The 3rd National Women’s Hockey League will begin at Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium on Monday.Nine district teams — Dhaka, Rajshahi, Narail, Rangpur, Kishoreganj, Dinajpur, Patuakhali, Jhenaidah and Thakurgaon — split in three groups will take part in the seven-day meet.Private…
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested four allegedly dacoits from Kaddar Islampur area in the city on Thursday night.The DB police also seized a covered van with the robbery’s goods from their possession.
The anti-smuggling teams of BGB in separate drives seized 560 bottles of phensidyl syrups and 70,000 pieces of cow fattening tablets from Borogram frontier area in Sadar upazila and Hakimpur upazila on Thursday.An-anti smuggling patrol team of Border Guard Bangladesh…
Police in an anti-crime drive arrested an alleged drug-trafficker with 2.10 kilograms of heroin worth about Taka 2.10 crore from Jhikargachha crossing area under Godagari upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon, police sources said.The arrested person was identified as…
Detectives in a drive arrested three alleged arms traders along with two firearms and some ammunition at Munshi Bagdanga village in Jessore district town early Friday.Tipped off, a team of Detective Branch (DB) police raided the house of Shahinur Rahman,…
Fourteen people, including women, were injured in a clash between freedom fighters and illegal occupants over a land dispute at Chougacha bus stop of the Maheshpur upazila on Friday noon.The land, located near Chougacha bus stop was said to be…
Police in overnight drives arrested 114 people with Liquor and contraband Yaba tablets from different upazilas of the district last night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 114 people with 40 pieces Yaba…
A schoolgirl was killed as a bus hit her at Lalbazaar on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in the city this morning.The deceased was Asma Begum, 15, a student of class ten of Police Line High School and daughter of Altaf Hossain…
(BSS)- Coast Guard personnel in a drive seized 700 bottles foreign wine from Dobashi area of Gohira village under Anwara upazila of the district, early today, coast guard sources said.In secret information, a team of coast guard personnel raided at…
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Shailakupa and Maheshpur upazilas of the district today.The deceased were Al-Amin Sumon, 29, son of Nawab Ali of Gayeshpur village under Sripur upazila in Magura district and Abdul Khalek, 32, son…
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi Wednesday said he was reconsidering plans to leave Twenty20 international cricket as he is facing pressure from his elder family members and close friends.Afridi, who turns 36 next week, had retired from one-day cricket last year…
Australia’s Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt is backing young guns Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic in the upcoming tie against the United States but stressed it will be tough.Tomic and Kyrgios were Tuesday announced as part of the Australian team…
Lionel Messi has hailed Barcelona’s away victory against Arsenal in the first leg of the last-16 tie in the Champions League.The Argentine forward scored twice in the second half, including a penalty, to help the champions move closer to becoming…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people including two alleged drug peddlers and recovered 1,00,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Sirson Road area in the city early Tuesday.Major Jahangir, deputy commander of Rab-7, said tipped-off, a team of…
Indian batting star Virat Kohli said that pacer Mustafizur Rahman will be going to be a big factor for Bangladesh in the Asia Cup T20 and he also said the tournament is a perfect platform to assess his team’s strengths,…
Australia were 70 for 1 at stumps on the fourth day of the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Tuesday, needing 131 further runs to win the match and sweep the series.Joe Burns was not out 27 with…
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Tuesday announced a 22-memebr of preliminary squad for the FIFA International Friendly match against United Arab Emirates (UAE) national football team scheduled to be held on March 18 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.The selected booters…
Three people, including two siblings, were injured in separate knife attacks in Sadar and Alamdanga upazila on Monday night.In Sadar upazila, Sajal, son of Zahirul Ali and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), was injured as his opponents stabbed…
A fire broke out at a sweater factory in Chhoidana Hajirpukur area of the city on Tuesday morning.Hasibur Rahman, an officer at Joydebpur Fire Service Station, said the fire broke out in Priti Sweater Factory on the top floor of…
Two abducted officials of a contracting firm were rescued from an inaccessible area in sadar upazila on Monday evening, eight days after their abduction.Police rescued Md Ruhul Amin, 50, manager of the firm and his assistant Saifuddin Shahin Gazi, 35,…
Fifteen CNG-run auto-rickshaws were burnt as the gas cylinder of an auto-rickshaw exploded at Charchamita Bazar in Sadar upazila early Tuesday.Monayem Hossain, an officer at Laxmipur Fire Service Station, said the explosion occurred around 3:30am at a garage of Momin…
Miscreants vandalised the house of district BNP general secretary and aspiring UP chairman candidate SM Moshiur Rahman at Monirampur upazila on Monday.Police and locals said a group of 25-30 people, allegedly led by his rival candidate’s younger brother, attacked the…
A suspected criminal was killed in a ‘shootout’ with police at Haldipara in Maheshkhali upazila early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Santu, son of Rowshan Miah, a resident of Lalpur village of the upazila, and an accused in a number…
A young man was killed and 15 others injured in a clash between two groups during a football match at Baliar Chora village in Bhanga upazila on Tuesday morning.Mijanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station, said the clash ensued following…
A Bangladeshi national was allegedly shot to death and another injured by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Mohommadpur Dangerpara area of Daulatpur upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Mamun, 25, son of Moho Ali, a…
A minor domestic help was killed after falling down from the rooftop of a four storey building in Khulshi area of the city on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Sultana, 10. She used to work as a domestic help…
A mobile court here fined the owner of Haji Biryani House of Tk. 50,000 for storing food in an unhygienic environment on Monday evening.The mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Md. Mizanur Rahman said the mobile court raided the factory…
A joined team of Coast Guard and Fisheries Department in a drive seized 15 maunds of jatka (small hilsa) from a launch in Meghna River at Baushia area under Hijra upazila of the district yesterday morning.District fisheries officer Bimal Chandra…
So far a total of 2,667 tonnes of Aman rice has been procured from all the five upazilas of the district under the ongoing rice procurement drive of the government against the target of 2,927 tonnes.District food department sources said…
Police recovered the decomposed body of a minor girl from BSCIC Industrial area in the city last night after 14 days of her missing.The victim was identified as Mairunnesa, 4, daughter of Lutfar Rahman, a resident of Shasongaon-Kalabag in Fatullah…