At least 20 fire incidents took place in different areas of the city due to short circuits in electric transformers as a nor’wester blew over the capital on Sunday evening.
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15 hurt in pre-election violence in Jhenidah
At least 15 people were injured in two separate incidents of clashes centering electioneering ahead of the union parishad (UP) election in Sadar upazila on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Hasina Market fire put out
After nearly two hours of hectic efforts, firefighters brought the fire that broke out at Hasina Market in the city’s Karwan Bazar area under control around 9:55 pm on Sunday.
Schoolgirl killed in Gazipur road crash
Gazipur – A school girl was killed in a road accident on Shafipur-Phulbaria road in Kaliakair upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Nilufa Akter, a class V student of Jenik PL School and daughter…
2 construction workers electrocuted in city
Dhaka – Two workers were electrocuted while working at an under-construction building in the city’s Dilkhusa area on Sunday.The victims were identified as Swapan, 18, a construction worker and son of Amirul of Gaibandha, and Abdul Halim, 30, a rickshaw-van…
Madrasah teacher held for quizzing over Nikhil murder
Police detained a madrasah teacher for quizzing in connection with the killing of Hindu tailor Nikhil Joarder.
3 burned in city hot water attack
Three people, including a trader, suffered burn injuries when a local criminal reportedly threw hot water on them in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka on Friday for the refusal to pay him toll.
Truck, pickup collide hurting 28 cops in Barisal
Dhaka – Twenty-eight members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) were injured when a pickup van carrying them slammed into a roadside tree after a head-on collision with a truck on the Dhaka-Barisal highway in Chhoymile area of Babuganj upazila on…
Rana Plaza, charge framing on May 15
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed May 15 for framing charges in the murder case filed in connection with the collapse of Rana Plaza building that claimed lives of 1,136 garment workers.
Charge framing in Rana Plaza murder case on May 15
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday fixed May 15 for framing charges against 42 accused in a murder case filed over Rana Plaza collapse, unb news agency reported. Dhaka District and Sessions Judge SM Kuddus Jaman set the date…
Shafiq sent to jail after 5 day remand
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent veteran journalist Shafik Rehman to the jail after his second five-day remand in a case filed for his alleged involvement in a plot to kidnap and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son…
16 DSCC officials temporarily suspended
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has temporarily suspended 16 taxation and deputy taxation officers for negligence of duty. Six are taxation officers while the remaining 10 are deputy taxation officers, according to DSCC Public Relations Officer Uttam Kumar Roy. Dhaka,…
Three alleged ‘robbers’ lynched by mob in Chittagong
Dhaka – Three suspected robbers were lynched in a mob attack in Uttar Kathtali Beribandh area of the port city of Chittagong, about 300 kilometres southeast of Dhaka early Wednesday, unb news agency reported. Two of the deceased were identified…
4 of a family electrocuted in Sunamganj
Dhaka – Four members of a family died from electrocution at Ramdighi village in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj on Tuesday morning, unb news agency reported.
Four of a family electrocuted
Sunamganj – Four members of a family died from electrocution at Ramdighi village in Dharmapasha upazila on Tuesday morning.
Mahmudur Rahman on remand
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday granted five days’ remand of Daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed for making a plot to kidnap and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
Minister warns against irregularities in rice procurement
Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Monday said stern action will be taken against those to be found involved in irregularities in rice and paddy procurement during this Boro season. The Food Minister came up with the warning at a press…
Chakma Rajmata Aroti Roy no more
Rangamati – Chakma Rajmata Aroti Roy Chakma, wife of late Raja Tridiv Roy, died early Monday. She was 81.
Norwegian F16 jet opens fire at control tower
The Norwegian Air Force has been left feeling awkward after one of its F-16 jets on a drill mistakenly opened fire on a control tower with three officers who were inside at the time of the mock attack, it was…
Elephant kills one in Jamalpur
Jamalpur – A young man was killed and another injured in an attack by a wild elephant at Satanipara in Bakshiganj upazila early Monday.
Four-storey building tilts in Narayanganj
Dhaka – A four-storey building tilted towards an adjacent building at Pashchim Deobhog in Fatullah area of Narayanganj on Sunday.
Unregistered SIMs, RUIMs await deactivation: Tarana
SIMs and RUIMs which will remain unregistered after April 30 will be deactivated shortly after the deadline, said State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Sunday. “At first, the unregistered SIMs will be deactivated for three hours on…
2 killed in Chittagong road crash
Chittagong -Two people were killed when a private car overturned at Sonapahar in Mirsarai upazila on Saturday morning.Farid Uddin, in-charge of Joralganj police camp, said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound private car from Chittagong skidded off the road as…
Progress in RMG working environment slow: CPD
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, on Saturday said there has been some sort of improvement in the country’s RMG sector working environment after the Rana Plaza tragedy, but the progress is slow. The CPD came…
Five killed in Narayanganj road crashes
Dhaka – Five people were killed and 30 others injured in road accidents in Sonargaon and Fatullah of the city on Friday. Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a battery-run…
One killed, 20 injured in Sunamganj nor’wester
Sunamganj – A woman was killed and at least 20 others injured as a nor’wester lashed Chhatak and Jagannathpur upazilas of the district on Thursday evening.The deceased was identified as Anwara Begum, 39, wife of Sundor Ali of Char Moholla…
“Dainik Inqilab” newsman walk to jail
Court Correspondent The Cyber Crime Tribunal of Dhaka on Thursday sent a special correspondent of the Dainik Inqilab to the jail in a case filed for publishing a ‘false report’ against an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of police.
Youth dies from snakebite in Jessore
Benapole -A young man died after receiving a snakebite at Panchbaria village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night.The deceased, Rabiul Islam,30, son of Elias Hossain, a resident of Hashimpur Bazar area of the upazila, is a rickshaw-van…
Bullet-hit body of Jhenaidah student found in Chuadanga
Dhaka – The police recovered bullet-riddled body of a college student from Kharagoda in Chuadanga sadar on Wednesday morning. The victim was identified as Sahanur Rahman Sahan, 20, son of Mohsin Ali, a resident of village Ishwarba in Kaliganj of…
2 buses’ collision kills 10 in Rangpur
Rangpur – At least 10 people, including two women, were killed and more than 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Teromile on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Taraganj upazila on Wednesday morning. Identities of the deceased…