A ward councilor of Narayanganj City Corporation was stabbed to death by miscreants in Jamaipara area of Bandar upazila on Saturday night.The injured was identified as Sultan Ahmed, a councilor of 22 no ward.
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2 Jubo League men stabbed in Chuadanga
Two Jubo League men were injured as a gang of unknown miscreants stabbed them in an attack in Hospital Chattar area of sadar upazila on Saturday night.The injured were Rafiq and Alam, local Jubo League activists.
C& F official held with gold bars in Benapole
Indian customs officials arrested a Bangladeshi C & F agent official along with 12 gold bars in no man’s land area in Benapole check post on Saturday night.The arrestee was identified as Saiful Islam,35, official of Commercial Agency and son…
BNP leader held in Laxmipur
Detectives in a drive arrested a BNP leader from Mandari Bazar area of Sadar upazila on Sunday night on sabotage charges.The arrestee was identified as Riaz uddin, general secretary of Mandari union unit BNP and son of late Fosi Uddin,…
Minor boy drowns in B’baria pond
A minor boy drowned in a pond at Urshiura village in Sadar upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jahid Hossain,6, son of Sohel Miah, a resident of the village.
JMB suspect arrested in Mymensingh
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) man from Char Radhakanai village under Fulbaria upazila of the district on Friday night.The arrested person was identified as Hafez Mohammad Belal 31, son of Abdul Hakim of Char…
3 get life term for killing in Bagerhat
A court here yesterday sentenced three persons to suffer life term imprisonment for killing a man at Mansa Bazaar under Fakirhat upazila of the district in 1996.The court also fined them Taka 10,000 each, in default, to suffer one year…
EU ambassador deplores attacks on publishers of bloggers
The Ambassador of the European Union to Bangladesh, Pierre Mayaudon, has in a facebook status deplored the latest attacks against freedom of expression. A status given on the EU facebook page on Sunday is as follows:
An open letter to Indian leaders: (Retired) Admiral Ramdas
Honourable President and Honourable Prime Minister, It is with a heavy heart, that I write this open letter to you at a time when our beloved country and people are facing severe challenges and threats to our shared heritage. I…
Russian airliner crashes killing 224 on board, Egypt dismisses IS claim
An investigation is under way after a Russian airliner crashed in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board. Egypt’s prime minister said a technical fault was the most likely cause, dismissing claims from Islamic State militants that they were responsible.…
SC cancels HC’s aquittal of Mamun from wealth case
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) cancelled the High Court judgment that acquitted businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, a close friend and business associate of BNP’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, in a case for accumulating wealth beyond…
RU observes World Statistics Day
The Statistic department of Rajshahi University (RU) observed the World Statistic Day 2015 on the campus on Saturday with much enthusiasm amid various programme including singing national anthem, hoisting national flag and department flag and flag of national alumni association…
Blogger Avijit’s publisher among 3 stabbed in city
Dhaka – Three people, including a publisher of slain writer and blogger Avijit Roy, suffered with stab and bullet injuries in attack by miscreants in the city’s Lalmatia area on Saturday. The victims were identified as Ahmed Rahim Tutul, a…
People’s climate march in Dhaka Nov 28
In solidarity with the global climate march a people’s climate march will be organised in Dhaka on 28 November. The National Committee for Saving the Sundarbans, NCSS, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon, BAPA, Water Keepers Alliance, WKA and AVAAZ Bangladesh, have jointly…
Gibson condemns attack on bloggers “Violence not acceptable”
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson on Saturday condemned the latest attack on bloggers and publishers.
One publisher killed, another publisher 2 writers stabbed in Dhaka
Dhaka – Management of Aziz Cooperative Market shop owners and traders welfare association said they will preserve video footages of CCTV installed on the ground floor of the market to help law enforcers to identify the perpetrators of the murder…
Hotel employee killing: Police collects video footage
Police have found evidence over the involvement of Ariful Islam Sohel, owner of ‘Ghoroa Hotel and Restaurant’, in the killing of its employee Riyad.
Khaleda to address a reception in London Sunday
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is expected to address a reception being organised in her honour in London on Sunday, according to sources in London. The programme, organised by UK unit of BNP, will be held at an auditorium in central…
Shamsher resigned from politics under Govt pressure- Nazrul
BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Saturday alleged that Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury retired from politics under government pressure. “The government has created pressure on him (Shamsher) by pouring him into prison, filing false cases against him and seizing…
27 held foiling bid to cross into India illegally
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 27 Bangladeshi nationals while they were attempting to cross into India illegally through Putkhali border point here on Friday night.The arrestees hail from different areas of Narail, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts.Subedar of Putkhali…
BCL factions clash in Comilla
A pedestrian and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were bullet-injured in a clash between its two factions over establishing supremacy in Balutupa area of the city on Friday night.The injured were identified as Rasel, 25, an activist of…
Female schoolteacher killed ‘by husband’ in Bandarban
A female schoolteacher from ethic minority community was killed by slitting throat allegedly by her husband over a family feud at Lama Bazar in Lama upazila on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Maicyaching Marma, 28, wife of Thoaiching Marma,…
2 Shibir men held with 101 crude bombs in Sylhet
Police in separate drives arrested two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, along with 101 crude bombs, two pipe guns and some jihadi (religious uprising) books from different parts of Fenchuganj upazila on Saturday.The arrestees were identified…
3 held with Yaba, Phensidyl, pistol in Comilla
Police arrested three people, including a woman, in possession of 1,000 Yaba tablets, 27 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and one pistol from Dhulirpar village in Daudkandi upazila early Saturday.The arrestees were identified as Jahangir Alam, son of Sadek Hossain, a…
Boalmari OC closed over negligence in duty
The officer-in-charge of Boalmari Police Station was closed on Friday night following Friday’s clash between two groups that left a young man dead.The district’s additional superintendent of police Mohammad Kamruzzaman said the action was taken against OC AKM Aminul Islam…
Section 144 slapped in Bhola
The local administration has slapped section 144 in Ramnewaz Bazar and Fishery Ghat in Manpura upazila on Saturday as two groups of the local unit of Awami League called separate programmes at the same place and time.Ershad Hossain Khan, upazila…
ECNEC approved infrastructures for Paira Deep Sea Port
The Executive committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Thursday approved a project for developing necessary infrastructures and facilities to operate Paira Deep Sea Port involving Tk 1128.43 crore.
Underground railway project will continue along with the metro rail project
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said underground railroads will be constructed in the capital alongside the metro rail ones.
2 teenager arrested over killing of ASI Ibrahim
Police in a drive arrested two teenage boys from Mohammadpur upazila of the district on Thursday night for their suspected involvement in assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Ibrahim Hossain Mollah killing.
Ghoroa hotel’s employee on remand for killing Riyad
A court here on Friday placed an employee of ‘Ghoroa Hotel and Restaurant’, named Jasim alias Grill Jasim, on a 7-day remand over the killing of co-worker Riyad.