Speakers at a view-sharing meeting today unequivocally called for making the country’s education and the primary education in particular as the thrust sector for the sake of bringing dynamism in all the development sectors.Terming the education as power house they…
Detectives in a drive arrested an alleged terrorist along with a firearm and one round of bullet from Karbala area of the district town on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Korban Ali alias Poncha, son of Mohammad Ali, a…
A court here on Tuesday sent 14 BNP leaders and activists to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed for vandalising vehicles.Jakiganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Khairul Amin passed the order when the BNP leaders and activists appeared…
Police in a drive arrested a man along with a firearm, four rounds of bullet and a magazine from Rudrokundu area of Nachole upazila on Tuesday noon.The arrestee was identified as Shahadat Hossain, 45, son of Motiur Rahman, a resident…
Ethnic minority community members formed a human chain in the district town on Tuesday protesting the attack on two ethnic youths.
Two fishermen went missing as a trawler capsized in Saint Martin’s Island area of Teknaf upazila on Tuesday.
Mmebers of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered the body of a minor boy, who was missing from August 25, from an abandoned septic tank in Alaipur area of the district on Tuesday morning.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has filed two cases against 16 pirates who were killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab in the Sundarban.
The flood situation in several districts continued to worsen on Tuesday due to incessant rainfall over the last couple of days as well as onrush of water from the upstream.
Detectives in a drive arrested a young man along with 6,000 pieces of Yaba tablets on Chanpur-Comilla highway in Ghosherhat area of Sadar upazila on Sunday night.The arrestee was identified as Imran Hossain, 28, hailing from Moddhyarampur area of Satkania…
Armed robbers shot three people and looted Taka one crore at Mithachhara Bazar under Mirsarai upazila of the district on Sunday. The victims were identified as Emran Uddin, owner of three filling stations, his manager Jahangir Alam, 45, and driver…
A man was allegedly killed after being hit with a stick by his elder brother over a trifling matter at Dodanghi village in Manda upazila on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Ishhak Ali, 37, son of Nasir Uddin, a…
A passenger was killed on the spot and two others were injured when a Dhaka-bound covered van from North Bengal crashed a rickshaw van on Bhuapur link road on Bangabandhu Bridge highway here today.The victim was identified as Hazera Begum,65,…
A joint team of police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive seized a number of equipment used for making fake certificates from Topkhana area of the city on Saturday night. Being tipped off, a team of police led…
Police arrested three suspected members of an inter-district robber gang while they were selling gold ornaments at a shop at Ramgarh Bazar in Ramgarh upazila on Saturday afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Hemanto Marma, 35, son of Manik Marma,…
Army personnel arrested two young men along with 94 pieces of Yaba tablet and two bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Bazar area in Manikchhari upazila on Friday night.The arrestees were identified as Parvej Hossain,25, publicity secretary of the upazila…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a young man in possession of one foreign-made pistol, four magazines and 10 rounds of bullet from Dadanchak Adina College More area in Shibganj upazila on Friday.The arrestee was identified as Benjir Ali,25,…
Eight shops and three houses were gutted in a fire at Chaumuhoni under Baghaichori upazila of the district last night.
A college girl died from snakebite at Tengrakhali village in Sadar upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Shilpi Khatun, student of Shahid Smrity College and daughter of Ful Gazi of the village.
At least 30 people were injured, 15 of them with bullets, as they locked in clash with robbers during a robbery incident in a bus at Burni in Companiganj upazila on Thursday midnight.
A local Jubo Dal leader was hacked to death by some miscreants at Siladi in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.
Police recovered the body of a woman, who had remained missing from Thursday night, from a pond at Borai village in Kaliganj upazila on Friday morning.
Two lovers have allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves with a single scarf from a tree at Bhumurdia village in Sadar upazila.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have detained an alleged drug-trader and seized eight kilograms of ganja from Haldibona area under Paba Upazila of the district last night, RAB sources here said this morning.On a tip-off, a team of the…
A man was killed as a truck ran over him in Bhogobanpur area of sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Mainul Haque, 60, son of Gudhu Mondol, a resident of the area.
Police in a drive arrested a man along with three petrol bombs and bomb making material from Monohorpur village in Tarash upazila on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Ziaur Rahman, 32, son of Sobder Ali, a resident of the village.
Police recovered the body of a schoolboy with the throat slashed from a jute field at Katakhali village in Sariakandi upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Shohag, 7, son of Nakumuddin, hailing from Katakhali village.
An alleged thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Noudapara village in Kushtia sadar upazila on early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Taslim Uddin Khan, 35, son of Tabir Uddin Khan, hailing from Khejurtala village. Locals said Taslim…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested three Indian citizens for intruding into Bangladesh territory along with 1,100 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Mirganj border area in Bagha upazila of the district on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as…
A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband at Ghion village in Nachole upazila early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Serina Begum,52, wife of Hajrat Ali, a resident of the village.