A local Juba League leader died after falling off the rooftop of a market building in the district town on Tuesday night.
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Thai gunrunner spills China, Bangladesh links
Thai gunrunner Wuthikorn Naruenartwanich alias Willy is spilling the beans after his arrest in Bangkok at the weekend.
Ensuring transparency in land registration stressed
Speakers at a function here on Monday stressed the need for making land registration process easier and modernized to remove people’s sufferings and ensure accountability and transparency of the registry offices.
6 killed in road accident in dists
A young girl and a child were killed and 22 others injured in a road accident at Iqbal Nagar in the municipality area of the district on Tuesday morning.
Russian MPs to urge U.S. Congress not to approve Syria strike
NOVO-OGARYOVO – Russian lawmakers will urge the U.S. Congress not to approve military strikes on Syria, the speaker of the upper house of parliament told President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
Cabinet clears DNA Bill 2013
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the ‘Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Bill 2013’ keeping a provision for both imprisonment and fine to bring the existing DNA test process under a legal framework.
261 missing in Rana Plaza collapse: Army
Bangladesh Army, which led the rescue operations at the site of Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, has said 261 people have remained untraced.
One killed in Sunamganj train crash
A man was killed as a train hit a truck at Gobindaganj level crossing in Chhatak upazila on Sunday night.
Thunderbolt kills four in Jessore
Four persons were killed by a thunderbolt at Namajgram-Pachua Baor (swamp) in Sharsha upazila here on Sunday noon.
Mandela back home after long hospital stay
JOHANNESBURG – Anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela returned to his home on Sunday where he will continue to receive intensive care after three months in hospital with a lung ailment.
Putin told Assad to quit Syria, the presidency?
DHAKA: A Saudi newspaper is reporting that Russian resident Vladmir Putin suggested to his Syrian counterpart and ally Bashar Assad that he give up the presidency and leave the country.
Renowned writer broadcaster David Frost is dead
Veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 after a suspected heart attack while on board a cruise ship.
Man crushed to death by train in Joypurhat
A middle-aged man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Panchbibi rail station in Panchbibi upaizla headquarter on Saturday.
Boy electrocuted in Bogra
A 10-year old boy who worked in a welding shop died from electrocution in his workplace in Adamdighi upazila on Saturday.
Woman killed in Comilla road crash
A woman was killed and two others were injured in a road accident near a CNG filling station on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chandina upazila on Sunday morning.
Lightning kills 2 children in Sherpur
Two children were killed as lightning struck them in Bhatigangpar area of Jogania union under Nalitabari upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.
BRRI develops 4 high yielding paddy varieties
Scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have developed four high yielding varieties of paddy, another remarkable feat in the country’s food security attainment.
10,000 Yaba tablets seized in B’baria
Police recovered 10,000 pieces Yaba tablets on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Shahbajpur in Sarail upazila of the district on Friday night.
Six alleged ‘pirates’ lynched in Laxmipur
Prompted by a police crackdown on the pirates, angry villagers have started to go after the outlaws with a vengeance in Noakhali’s Hatia. Police arrested four alleged pirates along with firearms while taking preparation to commit robbery in Wapda Sluice…
Train crash kills man in Jamalpur
A man was crushed to death under the wheels of a train at Masimpur in Sadar upazila on Friday.
Truck helper succumbs to injuries
Sajal Haoladar, 20, helper of a truck succumbed to his injuries Friday noon after his vehicle fell into a ditch on early Friday.
Army person killed by snatchers’ sedatives?
Corporal Tajerul Islam Taj, 35, was found unconscious under Khilkhet flyover on Thursday night, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman told journalists.
More schemes must to eradicate Rahshahi urban poverty
In the wake of gradual rising of slum, poor and extreme poor people, more schemes needed to eradicate urban poverty in the city alongside eliminating other poverty linked social crimes especially addiction of drugs and its trafficking, speakers at a…
Bangladeshi monk beaten in Lanka dies
A Bangladeshi Buddhist monk who was beaten in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo and remained hospitalised for about a week there succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. Officials at Colombo National Hospital said the Buddhist monk was in its…
DU admission tests shifted to Nov
The written tests for admission to first year honours courses of Dhaka University for the session 2013-2014 will begin on November 1 instead of October 11 as the university authorities changed the schedule on Thursday evening.
Death anniversary of SPGRC leader Nasim observed
The eighth death anniversary of Stranded Pakistani General Repatriation Committee (SPGRC) leader Alhaj Nasim Khan was observed here through various daylong programmes on Wednesday.
China, Bangladesh shore up military ties
BEIJING – The Chinese government said Tuesday it secured a stronger working relationship with the Bangladeshi military during bilateral talks in Beijing.
Vessels resume plying in Kaptai Lake
Normalcy has been restored to shipping in Kaptai Lake as water level in the lagoon increased due to torrential rain and on rush of hilly water. General secretary of Launch Owner Association of Rangamati Moin Uddin Selim said various kind…
11 fishermen abducted from Bay yet to be rescued
Although 13 days have already elapsed, 11 fishermen who were abducted for ransom by forest robbers from the Bay of Bengal near Sharankhola upazila of the district are yet to be rescued.
BSF picks up Bangladeshi boy from Jhenidah
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi boy from Kusumpur border point at Loraighat village in Moheshpur upazila on Wednesday morning.