Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Sobhanighat area of the city on Tuesday in connection with several cases and on subversion charges.The arrestee was identified as Yasin Khan, 35, a leader of the Sylhet city unit Jamaat…
At least 13 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at a market in Konabari area of the city early Wednesday.Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit inside a shop at New Market…
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged Yaba peddler from his rented house in Yatimkhana Road area of the town on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Saiful Islam,37, son of Afshar Biswas, a resident of…
A mobile court here on Tuesday fined five businessmen for selling banned polythene bags at Salanga Bazar of the district on Tuesday. Locals said acting on secrete information that some traders were selling illegal polythene bags at Salanga Bazar, a…
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with Yaba tablets and cash from Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj district on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as M Saijuddin, 45, son of late Darbesh Ali, and M Jahangir…
A man allegedly stabbed his mother to death over family feud at Doriakandi village in Bajitpur upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Somonto Banu, 70, wife of late Dhonu Mia, a resident of the village.
A two-day Free Medical Camp for the disabled people concluded today at a simple function at Ghior of the district under the auspices of Protibandhi Unnayan Foundation.During the period, the medical camp provided free medical services to the poor and…
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) today filed a case against the owners of seven business institutions for not renewing certificates and for selling and distributing goods without assess standards.Mohammad Safayet Hossain, an officer of BSTI, Chittagong Zone, filed…
A two-day information fair began at Boishakhi Mela field in Jamalpur town this afternoon.District Administration and Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB) jointly organised the fair.Additional Deputy Commissioner Md. Rassel Sabrin formally inaugurated the fair. A total of 31 stalls were…
Chuadanga District Administration has organized a three day digital innovation fair which was began at local football ground today. Deputy Commissioner of Chuadanga, Saima Yunus inaugurated the fair as the chief guest while Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT), Chuadanga…
Moniruzzaman Krira Chakra crushed Ideal Krira Chakra by 37-8 points with four creditable “lonas” in the Walton 2nd Division Kabaddi League at the Outer Stadium Kabaddi court on Monday.
Two garages and two shops were gutted in a devastating fire at Shepahipara under sadar upazila of the district on Sunday.Fire service sources said, the fire originated from an electric short circuit and quickly engulfed three microbuses, some garment machineries…
A mobile court of district administration on Sunday fined Misti Mela Sweets and Bakery at city’s Yakub Nagar area, fined Tk two lakh for producing adulterated foods by using six-month old burnt oil.
Muggers snatched away TK 70,000 injuring two cattle traders in Parbazar area of Chowgachha upazila in Jessore district on Monday morning.Police said two cattle traders Shahidul Islam Sadu, 45, a resident of Jagannathpur village and Jony Uddin, 20, a resident…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive rescued 18 Bangladeshi people including seven women from Putkhali border area on Sunday night while they were being trafficked to India.The rescuers were from different areas of Noakhali and Chittagong districts.
Police rescued a student of class IX, who was abducted on Saturday, from in front of Asad Hall of MM College in the Jessore district town on Sunday.Police said Sheikh Naim Hasan Moon, a student of Jessore Education Board School…
A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced a man to two years imprisonment for taking hemp in Paba upazila of the district.The convict was identified as Asadul, 35, son of Belaet Hosen, a resident of Sorisahkury Dighipara of the upazila.
Foundation stone of the administrative building of Nawabganj Government College was laid on Saturday.Lawmaker of sadar constituency Abdul Wadud laid the foundation stone as the chief guest.
A minor girl was killed in a road accident in Boirampur Zambur Mour point on the Boirampur- Gutirdanga road under Badarganj upazila here today, police sources said. The deceased is Asrifa Begum, 10, daughter of Wasim Ali of village Gutirdanga…
A female SSC examinee reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her house at Kalupara village in Tarash upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Sima Roheed, 17, a student of Unkha Paglapeer High School and daughter of Gyanedranath Roheed,…
The district administration has formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the fire incident from a boiler explosion that left six people dead at a tyre factory at Pubail here on Saturday.District administrator SM Alam said the committee, headed by…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized five tons of smuggled rock salt from Nabharaon Bazar area on the Benapole- Jessore road in Sadar upazila on Saturday night.Subedar Ayub Hossain of BGB 26 battalion said on secret…
Md Akteruzzaman Liton, Deputy Director of Fire Service and Civil Defence at Gazipur, said the explosion occurred around 4:30pm at Smart Metal and Chemical Industries Ltd in Gazipur city area.He said five people died on the spot.Their identy of those…
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a young man along with a foreign pistol, five rounds of bullets and two magazines from a bus on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway at Bijoynagar in Godagari upazila on Saturday afternoon.The arrestee was…
Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 87 persons, including a Islami Chhatra Shibir activist, from different upazilas of the district on Friday night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained…
A fire broke out at a room of a dormitory of Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) on Thursday morning.Witnesses said the fire originated from a heater at room no-305 of Dr Ayesha Siddiqua Dormitory, a hostel for female students, around 11am.
A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced an auto-rickshaw driver to one year’s jail for eve-teasing a university female student in Palbari area of Jessore district.The convict was identified as Abdul Awal, 35, son of Golam Mohammad, a resident of the…
Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested four people, including a woman, along with 500 pieces of Yaba tablet from different places of the town on Wednesday night.The arrestees were identified as Romana Sinthiya, 35, a former official of…
Police recovered burnt bodies of two young men from Katakhali Bridge area in Gobindaganj upazila on Thursday morning.Identities of the deceased, aged around 20-22, could not be known immediately.
An alleged drug peddler was injured in a reported gunfight with police at Fiskar Haat in Panchbibi upazila early Thursday.The injured was identified as Aynal Hossain alias Rana.