Two people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj and Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar districts on Wednesday.
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‘Tarique, Coco to be brought back’
Government is initiating steps to bring back home BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and his younger brother Arafat Rahman Coco for trial as they have been indicted on money laundering charges. This has been stated by Law Minister Anisul Huq on…
Yunus condoles Musa’s death
Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus has expressed his deep shock at the death of veteran journalist ABM Musa. In a condolence message, Yunus said a star of journalism of this subcontinent has fallen at his death.
MPs’ control makes Zila Parishads dysfunctional: TIB
The rigid control over the local government bodies by MPs and the government officials’ unwillingness to ensure people’s participation in power domains has made the Zila Parishads virtually dysfunctional, says TIB. “Although the Zila Parishad is an important local government…
Man electrocuted in Sirajganj
A man died from electrocution near Jhawail bridge on the west side of the connecting road of Bangabandhu bridge in Kamarkhand upazila on Tuesday evening.
Agri Varsity expels 6 students after fellow murder
The Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, has expelled six students, including three leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), for their suspected involvement in the killing of a student. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the university…
3 including cop killed in city road crashes
Three people, including a police official, were killed and two others injured in two separate road accidents in Sabujbagh and Banani areas of the city early Wednesday. One of the deceased was identified as Bikash Kumar Ghosh, 40, sub-inspector of…
Muggers loot Tk 10 lakh of bkash shop in Mirpur
In broad daylight, muggers shot two people including an employee of a ‘bKash’ company and made off with Tk 10 lakh at Rokeya Sarani in Mirpur on Tuesday. The injured were identified as Abul Kalam, 35, a marketing executive of…
2 crushed under train in city
In separate incidents, a construction worker and a housewife were crushed to death by trains at the city’s Malibagh level crossing on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Mukul Hossain, 45, a construction worker and son of Abdus Salam of…
Probe by CID cop’s sexual harassment of girl: HC
The High Court on Tuesday directed for conducting investigation by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police into the sexual harassment of a girl by a policeman in Pirojpur. Passing the order, an HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and…
18 kids back after languishing in Indian jail for 4 yrs
Indian authorities handed over 18 Bangladeshi children, who languished in jail for four years for entering the country illegally, to Bangladesh authorities at Benapole check post on Monday evening.
Police arrest four with illegal pistol, bullets
Police arrested four people, including one woman, on charge of holding an illegal firearm and eight rounds of bullets from a house at Shantibagh early Tuesday. Police said they also seized 30 bottles of contraband Phensidyl from their possession of…
New Rajuk chairman appointed
GM Jainul Abedin Bhuiyan, an additional secretary on post-retirement leave, has been appointed the new chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) on a year’s contract. He replaces Engineer Nurul Huda with effect from April 21, a public administration ministry order…
Veteran journalist ABM Musa passes away
Veteran Journalist ABM Musa is no more. Put on life support on Tuesday he was declared dead early Wednesday afternoon. He was 83. ABM Musa who underwent heart bypass operation over 5 years ago was put on life support at…
One gets ten years in prison for killing brother-in-law
A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years’ imprisonment with fine of Tk 50,000 for killing his brother-in-law in 2012. Judge ABM Sajedur Rahman of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 also says in his verdict that if the…
ACC quizzes three high Petobangla officials
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday interrogated four top officials of two Petrobangla subsidiaries in connection with a graft allegation. ACC deputy director Ahsan Ali quizzed them from 10 am tol 3 pm at the ACC head office. Ahsan…
Another fake rice saline-making factory busted in city
A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) mobile court on Monday unearthed another factory producing fake rice saline of icddr,b at North Badda in the city. The mobile court also sentenced the fake factory owner, his younger brother and three employees to…
Creativity must, President Tells DU convocation
President Abdul Hamid has told graduates that they need to be creative. Hamid was speaking at the 48th convocation of Dhaka University while he gave students this advice on Monday. He said getting a degree was not enough. “Your education…
Man killed in Sherpur road crash
A sexagenarian man was killed as a running bus ran over him at Nouhata in the district town on Monday morning.
14 shops gutted in Magura
At least 14 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Gangarampur Bazar in Shalikha upazila on Sunday night.
Truck crash kills schoolboy in Satkhira
A schoolboy was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Shikri village in Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon.
Yet another gold haul in Chittagong
Customs officials have seized 53 gold bars from a passenger on transit at Chittagong’s Shah Amanat Airport. The contraband gold was found on Anis Chowdhury, 34 and it weighed more than 6 kgs, said Airport Customs Assistant Commissioner Moshiur Rahman…
Varsity student hit by speedboat dies at bay
A private university student was killed as he was hit by a speedboat while swimming in the sea at Laboni Point here on Sunday.
EC Mobarak gets death threat
Election Commissioner Abdul Mobarak, who has been in charge of the Election Commission in absence of the chief election commissioner, has received a death threat.
Cop among 2 killed in Sirajganj road crash
Two people, including a police constable, were killed and five others injured as a prison van overturned on west side link road of Jamuna bridge at Mulibari in Sadar upazila on Sunday.
Kazi Zafar terms Ershad is a traitor, shameless
Chairman of a section Jatiya Party Kazi Zafar Ahmed on Saturday termed HM Ershad as traitor and shameless. “Ershad will never have a birth in Jatiya Party,” he said while addressing a function at Institute of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB).
642 jailed in city anti-narcotics drive
A mobile court sentenced 642 people to various terms of imprisonment conducting anti-narcotics drives in the capital in the last two months.
Strike at RU protesting BCL leader’s death
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Rajshahi University Unit, enforced a strike on the campus on Saturday protesting the killing of a leader and demanding arrest of the killers. Activists of BCL took position at important points on the campus since the…
Schoolboy crushed under wheels of train in Comilla
A schoolboy was crushed to death by a train on an unmanned level crossing in Daulatganj Bazar area of Laksham upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Tanimul Ahmed Tuhin, 14, a class VIII student of Laksham Pilot…
Police seize 67 crude bombs in Feni
Police seized 67 crude bombs from a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Balugaon in Feni Municipality area on Friday night. The crude bomb seizure was made on the eve of Saturday’s by-polls to Feni Municipality.