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…
Two schoolgirls were injured as a speeding bus knocked down their bicycles on Satkhira-Kaliganj road in Bohera area of Debhata upazila on Monday.Officer-in charge of Debhata Police Station Mostafizur Rahman said a Kaliganj-bound bus from Satkhira hit Sumaia Khatun and…
Police recovered an unexploded 82 mm mortar shell from Choroymuri village of Ullapara upazila on Sunday noon.Golam Kibria, officer-in-charge of Ullapara Police Station said, on information a team of the law enforcers went to the village and recovered a mortar…
A Nilphamari court on Sunday sent eight activists of Jamaat-e-Islami to jail in a case for killing five Awami League (AL) activists following an attack on the motorcade of Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor in 2013.Judge Mohammad Samiul Islam of…
The anti-smuggling task force in a drive seized 100 bottles of Indian Phensidyl from a train at Montola railway station in Madhabpur upazila on Sunday afternoon.Locals said the anti-smuggling task force led by assistant commissioner (land) and executive magistrate Aminul…
At least six people were killed and two others injured in a road accident at Dayarampur on Mymensingh-Netrakona road under Tarakanda upazila of the district this evening. The identities of the victims could not be known immediately.
A mobile court of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) today fined five restaurants TK 73 thousand at city’s Khulshi and Kotwali areas as per Consumer Rights Protection Act 2009.Assistant Director of DNCRP, Chittagong District Office, Mohammad Foyez…
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four Bangladeshi nationals with one lakh Indian Rupee, jihadi books, three pistols with three bullets and a map from Churipotti and Modhyabasudebpur areas in the Hili Land Port here early today.The arrested were identified as…
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu launched carpeting works of three roads under two wards in the city this morning.The City Mayor formally inaugurated construction of the road carpeting works by cutting…
Police recovered the slaughtered body of a housewife kept in a sack from Naghdora village under Tarakanda upazila of the district this morning. The victim was identified as Aysha Akhtar 23, wife of Manik Miah, a primary school teacher of…
A group of fishermen netted a “giant” 82-kilogram “Bagah Aiir” fish from the river Teesta at Teesta Railway Bridge point on the Rangpur-Kurigram Highway under Kawnia upazila here on Friday.Hundreds of people of all ages, including women and children, of…
Police in a drive arrested an arms trader along with two firearms, four magazines and 12 bullets from Rashunchak village under Shibganj upazila of the district in the early hours of yesterday.The arrested was identified as Abdul Hakim alias Kalu,…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug trader with 992 pieces of yaba tablets from Vadra crossing area under Boalia Police Station in the city on Friday night.The arrested was identified as Masud Rana, 35, of Tatarpur…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler with 188 pieces of yaba tablets from Sadarpur upazila of the district on Friday.The arrested was identified as Razib Kumar Saha, 38, of Sare-Satrashi village under Sadarpur upazila.
Brick kilns are springing up in Faridpur in a large number posing a serious threat to croplands in the region.The brickfields are operating causing both environmental havoc and decline in quantity of cultivable land.Defying all the rules and regulations of…
Crime A woman allegedly poisoned her son and herself to death over a family feud at Baharpur village in Ishwardi upazila on Friday night. Dr Ashiqur Rahman Sagar, a physician at Ishwardi upazila health complex, quoting family members, said Papiya…
Three suspected robbers were beaten to death in an attack by a mob while they were fleeing after committing robbery at Zinda Bazar in Rupganj upazila early Saturday.Mahmudul Islam, officer-in-charge of Rupganj Police Station, said a gang of robbers, numbering…
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river resumed after nine hours’ disruption caused by dense fog on Saturday morning.Khaled Newaz, Assistant General Manager of BIWTA, said ferry service on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route resumed on Saturday morning after…
Police arrested a schoolteacher on Friday night from Kanaikhali area in the town on charge of making derogatory comments against Shafiqul Islam Shimul, lawmaker from Natore-2 constituency, and his wife on social networking site Facebook.Officer-in charge of Sadar Police Station…
Six Jammat-Shibir activists were arrested from one Jammat leader Hassan Ali’s house in Fulbari area under Panchagarh sadar upazila of the district this morning.The arrested were Md. Juel, 22, Abdul Quader, 20, Al-Mamun, 22, Ashik, 19, Hasan Ali, 50, and…
Former Jatiya Party MP and valiant freedom fighter Major (retd) Shamsul Huda Bachchu, who was locally known as Major Bachchu, died of cardiac arrest at his Index Plaza residence in the town this morning. He was 70.He left behind his…
Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 104 persons including two Jammat Islami activists with Yaba tablets and liquor from different upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong…
Australia have warned of a “fiery clash” in the first Test against New Zealand starting in Wellington on Friday as tensions continue to simmer over the bizarre ODI dismissal of Mitchell Marsh.Australian captain Steve Smith, who was clearly annoyed at…
The election of the Chittagong District Bar Association (CDBA), the country’s second largest professional body of the pleaders, was held today in a peaceful manner.Election commission sources said a total of 2,828 lawyers out of 3,450 exercised their right to…
Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Abdul Mannan Sentu Market area in the district town this noon.The arrestee was M Enamul Haque, 49, a member of the district executive committee of Jamaat-e-Islami and…
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized 400kgs of jatka (hilsa fry) from a launch at Tetulbaria Ghat under Pathorghata upazila of the district last night.Acting on a tip-off, a team of coast guard from Pathorghata camp halted…