Two people were killed and six others injured when a bus rammed into a microbus at Bepari Bazar in sadar upazila on Saturday.
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Mother hilsa, nets seized in Munshiganj
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard Monday during an overnight crackdown on hilsa netting flouting a ban seized 30 mother hilsa fishes and 60,000 metres of fine fishing nets from the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila.
Minor boy drowns in Sirajganj
A minor boy drowned in the Fuljor River in Kamarkhand upazila on Sunday evening.
Emerging from Rana Plaza ruins
When Minu’s limp body was piled onto the mass of corpses after Rana Plaza collapsed, she prayed that someone would notice that she was still alive. Too weak to call out, she had been smothered under dead bodies in the…
VDP members play vital role in people’s welfare
Speakers at a function here on Thursday said members of village defense party (VDP) are playing vital role in doing welfare for the people and maintaining law and order at grass root level to ensure peaceful society.
Mankin for maintaining communal harmony
State Minister for Social Welfare Promod Mankin today called for maintaining communal harmony to continue ongoing development process in the country.
BDT.75 lakh Indian cloths seized in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a huge quantity of Indian smuggled cloths worth Tk75 lakh from Sadipur border in Benapole of Jessore early Tuesday.
One held for impersonating RAB member
Police arrested a man for impersonating a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel in Daudkandi upazila of the district on Wednesday.
Widow receives cheque for Tk 18 lakh from RCC Mayor
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has handed over a cheque for Taka 18-lakh to widow Madhuri Kawser, wife of late noted contractor and social worker Mir Mamunur Rashid Mamun.
One killed, nine injured in a road mishap in Jhenidah
A helper of passenger bus was killed and at least nine injured when a Khulna bound bus met a collision with a truck from the behind near Kulchara village on Jhenidah-Kushtia highway under Sailkupa upazila in Jhenidah on Tuesday morning.
Couple among 3 killed in Tangail road crash
Three people, including an Awami League leader and his wife, were killed and three others injured as a jeep carrying them hit a roadside tree after a wheel of the vehicle punctured in Mirzapur upazila on Wednesday morning.
3 hurt in UPDF-PCJSS gunfight in Khagrachhari
Three people, including a child, sustained bullet injuries as activists of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) locked in a gun battle in Lakshmichhari upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
Yet another big gold haul
The airport armed police battalion seized 280 gold bars from an aircraft at the Shahjalal International Aiport early Tuesday morning.
One killed in Natore clash
A man was killed and 20 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in Singra upazila on Tuesday morning.
Minor boy drowns in Sirajganj
A minor boy drowned in the Fuljor River in Kamarkhand upazila on Sunday evening.
Mother hilsa, nets seized in Munshiganj
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard Monday during an overnight crackdown on hilsa netting flouting a ban seized 30 mother hilsa fishes and 60,000 metres of fine fishing nets from the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila.
25 fall sick talking tea made with pesticide in Sherpur
Some 25 people fell sick after taking tea mistakenly made from insecticide instead tea flavour in Jhenaigati upazila on Saturday night.
Community savings facilitate reducing urban poverty in Rajshahi
More than 30,000 women from slum and underprivileged areas across Rajshahi City have come together in an anti-poverty savings scheme to raise more than Taka nine crore.
Youth, brother-in-law killed in Rajshahi road crash
A young man and his brother-in-law were killed as a bus crashed into their motorcycle at Shibpur on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Puthia upazila on Friday afternoon.
6 shops gutted in Noakhali fire
Six business establishments were gutted and four others partially damaged by a fire at Sonapur Bazar in the district town on Friday.
Baby drowns in Sherpur
A baby boy drowned in a pond at Palashikura village in Nalitabari upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shahril, 1, son of Rafiqul Islam of the village. Police said Shahril crawled along the pond near their house in…
531 houses gutted in Hazaribagh fire
A total of 531 houses, including 24 shanties of a slum, were burned to ashes in a fire in the city’s Hazaribagh area on Thursday night. Nilufar Yasmin, a duty officer at the Fire Service Control Room, said the fire originated…
Rab man killed in Faridpur road crash
A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) official was killed in a road accident in Shibrampur area of Sadar upazila on Thursday.
Rail links with northern region restored
Rail communications of the northern region with the rest of the country, including the capital, resumed on Friday, after two days of suspension following the collapse of an under-construction bridge in Parbatipur upazila.
4 plastic warehouses gutted by city fire
Four warehouses of scrap plastics were gutted by a fire that broke out in the city’s Lalbagh area on Thursday morning.
Chopped body parts recovered in Dhaka again
Police have recovered seven severed body parts of an unidentified woman from Bhashantek in the capital.
2 held in city with huge Yaba tablet
Members of elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 1,700 pieces of Yaba tablet from North Rayerbagh under Jatrabari Police Station on Tuesday.
Many villagers in Ctg celebrate Eid Tuesday
The residents of 30 villages in the district celebrated Eid-ul-Azha on Tuesday.
Durga Puja ends in Ctg peacefully
The five-day colourful and joyous Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community,ended peacefully in the city and district as elsewhere in the country today through the immersion of the goddess Durga.
Rajshahi takes massive preparation to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), district administration and all others concerned have chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha in the city with due fervor and enthusiasm.