The regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against selling of substandard and adulterated foods and other consumer items and fined owners of five confectioneries Taka 67,000 in the metropolis yesterday. According to the officials…
Police in a drive seized 600 bottles of phensidyl from a private car at Paharpur in Nachole upazila of the district on Tuesday.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Nachole thana Fasir Uddin said based on secret information, a team of police conducted a…
Police recovered slaughtered body of a man from a students mess in the district town on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, son of Gias Uddin, a resident of Ghughudanga village in Dinajpur Sadar upazila.
The World AIDS Day was observed on Tuesday in the port city as elsewhere in the division.The theme of this year’s World Aids Day was “Getting to Zero.”To mark the day, rallies and discussion meetings were organized by District Civil…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-12 in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers and recovered 300 pieces of yaba tablets from Dhamura Bus-stand area under Ujirpur upazila of the district on Tuesday night.The arrested were Sahin Hossain Talukder, 32,…
A minor boy was killed as a temporary flag stand fell on him at Khagrachhari Adhunik Sadar Hospital this morning.The deceased was Arafat Rahul, 4, son of Kabir Hossain, a resident of Ganjpara area of Sadar upazila.
More than 80 tonnes of fishes were harvested from 196 floating cages in Mohananda river in Chapainawabganj district this year making the fishermen and others concerned happy.Monosex tilapia fish farming in floating cage method is increasing day by day. By…
A man was killed and 14 policemen were injured as a covered van turned turtle and a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch in an accident at Chuknagar Nornia on the Khulna-Satkhira road in Dumuria upazila on Tuesday morning.The identity…
A homeopathic doctor sustained bullet injuries in an attack by miscreants at Ranibandar in Chirirbandar upazila on Monday night. The victim was identified as Birendra Roy, a resident of Ranipur village of the upazila.Locals said a gang of miscreants intercepted…
Police recovered hanging body of a young man from Hingarpara area in Sadullahpur upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, 38, son of Wazed Munsi, a resident of Nayanpur village of the upazila.
An electric-cable shop was gutted in Shitolpur area under Sitakunda upazila of the district in the early hours of Monday. Fire Service & Civil Defense sources said the fire originated from an electric short-circuit at an old electric-cable shop in…
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested one alleged terrorist with a foreign made pistol from Kuthibari Kamalapur area of the town on Monday.RAB sources said the arrested is identified as Ikbal Molla, 32, son of Chan Molla of the area.…
The triennial council of Chuadanga district Awami League will be held at the town football ground of the district on December 2. The preparation is complete now to hold the council of the party. Mohammad Nasim, presidium member of Bangladesh…
Barisal Metropolitan police recovered a couple bodies from a house of Kounia thana area yesterday.The deceased were identified as Khalek Dhali, 35 and his wife Mukuli Begum, 28.
A local leader of Meherpur BNP was killed in a “gunfight” with police at Bandar village in Shashan ghat area of Meherpur sadar uapzila in Meherpur early Monday.The deceased is Ramjan Sheikh, 42, son of late Amir Sheikh of Rajnagar…
Detectives arrested a young man along with 1,400 Yaba tablet from KDC area in the district town on Saturday night.The arrestee was identified as Ariful Islam, 24, son of Nurul Islam of Dakkin Para village in Madan upazila.
A madrasah student drowned in a pond at Jhumjhumpur in Jessore town on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Sonny Rahman, 10, a class V student of a local madrasah and son of Mosharraf Hossain, a resident of the area.
A priest of a church at Utholi in Shibalaya upazila filed a general diary (GD) with Shibalaya Police Station on Saturday afternoon out of fear for a possible attempt on his life.Officer-in-charge of the police station Rakibuzzaman said a group…
Police in a special drive arrested seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from a mess in Momin Para area of the district town on Saturday evening.The arrestees were identified as Sabbir Hossain, Mohammad Farhaduzzaman, Mohammad Yunus, Mohammad Uzzal, Abdus Salam,…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)seized 180 bottles of Indian wine and one kilogram of cannabis in three separate drives from Madavpur upazila of the district on Friday.A patrol team of the BGB-55 Battalion, led by Naike Saidur Rahman, in…
Cultivation of mustard, a robi crop, has been exceeded in all the seven upazilas of the district this year with an expectation of bumper production against the crop.Office sources said the department of agriculture extension (DAE) set a target to…
Detective Branch (DB) of Barisal Metropolitan police in a drive arrested three persons with 105 pieces of yaba tablets from a hotel of the city area on Thursday night.Three arrested persons were identified as Milon Sarkar, 27, M Jahidul Islam,…
A college girl and a man committed suicide in two separate incidents in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenidah on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Sima Khatun, 17, daughter of Nazrul Islam, a resident of Borodah village and a college student of…
A man was stabbed to death and his wife injured allegedly by his son-in-law in Uttar Shalgaria Sarderpara area of the district town Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Mojaffar Hossain, 60, a resident of Baushgari village in Santhia upazila.
In the fourth phase, 105 members of 21 families belonging to two former Indian enclaves—Dohola Khagrabari and Doikhata—in Debiganj and Boda upazilas left for India on Thursday as they earlier embraced Indian nationality during the enclave swap between the two…
Police seized a covered van loaded with 56 sacks of Indian cumin worth Tk8 lakh from rail gate area in Akkelpur upazila of the district on Wednesday night.Officer-in charge of Akkelpur police station Sazzad Hossain said a team of police…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in different drives recovered 31-kg ganja and 160 bottles Indian whisky from different areas of Kosba upazila in the district on Wednesday.The BGB team conducted the drives at Aksin and Rautkhola frontier area and…
A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room at Jayfarpur village in Osmaninagar upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Jaheda Begum, 13, daughter of Abdus Sobhan of the village and a class VII…
Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with two grams of heroine (15 packs) from Sherpur bus stand of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The arrestee was identified as Dipu Poddar, 35.
More than 300 children were admitted to different clinics and hospitals after being affected with diarrhea and pneumonia in the last seven days.Residential Medical Officer of Laxmipur Sadar Hospital Dr Md Anowar Hossain said nearly 70 children were admitted to…