Police arrested three people, including a woman, in possession of 1,000 Yaba tablets, 27 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and one pistol from Dhulirpar village in Daudkandi upazila early Saturday.The arrestees were identified as Jahangir Alam, son of Sadek Hossain, a…
The Coast Guard personnel seized 10 lakh meters of banned current net in a drive from river Meghna under Hizla upazila of Barisal district on Wednesday.Acting on a tip off, the members of the Coast Guard conducted the drive at…
Police rescued three boys three hours into their abduction at Jawabazar in Chhatak upazila on Wednesday night.Family sources said some unidentified miscreants picked up three boys Emon, 13, son of Ubayer Miah of Wagekhali, Akash, 12, son of Kadnas Miah…
Three Bangladeshi young women returned home from India on Wednesday, after languishing in a jail there for two and a half years. Border Security Force (BSF) of India handed them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Benapole checkpost at…
Two housewives allegedly committed suicide in two separate incidents in Singra and Baraigram upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.In Singra upazila, Jannati Begum, wife of Rubel Hossain of Agpara village, committed suicide by hanging herself form the ceiling of…
Police arrested two young men in possession of one foreign-made pistol and one round of bullet from Guripara area in the city on Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Qamrul Islam Moon, 27, son of Anwar Hossain, a resident of Zinnanagar…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 in a drive recovered 183 bottles of phensidyl from South Jhiltuli area of the town on Tuesday.According to RAB sources, acting on secret information, members of RAB-8 led by Assistant Police Md. Hafizul Islam…
The construction works of the long-awaited Khoksha Ghaghot Bridge at Taka 1.42 crore has begun on the Mirganj Road here under Ward No-32 in the city.Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu inaugurated the…
A newly constructed Kalidhaho bridge on Kalidhaho river under Debiganj upazila of the district was inaugurated on Monday afternoon.Advocate Nurul Islam Sujon, MP, formally inaugurated the 70 meter long and 5 meter wide bridge at a simple function as the…
Speakers at a post-rally discussion have mentioned that vitamin A supplement is essential for the normal functioning of the visual system alongside freeing the society from various problems including eyesight and night blindness.They also stressed the need for vitamin enriched…
Police arrested a regional leader of the outlawed party, ‘Purba Banglar Communist Party’, from Pachuria Andhar Manik village in Rajbari Sadar upazila on Monday afternoon.
Police arrested 10 people on charge of killing a businessman and his wife in the residence at Durgapur upazila of the district on last Friday.Police said, on information, a police team of Durgapur police station recovered the slaughtered bodies of…
Export and import activities at Bhomra land port here resumed on Monday after a seven-day vacation on the occasion of Durga Puja.
Three workers died after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank at Modhyam Charpara village in Companyganj upazila on Monday morning.The deceased were identifie as Zafor 25, son of Sheikh Ahmed, Zafor, 30, son of Mofiz Ullah and Babul, 26,…
A young man went missing while crossing the Bater Khal river near Baratuka Aliganj Bazar in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj on Sunday.The missing was identified as Rasel Ahmad, 17, son of Askar Ali, a resident of Baratuka village of the…
Police in a drive arrested an alleged criminal along with five bombs from Chachra Raipara area in Sadar upazila on Sunday night. The arrested was identified as Chanchal Rahman, son of Hossain, a resident of the area. He is accused…
The local administration has slapped section 144 in Dharmapasha upazila as two groups of local BNP called separate meetings at the same venue and same time.
Six people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts on Saturday morning.
Dhaka-Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 24,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets and arrested two alleged drug dealers along with a private car from Lalpole area of Feni on Thursday night.
Four day labourers were killed as a bus knocked down a rickshaw van in Mollarpul area on the Dhaka-Mawa highway in South Keraniganj upazila on Wednesday night.
At least 50 people, including women, were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land-related dispute at Maonpur village in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday evening.
State Minister for Social Welfare Advocate Promod Mankin distributed cattle among 45 ultra poor ethnic people of Haluaghat upazila of the district on Monday..Caritas, an international NGO, Mymensingh Regional office organised the distribution ceremony under the Arshebad project for making…
Right to food and food security must be ensured as a prerequisite for ensuring human rights for every citizen everywhere around the globe.NGO executives expressed the opinion at a views-sharing meeting organised by district unit of Right to Food Bangladesh…
Collective efforts of all government and non-government agencies concerned including the community people has become an urgent need for attaining hundred percent sanitation coverage for the sake of freeing people from various air and water borne diseases.To this end, time…
A court here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing his son in 2010.The convict was identified as Atahar Ali, 55, son of Hossain Ali, a resident of Deulbari Dobra village in Najirpur…
man died and five fell seriously sick after taking rectified spirit in Pouro area of Monirampur upazila on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Mona Datta, 28, son of Monilal Datta, resident of Hakoba village of the upazila and a…
Police arrested 113 persons including five activists of BNP and Jamaat conducting raids in different areas of eight upazilas of the district from Saturday night to Sunday morning .Among the arrested persons two are activists of BNP and three are…
A mobile court of Chittagong District Administration today seized huge quantity of government medicines, contraband Indian medicines and physicians’ samples from 10 pharmacies from city’s Panchlaish and Nasirabad area and fined four pharmacies Taka 20 thousand.Assistant Commissioner of Chittagong District…
Police recovered the body of a minor boy from Bottoli village in Gobindaganj upazila early Sunday after two days of her abduction.The deceased was identified as Yanur Shahriar Nasim, 7, son of Zafirul, a resident of the village.Police said Yanur…
Miscreants damaged four idols at Babulia Temple, meant for the upcoming Durga Puja, in Sadar upazila early Sunday.Locals said the incident came to light when devotees went to the temple in the morning and found four idols, including one of…