SIRAJGANJ – Two truck drivers were killed and four others injured when two truck collided head-on at Shimultola area in Kamarkhand of Sirajganj early this morning.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bangabandhu Bridge West Thana Raquibul Islam said a north Bengal bound truck…
CHITTAGONG – Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CID) seized a Covered Van Duplex Board worth TK one crore from Fuzdarhat bypass road area on Tuesday night.Custom sources said Taj Accessories Limited of Chittagong imported the Duplex Board for…
BANSKHALI, Chittagong – Calmness returned at this southeastern coastal township two days after a deadly violence over installation of a proposed coal-fired power plant, with peaceful enforcement of a daylong strike.Residents and witnesses said Gondamara union, the scene of the…
MANIKGANJ – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-4 arrested an arms peddler with a foreign made pistol and four rounds of ammunitions from Dhushar village under Shibalaya upazila of the district here today.The arrested alleged arms peddler was identified as Aftabuddin 40,…
CHITTAGONG – The authorities of Premier University(PU), Chittagong expelled 16 students and suspended seven others for their alleged involvement in the murder of Nasim Ahmed Sohel.Business Faculty student Sohel, an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League, was killed on March 29.…
Dhaka – Australia’s Olympic hurdles champion Sally Pearson expects to be competing by late next month as she continues her fightback from a badly broken wrist, reports said Monday.The 29-year-old, who won the 100 metres hurdles gold at London in…
CHUADANGA – A six-storied barrack for the female police working in Chuadanga district would be constructed at the local police line. Chuadanga police superintendent office source said the construction work of the female police barrack is expected to be started…
KHULNA – A view exchange meeting on ‘Anti-Corruption Movement at Local Level: Possibility and Challenge’ was held today at a local hotel in the city.Organised by Sacheton Nagorik Committee (SANAC), the meeting was addressed as chief guest by Khulna divisional…
HABIGANJ – A minor girl was killed and her sister injured when a wall of their house collapsed on them at a slum of Lalchan area under Chunarughat upazila of the district early this morning.The deceased was Sathi Sautal, 8,…
BOGRA – Two people were killed in a bomb explosion in Sherpur upazila of the district Sunday night.The identities of the deceased could not be known.Local people said, a bomb went off inside the house of Mahbubur Rahman at Juanpur…
Chittagong – Three people, including two brothers, were killed in ‘police firing’ at Gandamara village in Banshkhali upazila on Monday during a demonstration against the construction of a coal-based power plant there.Twenty people, including 10 cops, were also injured as…
MUNSHIGANJ – Upazila Nirbahi officer (UNO) of Nababganj upazila under Dhaka district Shakil Ahmed and his driver Mahbub Hossain were injured in a road accident at Karaniganj early this morning.UNO Shakil Ahmed was going to his working station Nababganj from…
MANIKGANJ – A fake RAB member was arrested from Uthuli under Manikganj district today.Police sources said the arrested person introduced himself as Md. Tanvir Ahmed, a Lieutenant Colonel of RAB and cheating people for long.On the basis of allegation of…
RANGPUR – A mobile court of Rangpur City Corporation evicted more 50 illegal roadside shops from footpaths in the city and seized various goods in the day-long drives today.Executive Magistrate of the City Corporation S M Golam Kibria led the…
BOGRA- A couple was killed and six others were injured when a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Jamunapara on Dhaka-Bogra highway under Sherpur upazila of the district this noon.The deceased were Thandu Miah, 42, son of…
CHITTAGONG – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today submitted charge-sheet against 33 people, including BNP leader Syed Wahidul Alam’s daughter Barrister Shakila Farjana, in a case of funding militancy.Assistant Director of RAB-7, Chittagong, Ruhul Amin, also investigation officer of the case,…
PANCHAGARH-The World Autism Awareness day 2016 was observed in Panchagarh today through different programmes.District Administration and District Social Welfare Department jointly organised the programme.The programme includes rally and discussion meeting. On the occasion a rally was brought out from government…
NARSINGDI- An awareness Seminar on government legal aid services organized by district Legal AID Committtee, here was held at the conference room of District judge here on Friday.Secretary of the Law and Judgment Division Abu Saleh Sheikh Mohammad Johirul Hoque…
SATKHIRA- A woman was killed and his husband injured as a truck hit their motorcycle at Gunali Bazaar under Tala upazila of the district this morning.The victim was Saleha Begum, 35, wife of Masud.
Dhaka – At least 119 people were injured in post-election violence in Brahmanbaria, Jhenidah, Natore, Panchagarh, Sherpur, Pabna, Manikganj, Faridpur and Bhola districts on Friday, UNB news agency reported. In Brahmanbaria, 40 people were injured in a clash between two…
Bagerhat – The only Chandpai Range of the Sundarbans saw 14 incidents of fire in the last 12 years, raging through some 40 acres of forest and causing damage to its unique ecosystem, say officials.Forest Department data show that the…
Netrakona – A sand trader was found dead in a guest house in Birishiri area of Durgapur upazila here on Friday afternoon.Rezaul Karim, officer in-charge of Dhurgapur Police Station, said Nurul Islam, 30, a resident of Shantinagar area of Dhaka,…
Satkhira – A farmer was stabbed to death and four people were injured in a clash over a land-related dispute at Deyara village in Kolaroa upazila on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Moslem Uddin Sana, 50, a resident of…
Dhaka -Awami League-nominated chairman candidates won in 132 union parishads (UPs) while BNP-supported contestants came out victorious in 20 unions in the 2nd phase UP elections held on Thursday, UNB news agency reported. According to the results reaching the UNB…
CHITTAGONG – Second round of Union Parishad (UP) polls in 30 Ups in three upazilas in Chittagong ended here amid stray incidents today.Three persons were killed in Sandwip Island during polling today. Police and eyewitness said three unidentified people were…
CHUADANGA -The election of four union parishads under Chuadanga Sadar upazila of the district was held peacefully today.The unions are Alokdia, Mominpur, Podmabila and Kutubpur. The polling began at 8 am and continued till 4 pm.Chuadanga District Election Control Room…
Dhaka – Nine people were killed and 21 others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in six districts on Thursday.In Comilla, two brick kiln workers were killed and 17 others injured as a thunderbolt struck them at Bakhornagar village…
Habiganj – Three children drowned in a pond at Dhal village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday.Jibon, 5, son of Zahat Mia, Hifzo, 4, daughter of Amir Mia and Ruma, 5, daughter of Awlad Mia of the village slipped into the…
KHULNA – A man was killed in a road accident at Chuknagar under Dumuria upazila of the district today.The deceased was identified as Hamidul Sarder, 28, resident at Ulia village under Tala upazila in Satkhira district.Camp-in-Charge of Chuknagar Highway Police…
Rajshahi – Three youths allegedly stole Tk2.24 lakh from a customer’s bag after cutting it open at the New Market branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd in the city on Tuesday afternoon.Victim Alal Uddin, owner of Mita Studio and Color…