Local residents have been suffering a lot in Badaghat union, a commercially busy place in Tahirpur upazila, for absence of a bridge over the Miarchar River on Badaghat-Sunamganj road.People, including school and college students, employees of different government and non-government…
Police in a drive seized 300 bottles of Phensidyl from the private car of a senior assistant secretary of the Public Administration Ministry in Khadghor area in Chandina upazila on Saturday.Police also arrested car driver Bashar, hailing from Brahmanbaria district,…
Sugarcane crushing at Natore Sugar Mills began on Friday with a target of producing 13,150 tonnes of sugar by crushing 170,000 tonnes of sugarcane during the current 2015-16 season.Industries Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan formally inaugurated the crushing programme at a…
A van puller was slaughtered to death allegedly by some miscreants near Putimari Bridge under Khetlal upazila of the district last night.The victim was Abdul Hakim, 45, son of late Wasim Uddin, a resident of Talsan village of the upazila.Police…
More expansion of animal resource farming is very important for removing the existing protein deficiency along with cutting the poverty rate in the region.The unemployment problem in the rural areas could be reduced to a greater extent through making the…
A mobile court fined two pharmacies in Chohatta area of Sylhet town on Thursday for selling of date- expired and spurious medicines. The mobile court seized date- expired and spurious medicine worth about Taka 50,000 from Orin Pharmacy.Besides, it also…
A court in Barisal on Wednesday afternoon sentenced one accused to life imprisonment for drug peddling.The accused Syed Ziaul Hossain Rumman, son of Mozammel Hossain from Dengu Sardar Bari of South Alekanda in the city also fined Tk 10 thousand…
A garments factory official was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Zhinu Market area of Tongi upazila on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, sewing in-charge of “Zaber and Zubayer Garments” in Pagar area of the upazila.
Intern doctors at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (OMCH) went on an indefinite work abstention on Wednesday night protesting assault on their two fellows and called off the strike next morning.They joined works withdrawing the strike around 8am as…
Police arrested an employee of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) from Pahartali railway station area of the city along with two pistols, four magazines and six rounds of bullet early Thursday.The arrestee was identified as Mozammel Hossain, 35, son of Tofazzal…
Chittagong district police arrested a top leader of Chittagong South District unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from Chunuti area Lohagara upazila of the district on Wednesday.The arrested was identified as Kafil Uddin Bhutto, 22.
There is no alternative to creating mass public awareness on the essence of cleanliness and destroying mosquito to ensure hygienic environment for building a filariasis-free Bangladesh.Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu delivered…
Harvesting of early variety (Short duration) Aman paddy BRRI Dhan-62, BRRI Dhan-37, and Bina Dhan-7 has began in the district though the same will get full momentum from mid November.The crop is now becoming ready for harvesting and the growing…
The passing out parade of the 158th batch of police constables was held at the parade ground of Bangladesh Police Academy (BPA) at Sarda in Rajshahi yesterday.BPA Principal-in-Charge Amulya Bhushan Barua attended the ceremony as chief guest. Speaking on the…
Different law enforcing agencies recovered 2,402 bottles of phensidyl, 700 yaba tablets and 50 kg of hemp and arrested five people during several raids in Shibganj and Nachole upazila of the district during last two days.The arrested are Sujon 22,…
A mobile court led by Upazila Executive Magistrate Abdul Aziz of Nagarkanda awarded four people one month of imprisonment and fine of Taka 500 each for violating the examination code during the ongoing JSC examination on Tuesday afternoon.According to official…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives arrested 55 Bangladeshi nationals while they were attempting to cross into India illegally through Putkhali and Doulatpur borders here on Tuesday night.The arrestees hail from different areas of Khulna, Bagerhat and…
Police arrested the headmaster of a primary school for allegedly harassing a minor girl sexually at Nagpara in Jhalakati Sadar upazila on Tuesday afternoon.The arrestee was identified as Nurul Amin, 45, headmaster of Nagpara Government Primary School and a resident…
Police detained 43 Bangladesh National Party (BNP) activists from different places of the city during a drive continuing for 24 hours still Wednesday morning.Police said the 43 activists were detained on suspicion of planning subversive activities.
Police arrested three young men along with 700 pieces of Yaba tablet and 50 kilograms of hemp in Nachole upazila on Monday morning.The arrestees were identified as Sujan, 22, son of Tofijul Islam of Chhoto Chak village in Shibganj upazila,…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 1,452 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup worth Tk5.80 lakh on Sonamasjid border in Shibganj upazila on Monday afternoon.Tipped off, a BGB patrol team of Sonamasjid BOP, led by Subedar M…
Police in separate drives arrested four alleged robbers from different areas of the district early Tuesday.Of them, tipped off, police arrested Alam,53, along with one shutter gun and three rounds of bullet from Keramatpur in Sadar upazila while a gang…
Two alleged members of a robber gang were injured in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Churkhai in Sadar upazila early Tuesday.Identity of the injured could not be known immediately. Officer-in-charge of Detective Branch (DB) of police Imarat Hossain Gazi said…
Harvesting of different transplanted Aman paddy, which are drought tolerant, short duration and advanced varieties including zinc enriched BRRI-62, is progressing fast in vast Barind tract.BRRI-62 variety of paddy was experimentally cultivated on 50 hectares of land in Barind area…
Fortified Atta selling under government’s Open Market Sale (OMS) programme continues at Gaibandha Municipality creating positive impact to the poor.Office sources said the government has been conducting the OMS programme in the municipality area for few months last in a…
A three-day long historic Kheturdham festival (Khetur Mohotsav) began at Premtali Gourangabari under Godagari Upazila of the district amidst assemblage of thousands of devotees from home and abroad.The historical Mohotsav which is one of the largest religious congregations for the…
A ward councilor of Narayanganj City Corporation was stabbed to death by miscreants in Jamaipara area of Bandar upazila on Saturday night.The injured was identified as Sultan Ahmed, a councilor of 22 no ward.
Two Jubo League men were injured as a gang of unknown miscreants stabbed them in an attack in Hospital Chattar area of sadar upazila on Saturday night.The injured were Rafiq and Alam, local Jubo League activists.
A minor boy drowned in a pond at Urshiura village in Sadar upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jahid Hossain,6, son of Sohel Miah, a resident of the village.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 27 Bangladeshi nationals while they were attempting to cross into India illegally through Putkhali border point here on Friday night.The arrestees hail from different areas of Narail, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts.Subedar of Putkhali…