A court here on Tuesday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment for killing a young man in 2009.
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Human chains formed in Gopalganj
Separate human chains were formed in the district town today demanding trial of the killers of the four freedom fighters.
Cooperative movement for women empowerment stressed
Speakers at a views-sharing meeting have stressed for successful cooperative movement in the community based organisations (CBOs) for empowerment of the rural women, their economic uplift and preventing social curses.
Call for ensuring legal aid to oppressed women
Speakers at a reflection workshop have stressed for making women’s legal rights a reality in Bangladesh through reaching legal aid services to the victims of domestic violence and repression.
BCL activists assault DUJA president, 2 DU students
DU Journalists’ Association president and two DU students were assaulted and beaten up reportedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Dhaka University’s Mohsin hall unit as they protested the assault of a female student of the university on Monday…
One killed, 4 missing as trawler capsizes in Brahmanbaria
At least one person is dead as an overloaded trawler has sank in the Meghna River in Brahmanbarhia, police say. Four other passengers are missing. Ashuganj Police Station OC Abu Zafar said vessel named sideways and sank near the Ashuganj…
25 Molotov cocktails recovered in Comilla
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh in a drive recovered 25 Molotov cocktails from Balutupa area in sadar upazila early Saturday.
Man crushed to death by train in Khulna
An unidentified man was killed as he was crushed under the wheels of a speeding train at Boyra Jongshon area in the city here on Friday night.
2 devotees hurt in road crash dies at MMCH
Two devotees of Tabligh-Jamaat, who were injured in a road accident in Muktagachha upazila on Friday night, dies at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) early Saturday.
Creating awareness to stop violence and women repression stressed
Speakers at a human chain programme here today underlined the need for creating awareness of the people to help stop violence, repression on women and child marriage.
Man crushed under truck in Gaibandha
UNB, Gaibandha A man was crushed to death under the wheels of a truck on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway in front of the ‘Hanif Paribahan’ bus counter in Gobindaganj upazila on Thursday morning.
Driver burnt as truck set afire in Lalmonirhat
UNB, Lalmonirhat A truck driver received burn injuries as miscreants set fire to his vehicle by hurling a petrol bomb at Jummarpar on the Lalmanirhat-Burimari Highway in Patgram upazila early Thursday.
Pharrell Williams denies Blurred Lines plagiarism claim
Pharrell Williams has denied copying Marvin Gaye’s Got to Give It Up for the hit single Blurred Lines.
Woman held with yaba in Sherpur
Members of Rapid Action Battation (Rab) in a drive arrested a woman along with 80 pieces of Yaba tablets from Chakpathak area of the district town on Sunday.The arrested was identified as Parvin Akhter, wife of Nazir Hossain.A team of…
Woman’s floating body recovered near Mawa Ferry Ghat
Police recovered the body of a woman from Kandirpar area adjacent to Mawa ferry ghat in Munshiganj district on Saturday evening. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Police has initially suspected that the deceased might be a passenger of the…
4 killed 5 hurt as autorickshaw crashed under truck in N’ganj
Four persons including a child were killed and five others injured following head-on collision between a truck and a baby taxi at Kornogop area on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Rupganj upazila this morning. The accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound truck (Chuadanga…
3 pirates killed in Bagerhat ‘gunfight’ with RAB
Three pirates were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Katlar Khal area of the East Sundarbans in Sarakhola upazila Thursday morning.
9,092 lawyers vote in Dhaka Bar election, results Friday
The two-day election of Dhaka Bar Association ended on Thursday at 5 pm and the result of the polls is scheduled to be announced on Friday. A total of 9,092 lawyer voters of the bar cast their votes in the…
Dhaka Bar poll begins
A two-day annual election of Dhaka Bar Association began on Wednesday morning to elect a new executive committee of the association for 2015-2016. The voting will end on Thursday (February 26). A total of 61 candidates from pro-Awami League ‘White…
1,875 TB patients in Jessore: roundtable
A total of 1,875 tuberculosis patients are undergoing treatment at different places in Jessore district till the month of January, 2015.
Bangladesh Women Lawyers Association held eve-teasing prevention, legal aid camp in Barisal city
Bangladesh Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) on Monday held eve-teasing prevention and legal aid camp in Barisal city.
BGB- BSF frontier conference held in Benapole
A sector commander level conference between the frontier forces of the two neighbourning countries- Bangladesh and India was held at Benapole , Lt Col Jahangir Hossain, commanding officer, 26 Border Guard Battalion confirmed New Nation during a short break of…
4 Bd nationals among 6 dead in Saudi fire
Six people, including four Bangladesh nationals, died in a fire that broke out at a furniture factory at Dallah Sanaya, Dammam city in Saudi Arabia before dawn on Monday. “Yes, four of them are Bangladesh nationals while two are from…
Padma launch capsize toll rises to 70
The death toll from Sunday’s disastrous launch capsize in the Padma River in Shibalaya upazila has shot up to 70. Deputy Commissioner of the district Rashida Ferdous said rescuers retrieved 28 bodies from the river from 4am to 10am on…
Two ‘commit suicide’ in Sylhet
A young couple reportedly committed suicide by hanging themselves with the same rope in 19 no Fatehpur union parishad of Goainghat upazila on Monday morning.
Two Dhaka highrise buildings catch fire
Two high-rise buildings–one at Gulshan-2 and another at New Eskaton Road in Dhaka city–caught fire in the city on Saturday morning. A fire broke out in a seven-storey commercial building at Gulshan-2 in the city on Sunday morning. Duty officer…
Ferry launch capsize toll rises to 69. Some still missing in Padma
The death toll in the Padma launch capsize rose to 69 on Monday morning as the sunken vessel was salvages and pulled ashore. The dead are mostly women and children Some other pasengers are still missing as a ferry launch…
‘3 Bangladeshis’ among 10 killed in Abu Dhabi building fire
Ten people have died in a building fire at the UAE, media reports say and at least three or them are Bangladeshi, the expatriates welfare minister says. The fire broke out at the building in Abu Dhabi’s Mussafah on Friday…