The Narcotics Control Department in a drive last evening arrested one person with three hemp (ganja) plants.According to a source of the Narcotics Control Department, acting on secret information they raided a house in village Wajuddin Mollar Dangi in Char…
The historic homecoming day of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed here today.Awami league and different socio-cultural and political organizations observed various programs on the occasion.
A case was filed against 73 people, including some local leaders of BNP, Awami League and Jubo League, in connection with the killing of a Jubo League leader in a clash between the members of two transport workers associations in…
A retired banker was killed when a bus knocked down his auto-rickshaw in Bhadra area under Boalia Police Station in the city today, police and hospital sources said.The deceased was identified as Emdadul Haque Sarker, 65, former Deputy General Manager…
A 21-member executive committee of Shariatpur Journalists Association, Dhaka has unanimously been formed with Rafiqul Islam Azad of The Independent and Mizanur Rahman of PIB as its president and general secretary respectively. The committee has been formed at the annual…
A youth was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Monoharpur area on the Pabna-Ishwardi highway in Sadar upazila this morning.The deceased was Sweet, 24, son of Ajmat Ali of the same area.
The nayabe ameer of Lohagara Jamaat-e-Islami Badsha Miah, 45, was arrested from Baka village of the upazila of the district on Friday.Police sources said, acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested…
Some 12 shops and three dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Sonarampur Bazar of Bancharampur upazila here on Friday.The fire originated from an electric short-circuit in Halim Sarkar Super Market area at about 3 pm and quickly…
Mohammad Farooq Hossain, secretary of Meherpur district unit of Jamaat, was arrested by police on various charges, including sabotage, from his village home on Friday.Acting on a tip-off, a team of police raided the Ashrafpur village under Meherpur Sadar upazila…
A case has been filed against ten unidentified people in connection with the killing of two employees of the food manufacturing company, Banoful.Masud Pervez, brother of Razu Miah, one of the victims, filed the case with Shahparan Police Station on…
Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 2,000 Yaba tablet at Bhandaria village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.The arrestee was identified as Nazmul Hasan Prince,30, son of Mohan Molla, a resident of the village.
Twelve Bangladeshi teenagers returned home through Benapole check post on Friday night after serving two years’ jail term in an Indian prison.Border Security Force (BSF) handed them over to Benapole immigration police at about 8:00 pm.
Ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Saturday after seven hours of its disruption caused by dense fog.Salahuddin, manager (Commercial) of BIWTA Aricha ghat, said they kept suspended ferry services on the route from 3:00am to 10:00am due to…
Police in a drive arrested a young man along with firearms and ammunition at Koylar Bazar in Shibganj upazila on Friday.The arrested was identified as Ziaur Rahman, 35, son of Kafil Uddin of Hadinagar village in the upazila.
A local Jubo League leader was shot to death by miscreants at Padua intersection in Chauddagram upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Jamal Hossain, 35, former president of the Alkora union unit of Jubo League and son of Ali…
Christians in Jhenaidah have claimed militants killed a village homeopath for preaching Christianity after his conversion.Deceased Samir Ali’s son, however, says his father did not convert from Islam.Ali’s body was found at his chamber at Balekhal Bazar on Thursday afternoon…
Three pharmacies of Shaistaganj in the district were fined Tk 6,000 on Thursday, officials concerned here said today.A mobile court led by Nirbahi Magistrate Sejuti conducted a raid in the area at noon and found that the pharmacies were doing…
A newly-built mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was inaugurated at the Zila School Crossing in the city on Thursday.Zila Parishad Administrator and Acting President of district unit of Awami League (AL) Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed at…
Six thousand cold hit poor people of Kotalipara of the district got blankets on Thursday.Standard Bank distributed the blankets among the poor people of the upazila, the bank sources said.
Speakers in a function here underscored the need for increasing people’s awareness about natural disasters including earthquake to reduce the losses of lives and damage of properties.They also expressed their view that Bangladesh is also in the risk of newly…
An angry mob lynched member of a cow lifters gang and injured two others in village Nilokchondi Paschimpara under Gangachara upazila this morning, police said.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gangachara Thana Zinnat Ali said a gang of inter-district cow lifters lifted cows…
Agriculture Department of the district distributed computers, laptops and internet modems among 500 farmers of Mathbaria upazila of the district on Wednesday.The ICT gazettes were distributed in simple function arranged in this occasion at Mathbaria upazila premises here.President of Integrated…
Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 70 persons including a Jamaat activist from different Upazilas of the district on Wednesday night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 70 persons…
A suspected thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack while allegedly trying to steal valuables, including gold ornaments, from a house at Paschim Angar Para in Ramganj upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Muslim Miah,45, son of Sekandar Ali,…
A mobile court in a drive fined three drugstores for selling unregistered and expired medicine in Station Road area of the district town on Wednesday noon.During the drive, the mobile court realised Tk1.70 lakh in fine from the three drug…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 18 Bangladeshi nationals while they were attempting to cross into India illegally through Putkhali border point here on Wednesday night.The arrestees were identified as Rahim Miah,17, Arifa Khatun,18, Julfiker Ali,21, Afijul Islam,21, Rezaul…
Eight people, including two women, received bullet injuries as a rival group attacked and opened fire on them in Mondal Para of Sadar upazila on Wednesday evening.The injured were identified as Matya Ujjal, 44, Mahbub, 30, Hamidul, 28, Monowara Khatun,…
A madrasah student was killed as a truck crushed his bicycle in Naodapara Bazar of the city on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Masud Hoossain, 17, son of Majibur Rahman, a resident of the area and a student of…
A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced one youth to three months imprisonment for taking drugs in Lohagara upazila.The convict was identified as Yusuf Musli, 30, son of Abdur Rouf of Mangalhata village of the upazila.
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday night fined two sweet factories at city’s Panchliah and Bitazid area Taka 30 lakh for different reasons.RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar led the mobile court at Shershah Colony area under Biyazid…