Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday called a two-day countrywide hartal from Tuesday morning protesting what it said the government conspiracy to kill party senior assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and demanding his immediate release. Acting ameer of Jamaat Maqbul Ahmad announced the…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected death-row war crimes convict Kamaruzzaman’s review petition against its previous verdict in favour of his death penalty that was earlier awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal-2. A four-member bench of…
BNP-backed candidate of Dhaka North City Corporation polls Abdul Awal Mintoo filed a writ with the High Court on Sunday challenging the cancellation of his nomination paper. Mintoo’s lawyer Barrister Ehsanur Rahman told UNB that the hearing on the writ…
With the return of Khaleda Zia to the Gulshan residence after getting bail, the political situation appears to have started improving across the country though the BNP is yet to make any decision to withdraw its non-stop blockade. “A new…
A local Jubo League man was shot and injured by miscreants in Kashipur area of Sadar upazila on Saturday night.
A woman was crushed under the wheels of a bus in Madam Bridge area of the district town on Sunday morning.
A man was killed and six others injured as a truck hit two human haulers in Tebaria rail crossing area of the district town on Sunday morning.
One person was killed as a hailstorm swept through the district on Saturday night.
A quack was killed as a nor’wester lashed the district on Saturday night.
A on duty Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Sitakundu thana was killed as a truck knocked him down at Taltala area of Bhatiary on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sitakunda upazila of the district in the early hours of today.
Renovation work of Rangamati District Shishu Academy began today involving Taka 10 million.
Wheat farmers of all the five upazilas in the district are happy as they got a desired output and fair prices against the crop during the current season.
The first norwester coupled with rain caused huge damage to the standing crops and power disruption in Rajshahi city and suburban areas this afternoon.
A man was killed and others injured in a land related clash between two rival groups at Fulhar village in Gobindoganj upazila on Saturday.
Time has come to wide-ranging and sustainable expansion and promotion of conservation agriculture (CA) based technologies in the drought-prone Barind tract to protect its soil health from further degradation, agricultural scientists and researchers in a discussion here said.
Sunflower farming has started gaining popularity as the nutritious oilseed brings good profit for the farmers in Batiaghata upazila of the district.
The ongoing digitisation has already become an irreversible process easing civic life and accelerating progress in every sector to build a middle income Bangladesh, speakers said here Saturday afternoon.
If you love eggs, there is good news for you. Egg consumption could reduce the risk of Type-2 diabetes, says a new research.
Gene transfer from a completely different plant species can significantly boost the built-in immunity of rice plants, suggests a new study.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has appealed to the authorities in all relevant institutions in Bangladesh to ensure that the April 28 city elections will be transparent, inclusive, and credible, according to a posting made at the…
The review petition of Jamaat leader Kamaruzzaman, a death row convict in war crimes case, is set to be heared on Monday. A four-member appeals bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha heard the matter on Sunday. Khandaker Mahbub…
Little over two months reaning under undclared confieent at her Gulshan office, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence on Sunday following granting of bail in two graft cases. From the special court at Bakshibazar in the capital…
The former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, has made his first appearance in 14 months. He met a delegation of Venezuelan officials on a solidarity mission to Cuba at a local school.
A mobile court here on Friday sentenced to four fishermen to one year jail each for catching banned Hilsha fish fry- Jatka- in the Meghna River.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive programme of jute cultivation in the district during the current season.
A policeman was killed as a truck crashed into him at Bhatiari Imamnagar Taltala bridge on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sitakund upazila early Saturday.
National Film Day-2015 was celebrated in the district today in a befitting manner as elsewhere in the country.
Detectives in a drive arrested three members of an drug trading syndicate from Amersari at Boda-Debiganj Highway in Debiganj upazila on Friday.
Three members of a family, including a woman and her son and daughter, sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a house in Mirer Maidan area of the city on Friday night.
Police arrested the prime accused in a case filed for killing a college student on February 20 from Tangail district on Friday.