The floating body of a minor girl was recovered from a pond in the capital’s Hazaribagh area on Sunday afternoon. The identity of the victim could not be known immediately.
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2 ACC officials removed for violating code of conduct
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has sent two deputy directors to forced retirement. The officials are Md Ahsan Ali and Md Shafiqul Islam posted at the ACC’s Kushtia and Patuakhali offices respectively. Commission spokesperson Pranab Bhattacharya told bdnews24.com that the…
1,520-kg jatka seized in Barisal
The officials of Fisheries Department, in a drive, seized 1,520 kilograms of jatka (small hilsha fish) from Rupatali area in the city here last night.
Blast marks CU-BCL blockade
The fourth day of the blockade by a faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) unit was marked by explosion and arson. The blockade supporters lobbed a handmade bomb in the city’s Sholoshohor Railway Station around 8am…
Firearm, ammo, Phensidyl seized in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized one pistol, two magazines, six rounds of bullet, and 106 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a mango orchard at Atrashia in Shibganj upazila early Saturday.
Landslide kills 3 of a family in Moulvibazar
Three members of a family, including a child, were killed in an incident of rain-triggered landslide at a tea garden in South Shahbazpur of Baralekha upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Rajesh, 35, his wife Manju, 25,…
Goyeshwar released from jail on bail
BNP Standing Committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy has been released from prison after securing bail in a case of violence. Hundreds of his supporters greeted him as he walked out of the Kashimpur jail on Friday morning.
2 women electrocuted in Dinajpur town
Two women were electrocuted on Thursday at a house in Upashahar area of Dinajpur town.
4 grenades recovered in Rangamati
Four live grenades were recovered from Ghagra Bazar area in Kaukhali upazila on Thursday.
2 killed in Faridpur road crash
Two people were killed and two others injured when a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch at Komorpur in Sadar upazila early Friday.
10 killed in Rajbari as two passenger buses collide early Friday
At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Rajbari-Faridpur Highway at Basantapur in sadar upazila early Friday. Four of the deceased were identified as Alamgir, driver of Eagle Paribahan…
81 N’ganj police officers transferred
The government has shaken up the Narayanganj police administration by transferring two inspectors, 40 sub-inspectors (SI) and 39 assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) of police following the abduction and killing of seven people that outraged the nation. They shifted to police stations…
3 Rajuk officials quizzed in case against secretary
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has interrogated four Rajuk officials as part of investigation into the three cases recently filed against former secretary of Housing and Public Works Ministry Dr Khondaker Showkat Hossain for allegedly taking government plots abusing power.…
3 children drowned in Netrakona
Three minor children drowned in the river Dhali at Ilazpur village under Purbadhala upazila of the district on Wednesday.
Youth jailed for possessing hemp in Satkhira
A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to two years’ imprisonment for possessing hemp.
54 students fall sick for food poisoning in Kushtia
At least 54 students of a local women’s madrasah were hospitalised after they fell sick eating foods at a feast at the madrasah ground in Bheramara upazila on Wednesday.
Discussion meeting on education for disabled held
A discussion meeting for ensuring integrated education arrangements for the disable children jointly organized by ‘Campaign for popular education’ and local NGO Racine was held here on Wednesday.
Court rejects innocence plea, charges framed against MK Anwar
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday framed charges against BNP standing committee member MK Anwar in a defamation case filed by Swechchhasebak League leader Debashish Biswas. Passing the order, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh fixed July 27 to…
Huda renames BNF as BNA
Barrister Nazmul Huda has renamed his faction of the Bangladeshesh Nationalist Front (BNF) as Bangladeshesh Nationalist Alliance (BNA). Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club Huda said that the objective of his new organization was to ensure good…
No bar on Gayewshar’s release from jail
The High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail for six months to BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a case filed in connection with the killing of an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist on December 29, 2013. An HC…
Indefinite ban on fishing in Kaptai Lake from today
Rangamati district administration has imposed a ban on fishing in Kaptai Lake for an ‘indefinite period’ from today.
Chhatra Dal president Jewel released on bail
After around six months of imprisonment, president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel was freed from jail on bail on Tuesday. Jewel was released from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail around 9:15pm, JCD senior vice president Bazlul…
Rana Plaza owner’s accomplice on remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana’s key associate Abu Bakr Siddique on a two-day remand to interrogate him about the collapse of Rana Plaza. Senior Judicial Magistrate Afroza Seuli of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court…
One held with fake notes in Panchagarh
Police arrested a man in possession of 78 fake Bangladesh currency notes amounting to Tk39,000 from Tunirhat Bazar in Sadar upazila on Monday night.
Charge against Oishee, 2 others for killing parents
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday framed charges against schoolgirl Oishee Rahman and two of her friends- Rony and Jony in the case filed for killing her parents- Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna…
8 fake detective police nabbed
Police have arrested eight persons posing as fake detective policemen from Dhaka’s Badda. They were arrested from Aftabnagar area around 11.30pm on Sunday, Detective Branch (DB) of police Deputy Commissioner (DC-South) Krishnapada Roy told a news conference on Monday.
Patuakhali launch capsize death toll climbs to 17
The death toll from Saturday’s launch capsize in Kolagachia River in Golachipa upazila rose to 17 with recovery of one more body on Monday. The divers found another body at Dharandi Char around 10 am. The identity of the deceased…
Sharsha Jamaat leader arrested
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in Jamtala Bazar of Sharsha upazila on Sunday night.
Minor girl killed in Jamalpur road accident
A minor girl was killed in an accident at Beparipara on Jamalpur-Mymensingh road under Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday.
Husband kills wife in Meherpur
A housewife was chopped to death allegedly by her husband at Bashbaria village under Gangni upazila on Saturday.