Mohammad Farooq Hossain, secretary of Meherpur district unit of Jamaat, was arrested by police on various charges, including sabotage, from his village home on Friday.Acting on a tip-off, a team of police raided the Ashrafpur village under Meherpur Sadar upazila…
A case has been filed against ten unidentified people in connection with the killing of two employees of the food manufacturing company, Banoful.Masud Pervez, brother of Razu Miah, one of the victims, filed the case with Shahparan Police Station on…
Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 2,000 Yaba tablet at Bhandaria village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.The arrestee was identified as Nazmul Hasan Prince,30, son of Mohan Molla, a resident of the village.
Twelve Bangladeshi teenagers returned home through Benapole check post on Friday night after serving two years’ jail term in an Indian prison.Border Security Force (BSF) handed them over to Benapole immigration police at about 8:00 pm.
Police in a drive arrested a young man along with firearms and ammunition at Koylar Bazar in Shibganj upazila on Friday.The arrested was identified as Ziaur Rahman, 35, son of Kafil Uddin of Hadinagar village in the upazila.
A local Jubo League leader was shot to death by miscreants at Padua intersection in Chauddagram upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Jamal Hossain, 35, former president of the Alkora union unit of Jubo League and son of Ali…
Christians in Jhenaidah have claimed militants killed a village homeopath for preaching Christianity after his conversion.Deceased Samir Ali’s son, however, says his father did not convert from Islam.Ali’s body was found at his chamber at Balekhal Bazar on Thursday afternoon…
Three pharmacies of Shaistaganj in the district were fined Tk 6,000 on Thursday, officials concerned here said today.A mobile court led by Nirbahi Magistrate Sejuti conducted a raid in the area at noon and found that the pharmacies were doing…
A newly-built mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was inaugurated at the Zila School Crossing in the city on Thursday.Zila Parishad Administrator and Acting President of district unit of Awami League (AL) Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed at…
Six thousand cold hit poor people of Kotalipara of the district got blankets on Thursday.Standard Bank distributed the blankets among the poor people of the upazila, the bank sources said.
Speakers in a function here underscored the need for increasing people’s awareness about natural disasters including earthquake to reduce the losses of lives and damage of properties.They also expressed their view that Bangladesh is also in the risk of newly…
An angry mob lynched member of a cow lifters gang and injured two others in village Nilokchondi Paschimpara under Gangachara upazila this morning, police said.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gangachara Thana Zinnat Ali said a gang of inter-district cow lifters lifted cows…
Agriculture Department of the district distributed computers, laptops and internet modems among 500 farmers of Mathbaria upazila of the district on Wednesday.The ICT gazettes were distributed in simple function arranged in this occasion at Mathbaria upazila premises here.President of Integrated…
Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 70 persons including a Jamaat activist from different Upazilas of the district on Wednesday night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 70 persons…
A suspected thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack while allegedly trying to steal valuables, including gold ornaments, from a house at Paschim Angar Para in Ramganj upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Muslim Miah,45, son of Sekandar Ali,…
A mobile court in a drive fined three drugstores for selling unregistered and expired medicine in Station Road area of the district town on Wednesday noon.During the drive, the mobile court realised Tk1.70 lakh in fine from the three drug…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 18 Bangladeshi nationals while they were attempting to cross into India illegally through Putkhali border point here on Wednesday night.The arrestees were identified as Rahim Miah,17, Arifa Khatun,18, Julfiker Ali,21, Afijul Islam,21, Rezaul…
Eight people, including two women, received bullet injuries as a rival group attacked and opened fire on them in Mondal Para of Sadar upazila on Wednesday evening.The injured were identified as Matya Ujjal, 44, Mahbub, 30, Hamidul, 28, Monowara Khatun,…
A madrasah student was killed as a truck crushed his bicycle in Naodapara Bazar of the city on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Masud Hoossain, 17, son of Majibur Rahman, a resident of the area and a student of…
A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced one youth to three months imprisonment for taking drugs in Lohagara upazila.The convict was identified as Yusuf Musli, 30, son of Abdur Rouf of Mangalhata village of the upazila.
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday night fined two sweet factories at city’s Panchliah and Bitazid area Taka 30 lakh for different reasons.RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar led the mobile court at Shershah Colony area under Biyazid…
A man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after killing his physically challenged daughter at Ali Ahsan Road in the city early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Mostafa Kamal, 55, a resident of Ali Ahsan Road area in the city,…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested nine people and recovered 10 lakh pieces of Yaba tablet in the Bay of Bengal early Wednesday.Identities of the arrestee could not be known immediately.
A youth was beaten to death allegedly by his cousin and nephew over a family feud at Rashidpur village in Balaganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Suruj Mia, 30, son of Tahid Ullah hailing from…
A schoolteacher was shot to death and his brother injured by miscreants at Mohammad Sharif Para in Ramu upazila early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Nurussofa, 29, a teacher of Barobil Government Primary School and a resident of the…
An alleged criminal was killed in a reported gunfight between his associates and police in Rajendrapur area of the city on Tuesday night.Identified as Manir Khan,35, a resident of Shalna Kathura area of the city, the deceased was said to…
A mobile court in a drive fined 17 people for smoking in public on the premises of the Deputy Commissioner’s office and Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in the district town on Tuesday noon.During the drive, the mobile court fined each…
A tribunal here on Tuesday convicted two men and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for abducting and raping a girl in the city in 2010.The convicts were identified as Mamunur Rashid, 27, son of late Abdullah of Ilsha village…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has commissioned one of the world’s leading technology institutes in an effort to achieve a uniform decision review system.ICC chief executive David Richardson told journalists in Cape Town on Tuesday that the Massachusetts Institute of…
Five workers of a dyeing factory sustained burn injuries in an explosion at a factory at Dapa Idrakpur in Fatullah area early Tuesday.The injured were identified as Russel, Yeasin, Shahjalal, Sabbir and Nannu—all workers of Amin Dyeing Factory.