DU Correspondent At least eighteen students of Dhaka University (DU) were injured as panic gripped the residential area after a strong earthquake hit different parts of Bangladesh on early Monday.
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Minor boy electrocuted in Chandpur
A minor boy died from electrocution at Shahbajkandi village in Matlab North upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Talha, 2, son of Shahabuddin Mridha, a resident of the village.
Old man killed in M’singh road crash
A sexagenarian man was killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shambhuganj Raghobpur on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Kutub…
One died in earthquake
A young boy died while rushing out of his Dhaka residence during the earthquake that jolted Bangladesh, India and Myanmar early Monday.The deceased is Atiqur Rahman, 23, a resident of city’s Jurain area. His neighbour Rahman said Atiqur fell sick…
29 BD nationals returned from India
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 29 Bangladeshi nationals, including four children and eight women, to Border Guard Bangldesh (BGB) through Benapole Check post on Saturday night.
Clash between 2 groups of BNP
Several people were injured during a chase and counter-chase between BNP and ‘Ashol BNP’ in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in the city on Saturday.
Abducted girl rescued in Savar
Police in a drive rescued a young girl, who had been reportedly abducted by a young man on December 25, from a house at Majidpur in Hemayetpur early Friday.
“Muspana” the env friendly cooking stove launched
Filament Engineering Ltd (FEL), a local engineering firm, has launched environmentally friendly clean cooking stoves for rural people to replace their conventional stoves that use biomass which mainly comes from fuelwood.
Election of 13 Municipals of Rajshahi held through chaos and indisipline
RU Correspondent The election of 13 Municipals of Rajshahi held through clash, chaos and life-threathening. During the occurring polls BNP candid was battered by his rival of Awami league in Taherpur municipal while local Awami league leaders burnt the election…
Police submit charge sheet on Shahadat’s wife case
Court Correspondent Police on Tuesday submitted charge sheet against suspended national cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Jesmin Jahan Nitto in a case filed for torturing their minor domestic help.
University students killed in Trishal highway
Two students of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University were killed in a road accident in Dorirampur area on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh on Monday evening.The deceased are Abdullah Al Mamun, 20, first year student of computer…
3 ‘robbers’ held in Sylhet
Locals caught three suspected robbers while they were allegedly preparing to commit a robbery at a jewelry shop in Ambarkhana area of the city early Monday.Sensing the presence of the robbers at jewelry shop, ‘Ma Jewelers’, at Barkatia Market in…
2 JMB men killed in Gazipur ‘gunfight’
Two suspected members of the banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were reportedly killed in a gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Jugitola area near Bypass Road in city on Sunday night.The identity of the deceased…
RAB kills JMB militants at Gazipur
RAB says it has gunned down two ‘militants’ in a raid at Bhogrha in Gazipur.The elite police unit busted what it says was a ‘militant hideout’ tucked away into an abandoned house at Jogitola near Gazipur-Chittagong bypass on Sunday midnight.RAB…
BGB will deploy from Dec 28 to 31
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will remain deployed from Monday in all the municipalities that are set to go to polls on December 30.
JMB caught in Chittagong
Detectives in a drive arrested three suspected members of the banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and seized huge arms, bomb making substance and 12 sets of army uniforms from Aman Bazar area of city.The drive began on Saturday morning…
Youth held with fake currency notes in C’nawabganj
Police arrested a young man in possession of fake currency notes amounting to Tk 75,000 from Gopalpur in Shibganj upazila on Friday.The arrestee was identified as Shafiullah, 23, son of Mansur of the village.
Four burnt in balloon cylinder blast in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Four peoples have been burnt in a cylinder blast at the Rajshahi Cadet College (RCC), about 300 kilometres northwest of Dhaka. The accident occurred at the time of making the baloon with gas from the cyllinder on Saturday…
Popular Bangladeshi film actress Diti on life support
Popular Bangladeshi film actress Parvin Sultana Diti has been kept on life support at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Madras Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology (MIOT) hospital. Lamia, daughter of the ailing actress who had a brain surgery on…
BCL activists cause mayhem in Laxmipur
Local Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) activists allegedly went on rampage and ransacked the house of BNP-backed mayoral candidate Roman Hossain Patowary of Ramganj municipality on Friday.Roman Hossain Patowary said a group of 10-15 members of BCL activists stormed into his…
Christmas Day celebrated in Ctg
Christmas Day, the biggest religious festival of the Christians community marking the birth of Jesus Christ, was celebrated in the port city as elsewhere in the country with huge festivity and fanfare.Churches and adjoining areas were decorated with colorful tiny…
Suicide bomb attack in Rajshahi
A man was killed in a blast while exploding bomb in a mosque of Ahmadia community at Bagmara upazila in Rajshahi during Jumaa prayers on Friday.Many people, members of 15-16 families of Ahmadia community in the Syedpur Bokpara neighbourhood, were…
BGB & Coast Guard to deploy in Dec 30 polls
Alongside the regular law enforcement agencies, a platoon of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be deployed on election duty in each of 102 municipalities for four days from December 28 to 31.
16,039 hectares land brought under mustard cultivation
Farmers of Panchagarh district cultivated mustard on 16,039 hectares of land this year with the production target of 18,055 tons of mustard.District Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said five varieties of mustard seeds like BARI-9,BINA-5,BINA-8,BARI-15, BARI-14 were distributed among the…
Deadly fire rips through Saudi hospital – 25 killed, 100 hurt
At least 25 killed and more than 100 injured in blaze in Jizan, which began on floor housing ICU and maternity ward. At least 25 people have been killed and 107 injured in a fire at a hospital in Jizan,…
Raid on suspected JMB militant at Mirpur
Police and RAB personnel have started a raid on a house at Dhaka’s Mirpur, on information that it was used as a hideout by militants of the Jamaat’ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesperson Jahangir Alam told bdnews24.com that the…
50 shanties catch by fire at agargaon
A fire was caught at a slum gutting a least 50 shanties in the city’s Tejgaon Silpanchal area on Wednesday afternoon.
Partial cross-exam against MP Bodi’s case
Court Correspondent The defence lawyers of the graft case against Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi on Wednesday partially cross-examined ACC Deputy Director Abdus Sobhan.
9 shops gutted in Jhenaidah
At least nine shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Nangolband Bazar in Shailkupa upazila early Wednesday. Locals said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop around 1pm and it soon engulfed eight…
Youth electrocuted in Jessore
A young man died from electrocution in Bostapotti area of Jessore town early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Alim Hossain, 22, son of Jinnat Hossain, a resident of Kasba Kanthaltala area.