Two housewives and a young man allegedly committed suicide in three separate incidents in Jessore town and Sadar and Keshabpur upazilas on Wednesday.Police sources said a housewife, Shamima Akter Shapna, 26, daughter of Shafiar Rahman, committed suicide by hanging herself…
A minor boy drowned in a ditch at Baharampur village in Baliakandi upazila on Wednesday afternoon.Locals said two-year-old Kawsar, son of Hafijul Islam, a resident of the village, slipped into the ditch beside his house in the afternoon when he…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in several drives seized 35 Indian cattle from different places of the district on Wednesday.Additional Director of Chapainawabganj BGB-9 Major Minnat Ali said in a press release on the day that a patrol team…
Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc heaped praise on Edinson Cavani after the Uruguayan played the role of super-sub to give his side a 2-1 win against Chelsea in their Champions League last 16, first leg.Cavani replaced Lucas in the 74th…
Hong Kong’s Olympic athletes face a bigger threat from the tainted waters of Rio de Janeiro than the Zika virus, the city’s former windsurfing gold medallist warned Tuesday.Lee Lai-shan is the southern Chinese city’s only Olympic gold winner and a…
England’s Danny Willett seeks further fuel for his rapid rise in world golf at this week’s inaugural Maybank Championship Malaysia, where he heads a field including past Major champions Louis Oosthuizen and Martin Kaymer.Willett arrives in Kuala Lumpur on a…
A van puller was chopped to death by some miscreants at Zaria village under Sripur upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Nasir Mandol, 45, son of Appil Mandol, a dweller of the same area.Police…
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Joypurhat region has distributed over Taka 53.79 crore as agricultural loans among 5,846 farmers of the district during the first six months of the current fiscal through its 15 branches.RAKUB Official sources said they have…
At least 70 people were injured as a picnic bus fell into a road side ditch in Pagla bazaar area under Domar upazila of the district this morning.Police said the accident occurred when a Dinajpur-bound picnic bus from Panchagarh fell…
The bodies of four schoolboys who had gone missing from Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila on Friday morning were recovered from a ditch at the village on Wednesday morning.Informed by locals, police recovered the bodies of Zakaria Ahmed Shuvo, 8,…
A suspected mugger was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Kanhar in Trishal upazila on Tuesday night.Officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station M Maniruzzaman said a group of muggers snatched a motorbike on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the night.
The first-ever census of unregistered Rohingya population in Bangladesh is going on in full swing in Rangamati to determine their exact number throughout the district.Total 36 supervisors and 355 enumerators are working in the district to find out the number…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives recovered 1.9 lakh pieces of Yaba tablet and arrested a Myanmar citizen in Teknaf upazila on Wednesday.BGB-2 Battalion Commanding Officer Lt Col Abu Jar Al Zahid said tipped off a team…
A woman was killed and her husband severely injured in an incident of landslide at a stone quarry in Balughat area of Gowainghat upazila Tuesday afternoon.Officer-in-charge of Gowainghat police station Md Delowar Hossain said Chaina Begum, a resident of Shoti…
An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with his rivals at Matarbari Connecting Road in Maheshkhali upazila early Wednesday. Officer-in-charge of Maheshkhali Police Station Didarul Ferdous said two local gangs had long been at loggerheads over committing robbery in…
A mobile court on Tuesday fined four invigilators Tk1000 each for helping examinees adopt unfair means during Dakhil examinations. The mobile court led by executive magistrate Munibur Rahman imposed the fine on the four on-duty teachers at Chuadanga Alia Madrasah…
Burglars looted valuables worth Tk34 lakh, including gold and cash, from a house at Sitarampur village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district early Wednesday.Police said a gang of burglars entered the house of Amir Hossain of the village by breaking…
Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 101 people with Yaba and Liquor from different upazilas of the district last night. Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 101 people…
A day-long awareness workshop on electronic government procurement (e-GP) was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s conference room today.Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of the Ministry of Planning organised the workshop. Deputy Commissioner of Thakurgaon Mukesh Chandra Biswas presided over the…
At least 40 bus-passengers were injured in a road accident on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway at Goiralar Tek area under Patiya upazila of the district on Tuesday noon. Among the injured 12 were rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital while the…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane reckons Cristiano Ronaldo is on top form as the Portuguese looks to increase his Champions League goals tally when they visit AS Roma in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday.Zidane, a Champions…
Some 23 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points after 2nd round games of the Latif Travels International Rating Chess tournament now being held at Abul Mal Abdul Muhit Sports Complex in Sylhet.They are GM…
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, who will play this week in the Rio Open, downplayed public concerns over risks linked to the Zika virus in the Brazilian city that will host the Olympics in August, saying “people are living completely…
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson expressed his high satisfaction on Bangladesh as the host nation of the 11th ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup that ended on Sunday.“Certainly, for this event, probably more so than any previous event,…
Police recovered the body of SSC candidate from Devipur area in Kachua upazila on Sunday.The victim is Golam Rabbi, 17, one SSC examinee of Ashak Ali Khan School and college and son of Arif Miah of Devipur village.
A mobile court fined two cottage industries at Natore BSCIC industrial area Taka 60 thousand for running without licence last night. Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) M Nairuzzaman along with RAB-5 members conducted a drive at Natore BISCIC industrial area…
Students of Comilla University on Monday blocked Dhaka-Chittagong highway four about one and a half hours demanding punishment of the miscreants involved in a recent attack on their university bus.Mahmudur Rahman, sub-inspector of Kotbari police outpost, said the students blocked…
A fisherman was killed and four others injured as a fishing boat capsized in the Meghna River in Basondanga area on Monday.Police said a Hatia-bound passenger trawler from Dhaka named ‘MV Faran’ rammed a fishing boat in the area early…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 42,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from a boat at Damdamia area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Monday morning.Lt Col Abu Jar Al Zahid, commanding officer of BGB battalion-2, said tipped…
Police in separate drives from Sunday night to early Monday arrested 39 people including four BNP-Jamaat activists from eight upazilas of the district on sabotage charges.Kamal Hossain, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said the law enforcers conducted separate drives in…