At least four ceramic workers were killed and 20 others injured as a bus carrying them rammed into a tree on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Jahanara, 26, Rahim,…
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Comilla road crashes kill Cop, female teacher on polls duty
A policeman and a female assistant teacher of a primary school on election duty were killed in separate road accidents in Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Monday. The deceased were identified as Kamrun Nahar, an assistant teacher at Chashapara Government Primary…
Addl AG MK Rahman relieved
Additional Attorney General MK Rahman has been relieved of his service for reasons unknown. The President relieved Additional Attorney General MK Rahman, better known as M Khalilur Rahman, of his responsibilities through an order, said a Law Ministry notification on…
2 held with firearm in Jessore
Police arrested two alleged terrorists with a firearm and bullets from Bejpara-Naldanga area in Jessore town last night.
Bangladeshi youth beaten dead ‘by BSF’ on Putkhali border
A Bangladeshi young man was beaten to death allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila early Monday.
Meghna death toll jumps to 54: Sunken launch salvaged
The death toll from the Thursday’s launch capsize in the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila climbed to 54 with the recovery of 23 more bodies on Saturday.
Bangladeshi boy picked up by BSF in Thakurgaon
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi boy from Jagadal border area in Ranishongkoil upazila on Saturday morning.
Failure to obtain desired SSC result prompts a suicide
After failing to obtain desired result in the SSC examination, a boy allegedly committed suicide in the port city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Sourav, 17, son of Sanjida Khatun, a nurse of Chittagong Medical College Hospital…
SSC exam results Today
The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on Saturday (May 17).
Police at Nur Hossain’s home
Police have raided the house of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the Narayanganj multiple murders, to seize all movable property following a court order. Police went to the house in Tekpara, Shamrail at 3pm Thursday. Siddhirganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Alauddin…
500 telephones inoperative in Benapole for 2 yrs
Some 500 digital telephone lines of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) in Benapole remain out of order for the last two years due to digging of drains and construction of footpaths along a two kilometre area of the municipality.
3 cops among 5 interrogated in gold smuggling case
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated five people, including three policemen, in a gold smuggling case. ACC investigation officer and deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy quizzed them on remand from 11 am to 5 pm at the ACC…
Sikdar Hospital sacks doctor for beating journalist
ZH Sikder Women’s Medical College and Hospital has sacked a doctor and a staff for confining and beating a journalist. They are Dr Mohammad Safiul Azam and his telephone operator Abu Sufian.
9 army men injured in training grenade blast
A grenade accidently went off during a training session on Wednesday, leaving nine army personnel injured at Dinajpur Cantonment. The explosion at the firing range took place at 2pm, Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate’s (ISPR) and local sources confirmed.
2 girls rescued in Satkhira while being trafficked to India
Police rescued two teenage girls from Kolaroa border point of the district while they were being trafficked to India on Tuesday.
Putkhali border: 1 held with 20 gold bars
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a man along with 20 gold bars weighting 2.5 kilograms on Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila on Tuesday night.
800-kg jatka seized, two jailed in Laxmipur
Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive seized 800-kg jatka and awarded two people one- year imprisonment each in Jhumur cinema hall area here last night.
Lightning kills mother, daughter in Mymensingh
A mother and her daughter were killed and two others injured when lightning struck them at Bangaon village under Bhaluka upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Speaker for advancement of women edn
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Tuesday urged all to work together for the advancement of women education through coordinated plans. She made the call while addressing a function at a local school in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur district.
Gas explosion kills 1, injures 2 in city
A youth was killed and two other members of his family were injured reportedly in a gas explosion in the city’s Pallabi area early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Arefin, 25, son of Mintu Miah of the area.
Fire kills 9 Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia
At least nine Bangladeshis have been killed in a furniture shop fire in Riyadh on Monday night, the foreign ministry has confirmed. Seven of them -Md Jalal, Abdul Gaffar, Bahauddin, Shah Alam, Nazir Hossain, Matiur Rahman, and ‘Selim’ –from Comilla,…
UNDP regional director Xu due Saturday
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Regional director Xu arrives here on a five-day visit starting Saturday. During his visit which is part of a multiple-country one, Xu will observe the success of UNDP’s initiative to reduce urban poverty, disaster management work as…
‘Arrogance’ of ignoring need for sleep
Society has become “supremely arrogant” in ignoring the importance of sleep, leading researchers have told the BBC’s Day of the Body Clock.
Schoolteacher killed in Jhenidah road crash
A schoolteacher was killed in a road accident in Kola Bazar area of Kaliganj upazila on Monday night.
720 kg jatka seized in Munshiganj
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard and fisheries department in a drive seized 720 kilograms of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 centimetres in length) from the Dhaleshwari River in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.
US twin baby sisters born holding hands
A pair of US twin sisters who were born holding hands were breathing on their own after being removed from a ventilator, their mother has said. Jillian and Jenna Thistlethwaite shared an amniotic sac and placenta, a rare condition known…
EC plans N’ganj-5 by-polls late June
The Election Commission has planned to hold the by-election to Narayanganj-5 constituency at the end of June. The seat fell vacant on April 30 following the death of Jatiya Party MP Nasim Osman. The EC Secretariat, meanwhile, has prepared the…
3 including 2 SIs on remand in dacoity case
A Dhaka court on Monday placed three persons including two Sub-Inspectors of Police in a case filed in connection with dacoity. Magistrate Nuru Mia of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka passed the order after hearing. The accused…
Lightning strikes kill 3 in C’nawabganj
Three people, including a girl, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike during a nor’wester that lashed different areas of Shibganj and Nachole upazilas on Sunday night.
Cop killed in Gazipur road crash
A police constable was killed and two others were injured as a truck knocked down them on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in the city early Monday.