Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 40,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from the Naf River at Jaliapara Ghat in Teknaf upazila early Saturday.Lieutenant Colonel Abu Jar Al Zahid, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-42, said tipped off that a boat…
A schoolgirl, who had been abducted from Parla village in Sadar upazila two days ago, was rescued from a house at the village on Friday night.The rescued girl was identified as Dipa Biswas, 15, daughter of Debashish Biswas of the…
In two separate anti-crime operations, law-enforcing agencies arrested three alleged drug-traders with 1,165 yaba tablets from separate places in the district, sources said here today.The detained persons were identified as Abdur Rahim, 38, Jahangir Alam, 26, and Babul Hossain, 38.
Police recovered the body of a schoolboy with the throat slashed from Sadhupara Sluice Gate area in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Mizan,12, a class V student of Char Sadhupara Government Primary School and son of…
At least seven clothes shops were burnt after a fire broke out at a market in the city early Saturday.Acting station officer of Rajshahi Sadar Fire Service and Civil Defence Omar Faruk said the fire originated from an electric short…
A minor girl was killed as a rashly-driven truck ran over her at Beltali in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Asha, daughter of Alal Uddin of the village.
A student at a madrasa in Rajshahi city was grievously injured as his teacher allegedly beat him on Friday night, as he wanted to go to bathroom.The injured was identified as Asadullah Al Galib, a class VIII student of Terkhadia…
A big robber gang looted gold and silver jewelleries from seven shops at Dighirpar Bazar in Tongibari upazila of the district early yesterday morning.Officer in-Charge of Tongibari Thana Alamgir Hossain, quoting witnesses, said around 40/45 robbers came to Dighirpar Bazar…
Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from a brick kiln at Mahajanpur village under Mujibnagar upazila of the district yesterday morning.Being informed, a team of police from Mujibnagar Thana rushed to the spot, recovered the body, aged about…
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two drug traders from a bus in front of Joypurhat RAB camp gate last night.RAB sources said it also seized 308 gram heroin from their possessions.
An alleged dacoit, who was injured in a ‘gunfight’ between dacoits and police at Komorgram village in Sadar upazila on Friday night, died at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra this morning.The injured was identified as Rezaul, 37.…
By Daniel Marans and Matt Ferner The family of an unarmed teenager shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy during a Michigan traffic stop in February has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit alleging that the officer’s “entire course of action…
Five people have been killed and nine wounded in an attack on a Shia gathering hall in eastern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry says. The killings, in Saihat in Eastern Province on Friday, come two days after the start of…
Malawi-Hyderabad , India – ‘• Be it in India or Africa, there is the same problem of youth wanting to leave the farms and have other careers. Attracting youth to agriculture has become an issue on the government agenda in…
Massive WPK 70th anniversary parade shows KN-06 SAM, KN-08 IRBM and 300mm MRL in apparent working condition As only six of the massive WS51200 trucks were imported from China, the most logical conclusion is that the missiles seen during the…
The news “Matir maya of AC land” published in the daily newspaper Prothom Alo has drawn my attention. We are really grateful to journalists for doing their excellent works and making Sonar Bangladesh. These types of news items rarely reveal…
BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has dedicated the World Food Prize to women fighting against poverty. World Food Prize Foundation Chairman John Ruan III handed him the prize on Friday in Iowa, USA, a BRAC media statement said.
The famous Shikdarbari Puja Mondop of Hakimpur is all set to welcome goddess Durga with an installation of 451 idols of gods and goddesses of the Hindu community.
Members of Bangladesh Army recovered firearms, bullets and hand grenades from a terrorist den adjacent to Sepru Para and Pranjong Para in Belaichhari upazila of Rangamati district on Thursday following a gunfight with criminals.
Dhaka- A Indian court ordered for the extradition of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, to Bangladesh by December 15 this year.
Dhaka- A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) mobile court on Friday fined three hospitals and one diagnostic centre in the city’s Mohammadpur area Tk 6.19 lakh for providing treatment in dirty and unhygienic environment as well as operating without specialized doctors,…
RU Correspondent The new executive committee for 2015-16 session of Rajshahi University Central Cultural Alliance (RUCCA) has been formed making Sohel Rana as president and Abu Bakr Siddiqi as general secretary.
The ‘Save Sundarbans March’ which was launched by Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on October 13 aiming to raise awareness against all environmentally destructive activities in the world’s largest mangrove forest, will be ended in…
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Hong Kong on October 14. He gave the “I CARE-University Lecture on Civility” in the packed Sir Run Run Shaw Hall of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The university has 20,000 students.…
A court here on Thursday sent Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, to jail rejecting bail and remand pleas in a case for shooting a minor boy in Sundarganj upazila.