A total of 459 answer sheets of recently concluded Primary School Certificate (PSC) examinations were burnt in a mysterious fire in sadar upazila complex on Saturday morning.The incident came to light on Sunday morning.
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Road accident kills two in Sylhet
Two people were killed and four others injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Tamabil Road in Sadar upazila last night.The deceased were identified Rafiq Miah, 45, a vegetable trader and Babul, 30, residents of the same area.
CMH doctor killed in Savar road accident
A doctor of Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka was killed as a bus rammed his motorcycle at Islampur on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district on Friday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sergeant Ibrahim Hossain, son of…
Flooded street in Chennai
If the runway of a city’s airport is built over a dry river, there is that once-in-a-lifetime possibility of the river running over its banks and flooding the airport.
Police arrests one RU Teacher
RU Correspondent Detective Branch (DB) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) unit have arrested Assistant Professor of Islamic History and Culture department of the Rajshahi University (RU) Dr. Amirul Islam from university concerned with area binodpur on Thursday at evening.
COU ‘Ka’, ‘Kha’ unit tests Friday
The admission tests of ‘Ka’ and ‘Kha’ units for the first year Honours courses of Comilla University (COU) for the academic session 2015-16 will be held on Friday.The ‘Ka’ unit test will begin at 10:00 am and ‘Kha’ unit test…
Narail-Lohagara-Kalna road in appalling state
The 19 kilometre road from Narail to Kalna via Lohagara has become woefully unfit for use barely two years after its reconstruction. Potholes have developed in numerous places of the road making it difficult for the vehicles to ply and…
Student killed in Satkhira road accident
A school student was killed in a road accident at Nazmul Saroni road in the district town on Thursday morning.The deceased was Sakibur Rahman, 14, a student of class eight of Satkhira Government Boys High School and son of Shamsur…
Khaleda sick, won’t be in court Thursday
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will not appear to court for hearing in the Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases Thursday. The hearing will be held at the Special Judge’s Court-3 of Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar setup on…
Rapist gets life behind bars in Gaibandha
A tribunal on Tuesday convicted a man and put him behind bars for life for raping a housewife in Sundarganj upazila in 2005.The convict identified as Khairul Islam, a resident of Bazarpara village of the upazila, was also fined Tk…
Proper enforcement of CRP Law stressed
Speakers at a seminar here yesterday emphasized the need for proper enforcement of the Consumers’ Rights Protection (CRP) Law for protecting the consumers’ rights together with freeing the human body from any food poisoning and other contamination.They observed that the…
2 more people testifies on Blogger Rajib murder case
Two more people testified before a court here on Tuesday in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case.
Cricketer Shahadat’s wife freed
Court Correspondent The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday granted bail to cricketer Shahadat Hossain Rajib’s wife Jesmin Jahan alias Nitya in a case filed for torturing her domestic help.
Minor boy killed in Sirajganj road crash
A physically challenged minor boy was killed in a road accident at Purba Khash Kawlia village in Chowhali upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 12, son of Shahidul Islam, a resident of Char Jajuria…
BAF recruits’ passing out parade held
The passing out parade of Recruits’ Entry No-43 of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was held at the Recruits’ Training School (RTS) at Shamshernagar here on Monday, said a press release of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).Senior Secretary of Ministry of Defence…
Nine shopkeepers fined in Manikganj
A mobile court fined nine shopkeepers on Monday for trading polythene paper in different markets here.Manikganj District Administration conducted an anti polythene drive at Beuthaghat Bazaar, Taraghat bazaar and Manikganj Bazaar today.
The verdict in the nine-year-old schoolboy Abu Sayeed murder case will be delivered on Monday.
10 injured in eviction drive at Tejgaon: Mayon seeks cooperation
At least 10 people suffered injuries as police sprayed rubber bullets during an eviction drive against an illegal truck stand and shops in the city’s Tejgaon area on Sunday.
2 police sent to jail for killing businessman
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday sent three persons including two Sub-inspectors of police to the jail in a case filed for killing a businessman in 2012.
BSS Director passes away
Md. Liakat Ali, one of the organizers of great Liberation War, Director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Editor of Khulna based the Daily Purbanchal died of a cardiac arrest at 12 last midnight (Saturday) at the Holy Family Hospital…
Army man killed 3 others injured in cannon blast during exercise
An army personnel was killed and three others injured from a cannon blast during the military’s winter exercise at Monkhali area in Ukhia upazila of the district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Khalil, Corporal of Bangladesh…
Coast Guard arrested 8 poachers
Members of Coast Guard arrested eight suspected poachers along with one deer and 1000 metre current net from Jaglar Char area in the Meghna River in Hatia upazila of the district on Saturday noon.
Altaf Mahmud elected president of BFUJ
Altaf Mahmud and Omar Faruk have been elected the president and the general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), a pro-Awami League association.
Chittagong Hill Tracts situation very sensitive, says Santu Larma
The overall situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has turned ‘very sensitive’ since the government ‘stalled’ the process of implementing the peace accord, the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) chief Santu Larma stated on Saturday.
Ctg slum fire kills 1
A young boy was killed and at least 50 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire which broke out at a slum in the city’s Agrabad-Mogpukurpar area on Friday night.The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Travel thru’ Benapole with handwritten passport closed
Travel has been stopped between two neighboring countries India and Bangladesh with handwritten passport through Benapole border from Thursday.The immigration authorities at Benapole check post put an end to the effectiveness of the handwritten passports for entering India from Bangladesh…
Man killed in Patuakhali trawler capsize
A man was killed and two others were injured as a timber-laden trawler capsized after being hit by a launch in the confluence of Lohalia and Laukadi rivers in PatuakhaliSadar upazila on early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jamal, hailing…
Strict enforcement of tobacco control law to safeguard juvenile stressed
Experts and stakeholders yesterday observed that proper enforcement of the amended tobacco control law has become indispensable to protect the young generation especially adolescents from the negative impacts of tobacco use particularly smoking.They told BSS that one of the strongholds…
BFUJ biennial election tomorrow
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) is set to stage tomorrow the biennial elections to elect a 56-member executive committee of the apex body of newsmen for the next two years.According to the commission constituted to conduct the election, the…