Dhaka – Two people were killed and five others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch after being hit by a tree on Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Saddam Market in Signboard area of the city on Friday.
Category: Districts
JMB man jailed for 5 years in Jessore
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced a member of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to five years imprisonment in a case filed over the incident of countrywide near simultaneous bomb blasts on August 17, 2005.The…
4 business establishments fined Tk 24,000 in Sylhet
Dhaka – Members of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (NCRP) on Thursday fined Tk 24,000 to four business establishments for various reasons.
90 arrested in Jessore anti-terrorism drive
Dhaka – Police in a special anti-militancy drive arrested 90 people in Jessore district from Wednesday night in Jessore to Thursday noon.During the drive, two bombs and two jihadi books were also recovered.
Woman killed in Sherpur road mishap
Dhaka – A housewife was killed in a road accident as a motorbike ran over her in Nayabil area of Nalitabari upazila in Sherpur on Wednesday.
3 held with 37 tonnes fertilizer in Jessore
Dhaka – Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested three alleged smugglers and seized a truck with 740 sacks of government subsidised fertilizer from Churamati Bazar of Sadar upazila in Jessore on Wednesday.
30 Jamaat men held in Chapainawabganj
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested 30 alleged members of Jamaat-e-Islami from a multilevel marketing company office in Arambagh area of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.
BCL leader held in Sylhet
Dhaka – Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Sylhet city unit in an extortion case from his Sagardighi residence in Sylhet on Wednesday night.The arrestee was identified as Moudud alias Aminur Riaz Moudud, an executive member…
2 ‘muggers’ held while fleeing with booty
Dhaka – Police arrested two suspected muggers while fleeing after snatching valuables from a rickshaw passenger in the city’s Uttara area early Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Md Swapan, 32, and Abul Kashem, 40.Three muggers in a private car took…
1 to die, 2 get jail terms for killing Keraniganj boy
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death and two other people to separate jail terms for killing a minor boy after abduction in Keraniganj.The condemned convict, Khorshed Alam, was tried in absentia. The court also…
Woman killed in Keraniganj road accident
Dhaka – A woman was killed in a road accident in Nazirerbagh area of South Keraniganj thana, on the outskirts of the capital, on Wednesday morning.
Jhenidah drug peddler jailed for 8 months
Dhaka – A mobile court on Tuesday sentenced a drug peddler to eight months imprisonment for selling hemp illegally at Bhatai Bazar in Shailkupa upazila.
Jhenidah 7th grader faces death threat after launching social site
Dhaka – Abrar Nur Arnab, a Class-VII student of Jhenidah Govt Boys’ High School, has developed and launched a Facebook-like social networking site, posttouch.com.However, the achievement of the little boy has earned anxiety for his family as the hackers, online…
Schoolgirl commits ‘suicide’ in Benapole
Dhaka – A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Narayanpur village in Benapole Port Police Station in Jessore on Tuesday.The deceased was Asha Basu, 14, a class VII student of Benapole Marium Memorial Girls’ School in Benapole and daughter…
Legal notice against judicial inquiry of Langadu attacks
Dhaka – Nicolas Chakma, a Supreme Court lawyer on Monday served a legal notice on government for forming a judicial enquiry committee to determine whether there was any negligence of local administration in protecting the people of Longadu Upazila of…
3 killed in Comilla road crashes
Dhaka-Three people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents at Kalakochua and Poduar bazar area on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla on Tuesday.Police said Md Kamrul Hasan, headmaster of Suhilpur Primary School and an unidentified man were killed…
Champions Trophy: Bangladesh to face India in 2nd semi Thursday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will play defending champions India in the 2nd semifinal of the eight-nation ICC Champions Trophy at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Thursday.The match between the two sub-continent rivals will begin at 3:30pm Bangladesh time.
Heavy rainfall likely at Ctg
Dhaka – Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at places over Chittagong division during next 24 hours from 5pm on Tuesday under the influence of South West monsoon. -UNB
Hillslides in 3 dists; death toll jumps to 85
Dhaka – At least 85 people, including six army personnel and children, were killed and three went missing in separate incidents of hillslides triggered by heavy rains in Bandarban, Chittagong and Rangamati districts early Tuesday. -UNB
4 killed in Bandarban landslides 2 missing
Dhaka – At least four people, including three minor siblings, were killed and a woman along with her daughter went missing in separate incidents of landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Sadar upazila in Bandarban early Tuesday.
OC among 2 killed in Narsingdi road crash
Dhaka – Two people, including officer-in-charge of Khatihata Highway Police Station in Brahmanbaria, were killed as a private car carrying them collided with a trolley on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila here in Narsingdi on Monday.The deceased were identified as…
Rangamati landslide kills two
Dhaka-Two children were killed in separate incidents of landslide in Rangamati town and Kaptai in Rangamati on Monday.The deceased were identified as Naima Aktar, 5, daughter of Shahjahan of Rangamati sadar upazila and Md Ramjan Ali, 8, son of Md…
Noakhali boat capsize: missing fisherman found dead
Dhaka – Body of a fisherman, who went missing as a fishing boat capsized in the Meghna River amid a storm on Sunday, was recovered in Noakhali on Monday.The deceased was identified as Enayet, 18.
BD national shot dead by BSF in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi national was reportedly shot to death by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Rokonpur border in Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj on Monday.
Man ‘commits suicide’ stabbing wife in Satkhira
Dhaka – A man allegedly committed suicide after stabbing his wife at Ghona village in Islamkati union of Tala upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Akhter Ali Morol, son of Gohor Ali Morol of the village.Hasan Hafizur Rahman,…
Cops cordon off ‘militant den’ in Rajshahi, 3 held
Dhaka – Law enforcers detained three alleged militants, including two siblings, from a suspected hideout they cordoned off at Dangapara village in Tanore upazila in Rajshahi early Monday.The detainees are — two siblings Ibrahim and Ishrafil and Robiul.Subit Chowdhury, additional…
2 get life term for raping indigenous woman in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A court here on Sunday convicted two men and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for abducting and raping an indigenous woman in 2014.The convicts were identified as Ariful Islam, 30, son of Delshad, and Ziaur, 32, son…
50 houses gutted in Panchargarh fire
Dhaka – Around 50 houses of 16 families were gutted in a fire that broke out at Dangabari village in Sadar upazila in Panchagarh early Sunday. Witnesses said the fire originated from the kitchen of a house in the early…
50 houses gutted in Panchargarh fire
Dhaka, Jun 11 – Around 50 houses of 16 families were gutted in a fire that broke out at Dangabari village in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh district early Sunday.
Rangamati JL Leader murder: 2 make confessional statement
Dhaka – Two young men, arrested in connection with the killing of a Jubo League leader in Rangamati, made confessional statements before a court here on Sunday.Chief Judicial Magistrate Rokeya Akter recorded the statements of the two arrestees—Runel Chakma and…