A madrasa teacher was killed in a road accident in Jolarbata area on the Natore-Bogra Highway in Singra upazila on Monday morning. Agitated locals blocked the Natore-Bogra Highway protesting the death. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali,50, vice-principal of…
A man was killed and another injured as a ‘Nasimon’ (locally made human hauler) overturned at Barali village in Kolaroa upazila on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 26, son of Habibur Rahman of Hawalkhali village of…
Police arrested a young man along with a foreign made pistol and bullets at Palnari intersection in Jessore town on Sunday. The arrested young man was identified as Ekser Ali,25, son of Abdus Sattar of Khoyertala of the town. Acting…
A man died from electrocution at Zianagar Bazar in Dupchanchia upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Farhad Hossain,42, owner of an electrical goods shop and son of Foyez Uddin of Kalaikuri village. Locals said Farhad came in contact…
A view exchange meeting organized by National Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Bangladesh (NATAB) on the ‘role of journalists in identifying and preventing Tuberculosis’ was held yesterday at Faridpur Press Club. Speakers at the meeting opined that tuberculosis is no more a…
News, District On Saturday morning two kids were drowned in separate incident in Jhenidah. Of them one occurred at Monohorpur village under Kaligonj upazila and another one occurred at Katalia village under Kotchandpur upazila of the district. The deceased were…
A young man was killed when boundary wall of a house collapsed on him at Pashchim Naiorpul village in Srimongol upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Sumon Mia,18, son of Naju Mia of the village. Local people said…
One person was killed and five others injured as lightning struck Majna Bari in Kazipur upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Asadul Islam, 35, son of Abdur Rahman of Alalmpur village in the upazila. Locals said Asadul died…
Police recovered the body of an easy-bike (a battery-run three-wheeler) driver from Natun Khoyertala in the town on Friday. The deceased was identified as Azizur Rahman, son of Anwarul of Dogachhia village in sadar upazila of the district. Police said…
A businessman was killed at Ashokathi bus stand under Gournadi upazila on Barisal-Dhaka Highway after he was crushed under the wheels of a truck. The victim was identified as Zahid Sardar, 31, son of Pareshullah Sardar from Krishnapur-Thengamari village under…
A total of 316 development projects have been implemented in the rural areas of ten upazilas of the district under rural infrastructure repair programme of the government during the current fiscal year. An official source said the government allocated 2,…
Printing shops in the Sylhet city are up to their ears in work, bringing out posters, leaflets and others polls related materials as the city corporation elections are drawing closer. Market sources said the owners and employees of the publishing…
Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Sylhet highway through Dakshin Surma upazila remained suspended for about an hour due to road blockade by locals on Monday. The police said they blocked the highway at around 10:00am demanding gas connection to their upazila. Under…
Robbers looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth Tk15 lakh from three houses at Jhaukhola village in Sadar upazila early Thursday. Witnesses said a gang of armed robbers entered the house of one Ishaque Khandaker at the village by…
Police arrested a young man and recovered a pistol, 13 rounds of bullet and two magazines from his possession at Sridamdatta Para on the Doulatdia- Faridpur Highway on Thursday. The arrestee was identified as Khandaker Rohan, 25, son of late…
Three passengers of a night coach were electrocuted to death and two others injured at Shalti Gopalpur point under Mithapukur upazila on Thursday morning, police sources said. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Mithapukur Thana Moazzem Hossain said the tragic incident occurred when…
Two minor children drowned in separate incidents at different places in Rangpur and Gaibandha districts on Wednesday, police and local people said. Suman Roy, 10, son of Sunil Jugi of village Dakshin Kolkond under Gangachara upazila in Rangpur drowned in…
A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced a man to one and a half years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for stealing and slaughtering a goat in sadar upazila of the district. The convict was identified as Ranu, 27, son of Montu Sheikh,…
A mass signature campaign was made in Barisal city on Wednesday morning protesting failure of police in arresting killers of school boy Inan in last two months and demanding immediate arrest of the killers. The programme was jointly organized by…
One passenger was killed when he fell from a running Nasiman (mechanized van) in Fakirhat Upazila in the district on Tuesday The deceased was identified as Durbin Shaikh (32), son of one Elahi Box of village Tetulia in Satkhira district.…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized huge contraband items worth Tk40 lakh from Tulsidanga area in Kolaroa upazila of the district on Thursday. Mujibur Rahman, Nayeb subedar of BGB 38 Jhaudanga BOP, said the border force…
A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing a minor boy. The convict was identified as Alam Hossain, 32, son of Asgor Ali, resident of Katagari village in Tarash upazila. Judge Omme Kulsum of…
A mango trader died after falling from a human hauler (Alam Shadu) near a petrol pump in Fakirhat upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Turfan Sheikh 34, son of Elahi Sheikh of Tentulia village of Satkhira district. Officer-in-charge…
The transport workers in Rangpur division went on a 48-hour strike on Wednesday morning to press home their 14-point demand. Road communications on at least 54 routes of eight districts of the division with other parts of the country came…
32nd Martyrdom day of the President the woeful 30th May Ziaur Rahman. In the early hours of the morning of 30 May 1981, he was assassinated by a group ofdisgruntled army officers at the Chittagong Circuit House. Bangladesh Nationalist Party…
Community policing festival was held in Chapainawabganj on Monday afternoon. Chapainawabganj police arranged a discussion meeting at Chapainawabganj Stadium on the occasion of the association of USA’s high commission office in Dhaka and Bangladesh Centre for Communication Programmes (BCCP) and…
Moulvibazar Executive Magistrate Suhana Islam conducted a mobile court and arrested three people with 10 grammes of heroin worth Tk 1 lakh from their possession at Hotel Mudubhan in Moulvibazar city on Tuesday. The arrestees are Ram Roy(38),JangirHoussin(50) Sumam Chakorvoty…
Police recovered two foreign pistols, four magazines and 17 rounds of bullets in Kasiadanga intersection on Rajshahi-Chapainawabgonj Highway under Rajpara Police Station in the city on Monday afternoon.
An imam was killed as a truck ran over him on the Sylhet-Dhaka Highway at Rashidpur intersection in Biswanath upazila of the district on Monday.
The interns at Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) went on an indefinite strike on Monday demanding payment of their outstanding salary of May.