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Crude bomb recovered from RU dormitory
RU Correspondent Police have recovered a crude bomb from Shaheed Meer Abdul Quayum International Dormitory of Rajshahi University (RU) where many foreign students reside.
One burnt to death in Noakhali
Miscreants set fire on a house and an old man was burnt alive at Chayani-Tagba under Chatkhil Municipality under Noakhali district on Monday morning.The victim was identified as Siddiqullah, 80, son of Azharullah of the same area. Siddiqullah was the…
‘Forest robber’ held with 23 firearms, 1,523 bullets in Sundarbans
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a member of a forest robber gang in possession of 23 firearms and 1,523 rounds of bullet from Badurjhola Khal of the Sundarbans West Zone in Koyra upazila on Monday night.The arrestee was…
Tavella was killed to put govt under pressure: Police
Police say the murder of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella inside Dhaka’s diplomatic zone was aimed at putting the government under international pressure.The assailants’ plan was to ‘murder any white person’ to lead the other countries to believe that ‘Bangladesh…
Food factories fined Tk 1.3 lakh by BSTI in Rajshahi
The regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against the manufacturing of substandard and adulterated food and fined owners of some food factories Taka 1.3 lakh in the metropolis on Sunday.According to the officials concerned,…
Muggers stab trader, loot Tk 7 lakh in Sylhet
Muggers stabbed a trader and looted Tk 7 lakh in Barutkhan area in the city on Sunday afternoon.The injured were identified as Shamsuddin, son of Abdus Salam, a resident of Khalail village in Companyganj upazila and owner of Ferdous Stone…
4 nabbed over Tavella’s murder
Police on Monday claimed a major breakthrough over the Sep 28 murder of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella, saying they have detained some of those involved in the killing.The four detained are ‘Russel’ aka Vagne Rusel, ‘Rubel’ aka Shooter Rubel,…
Ashura blast case transferred to DB
The case filed over Saturday’s bomb explosions at Huseni Dalan, the Shia community’s headquarters in old part of Dhaka city, has been transferred to Detective Branch of police.
Max VOIP calls generates through Teletalk
State-run mobile phone operator Teletalk’s SIM cards are widely used in illegal Voice over Internet Protocol(VoIP) business as it is not complying with the telecom regulator’s directives to prevent illegal call termination and fake registration, according to a BTRC letter.
6 killed,5 injured in accident at Habiganj
Six people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts on Saturday morning.
ASI killed in the city yesterday
Miscreants stabbed to death an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Darus Salam Police Station in the city’s Gabtali area on Thursday night.
Journalist Nizam Uddin dies
M Nizam Uddin, a Jatiya Press Club member and a consultant editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), died at a hospital in Canada on Wednesday. He was 69.
Minor boy drowns in pond in Rajshahi
A minor boy drowned in a pond at Gandagohali village in Puthia upazila on Monday.The deceased was identified as Abdullah,5, son of Abul Kalam of the village.
Woman, daughter killed as their house set afire in Jhenaidah
A woman and her daughter were burnt to death and two others injured as miscreants set their house afire at Faraspur village in Kaliganj upazila early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Taslima,45, wife of Chan Miah of the village, and…
World Statistics Day observed in Gaibandha
World Statistics Day-2015 was celebrated in the district as elsewhere in the country and the globe yesterday with a call to formulate social and economic plans for a sustainable development of the nation.This year’s theme of the day is ‘Better…
Effective social movement for preventing corruption stressed
There is no alternative to launching an effective social movement, involving everybody, against corruption for further accelerating development in building a corruption-free developed Bangladesh.Zila Parishad Administrator and Acting President of district Awami League Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed said this while addressing…
Section 144 imposed in Naogaon
The local administration imposed section 144 at Reba Akter Alim Madrasa ground and its adjacent areas in Manda upazila for 12 hours from Monday morning as two local groups of BNP called their programmes at the same venue and time…
Minor boy killed in road accident in Faridpur
A minor boy was killed in a road accident in Soadi bus stand area on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Bhanga upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Hafizul Sheikh, 9, son of Akmal Sheikh, a resident of Soadi…
5 members of CNG snatcher gang held in Ctg
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) on Friday morning arrested five members of a CNG auto rickshaw snatchers’ gang in connection with the snatching incident that took place on June 24 last.The arrested were identified as gang leader Imtiaj Uddin Saimon, 24,…
Wildfire kills seven Indonesian hikers
Seven hikers were killed and two others suffered severe burns when a wildfire broke out on a mountain on Indonesia’s main island of Java, an official said Monday. The group was climbing on Mount Lawu when the accident took place…
2 wild elephants killed in Jamalpur
Two wild elephants were killed at a frontier village in Dewanganj upazila of the district on Saturday night.According to police the wild elephants were electrocuted at the village Makhanerchar under Dewanganj upazila in the district about 500 to 700 yards…
Train crash kills man in Rajbari
A sexagenarian man was crushed to death under the wheels of a running train in Panchuria rail station area of the district town on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Abdus Samad Sheikh,60, a resident of Andharmanik village in Goalanda…
Indefinite bus strike begins in Nilphamari
An indefinite bus strike enforced by the bus owners and workers on six routes of the district protesting the beating of a bus helper began on Sunday.Bus Malik-Shramik Okya Parishad, an association of transport owners and workers, announced the strike…
Two children drown in Barisal ponds
Two minor children drowned in ponds in separate incidents in Jobsen area and Bakal village in Agailjhara upazila on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Mahin Sarder, 2, son of Abdul Alim, a resident of Jobsen area, and Angkan Das,…
Secretaries of diff. ministries held meeting on Padma bridge
A meeting of secretaries of different ministries was held on the bank of the Padma River here Saturday, the first of its kind outside the capital, with special focus on different aspects of the much-hyped Padma multipurpose bridge project.
Special initiative from DMP for Durga Puja
Dhaka-Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will start special drive in the capital from early Sunday to ensure smooth observances of Durga puja as well as the Holy Muharram.
Fakhrul flies to Singapore for treatment
Meanwhile, BNP acting secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for Singapore for medical check-up.