Category: Nation

A mobile court here on Wednesday fined and jailed five gamblers at Jogirbhaban village of Paikor union under Kahalu upazila of Bogra district.

Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, eminent journalist of the country, was appointed as Information Affairs Adviser to Awami League president Sheikh Hasina.

Police arrested two alleged terrorists in possession of 18 pieces of Yaba tablet and two powerful hand bombs from Bejpara area in the district town early Wednesday.

Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins Thursday.

Despite the Public Service Commission’s PSC’s decision to review the results of the 34the BCS preliminary examinations,  the students from various educational institutions on Wednesday vowed to continue their movement until the quota system in government jobs is abolished and…

Once famed for their educational standards, schools in Sylhet have lost their dignity, with the quality of education a far cry from what was expected earlier, guardians of students say.

A mobile court here on Tuesday fined owners of six shops a total of Tk1.10 lakh in the district town for selling polythene bags illegally.

Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, will begin on Thursday as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh sky on Tuesday.

Tough security measures have been taken by the police to ensure safety of people and keep streets free from gridlock during the upcoming Ramzan month and subsequent festival Eid-ul-Fitr in Sylhet.

Local people caught two abductors from Mundumala Bazaar area under Tanore thana during their bid to abduct a madrasha student around 12-00 noon on Sunday.

Border Guard Bangladesh personnel on Saturday night seized about 2 kilograms of heroin worth about Tk 2 crore raiding an intercity train going towards Khulna from Rajshahi.

Four pirates were killed in a mob attack after a gunfight between rival pirate-groups in the Meghna estuary at Char Jahiruddin-Teliar Char area under Tajumuddin upazila on Saturday night.

Rajshahi University (RU), the second largest educational institution of the country, celebrated its 60th founding anniversary amid enthusiasm and fanfare through various programmes on RU campus Saturday.

Police in separate drives arrested five men along with one revolver and 1,665 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Bangabandhu Bridge area of the district early Saturday.

Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport recovered 25 kilograms of gold worth about TK 9 crore from a Biman flight on Saturday noon.

Claiming that the Gazipur City Corporation polls were free and fair, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Saturday urged the candidates to accept the results showing respect to the people’s mandate.

Several strong syndicates have long been smuggling goods through the Sylhet Railway Station as a safe route to different parts of the country.

A total of 30,550 hectares of land have been brought under jute cultivation in all four upazilas of the district in the current season.

Fifty-one thousand four hundred and seventy distressed women engaged in a project related to rural economic growth and poverty reduction across the country have turned jobless with completion of the project.

The World Sports Journalists Day was observed through a colourful procession, discussion followed by honouring of six elderly Sportsman of the district at the Bogra Press Club on Tuesday at noon. The six sportsmen are the forerunner of Bogra Cricket…

At least 10 persons including seven BGB members were injured in a clash among BGB members and smugglers at Anantapur border under Phulbari upazila in Kurigram district at 9.30 pm on Tuesday.

The Election Commission has finalised delimitation of constituencies ahead of the tenth parliamentary elections.Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad told journalists that gazette notification formalising the delimitation will be out “within today.”

Revenue income at Benapole land port has largely declined in the fiscal year 2012-13 due to various reasons, including alleged harassment at the customs house and rise in smuggling.

The students of Barisal Nursing College continuing their agitation programmes for the tenth day on Monday boycotting classes started hunger strike till death in the campus to press home their six-point demands.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Sunday said the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility was suspended due to poor working conditions in garments and tragic incidents at Rana Plaza and Tajreen Garment.

A court here on Sunday sentenced a woman to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for possessing heroin.

The Rajshahi regional committee of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation (BSPSF) enforced an indefinite strike in eight northern districts of Rajshahi division on Monday to press home their 10-point demand.

Sudden attack of grasshoppers on sugarcane fields in Madhukhali of the district has sent chills down several hundred farmers’ spine in the upazila recently.

Train movement on the two routes—Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet—resumed on Monday morning after a halt of nearly three hours.