One Bangladeshi has been identified among 107 victims, who died in Makkah crane collapse on Friday. Deceased Abul Kashem hailed from Karnaphuli area of Chittagong, Bangladesh Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Golam Moshi has been quoted to have said. The officials…
Bangladesh national cricketer Shahadat Hossain has been suspended from all forms of the game as police probe allegations that he and his wife beat their 11-year-old maid. Police are still searching for the 29-year-old paceman who went into hiding last…
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has sent a letter to the President seeking impeachment of Chief Justice SK Sinha for what he said violating the Constitution, breach of oath and misconduct. However, the…
Terming it contradictory to the constitution, the High Court (HC) on Sunday scrapped the Joint Drive Indemnity Act, 2003 that had legalised all actions taken place under the ‘Operation Clean Heart’ during the BNP rule. A two-member HC bench comprising…
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…
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…
At least 12 bloggers have packed their bags and fled abroad in recent weeks. Others are preparing to follow suit and leave the Muslim-majority country. They are all ardent advocates of atheist standpoints in their blogs. Despite the fact that…
Saudi Arabia has begun an investigation into why a crane collapsed in the Muslim holy city of Makkah, killing at least 107 people. The huge red crane crashed into a part of the Grand Mosque as it was filled with…