their two-point demands at Moulvibazar Press Club premises on Tuesday.After the human chain, IDEB, Moulvibazar Unit sent a memorandum…
Some 12 shops of different items of Nalua bazar under Chitalmari Upazila in the district were ransacked and looted by the opponents on Thursday in the morning, it is alleged. As result, the owners of the shops and shop keepers…
UNB, Brahmanbari Drilling of no. 20 well of Titas gas field in Brahmanbaria has been completed. Upon completion of the drilling, 30 million cubic feet (cft) gas from this well could be supplied to the national grid. To resolve the…
Police arrested a fugitive accused in a rape case from Baroichara bus stand in Sripur upazila of the district on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Ripon Biswas, 24, son of Montaj Biswas at Takhalpur village of the upazila. Officer-in-charge…
Farmers in the district are taking delight in the highest production of sesame seeds they have got this season. This year, sesame was cultivated on 800 hectares of land in the district against the targeted 1,049 hectares. Sources said being…
Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 30 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Vainamore bus stand in the district town on Friday. The arrestee identified as Abul Kalam,24, hails from Jessore district town. Officer-in-charge (OC) Jahangir Alam of…
A mobile court in Pirojpur sadar upazila on Saturday fined 18 people Tk1,000 each on charge of trading shrimp fry illegally. Officer-in-charge M Tajuddin Manik of the Detective Branch (DB) of police said acting on a tip-off, a team of…
Barisal Correspondent Barisal city suffered from water logging and lack of power and water supply for more than 12 hours on Thursday due to hit of Mahasen, the first cyclone of the season formed in the Bay of Bengal. The…
The divisional unit of Juba Dal, the associate body of BNP for youths, has called a half-day hartal in Rangpur division for Monday demanding release of its central president Moazzem Hossain Alal and BNP leaders Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Barkatullah…
Our Correspondent A day long Rabindra-Festival on the occasion of the 152nd birth anniversary of Bishwa Kobi Rabindranath Tagore was at Moulvibazar M.Saifur Rahman Auditorium on Thursday night. Bangladesh Shilpokala Academy, Moulvibazar unit organized the festival The festival included discussions…
Bogra Correspondent An abducted school girl was rescued by the local police from Dupchanchia bus stand area on Friday noon. The rescued girl was identified as Farjana Khatun, 16, daughter of Mojahar Ali of Atgram village under Chamrul union of…
Bogra Correspondent Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 60 bottles phincidyl in a toolbox of a bus and two kilograms of hemp under the position of two drug traders from the different places in the district on May 17 and 15.…