Chittagong – Three people, including two brothers, were killed in ‘police firing’ at Gandamara village in Banshkhali upazila on Monday during a demonstration against the construction of a coal-based power plant there.Twenty people, including 10 cops, were also injured as…
MUNSHIGANJ – Upazila Nirbahi officer (UNO) of Nababganj upazila under Dhaka district Shakil Ahmed and his driver Mahbub Hossain were injured in a road accident at Karaniganj early this morning.UNO Shakil Ahmed was going to his working station Nababganj from…
MANIKGANJ – A fake RAB member was arrested from Uthuli under Manikganj district today.Police sources said the arrested person introduced himself as Md. Tanvir Ahmed, a Lieutenant Colonel of RAB and cheating people for long.On the basis of allegation of…
RANGPUR – A mobile court of Rangpur City Corporation evicted more 50 illegal roadside shops from footpaths in the city and seized various goods in the day-long drives today.Executive Magistrate of the City Corporation S M Golam Kibria led the…
BOGRA- A couple was killed and six others were injured when a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Jamunapara on Dhaka-Bogra highway under Sherpur upazila of the district this noon.The deceased were Thandu Miah, 42, son of…
CHITTAGONG – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today submitted charge-sheet against 33 people, including BNP leader Syed Wahidul Alam’s daughter Barrister Shakila Farjana, in a case of funding militancy.Assistant Director of RAB-7, Chittagong, Ruhul Amin, also investigation officer of the case,…
PANCHAGARH-The World Autism Awareness day 2016 was observed in Panchagarh today through different programmes.District Administration and District Social Welfare Department jointly organised the programme.The programme includes rally and discussion meeting. On the occasion a rally was brought out from government…
NARSINGDI- An awareness Seminar on government legal aid services organized by district Legal AID Committtee, here was held at the conference room of District judge here on Friday.Secretary of the Law and Judgment Division Abu Saleh Sheikh Mohammad Johirul Hoque…
SATKHIRA- A woman was killed and his husband injured as a truck hit their motorcycle at Gunali Bazaar under Tala upazila of the district this morning.The victim was Saleha Begum, 35, wife of Masud.
Netrakona – A sand trader was found dead in a guest house in Birishiri area of Durgapur upazila here on Friday afternoon.Rezaul Karim, officer in-charge of Dhurgapur Police Station, said Nurul Islam, 30, a resident of Shantinagar area of Dhaka,…
Satkhira – A farmer was stabbed to death and four people were injured in a clash over a land-related dispute at Deyara village in Kolaroa upazila on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Moslem Uddin Sana, 50, a resident of…
Dhaka -Awami League-nominated chairman candidates won in 132 union parishads (UPs) while BNP-supported contestants came out victorious in 20 unions in the 2nd phase UP elections held on Thursday, UNB news agency reported. According to the results reaching the UNB…
CHITTAGONG – Second round of Union Parishad (UP) polls in 30 Ups in three upazilas in Chittagong ended here amid stray incidents today.Three persons were killed in Sandwip Island during polling today. Police and eyewitness said three unidentified people were…
CHUADANGA -The election of four union parishads under Chuadanga Sadar upazila of the district was held peacefully today.The unions are Alokdia, Mominpur, Podmabila and Kutubpur. The polling began at 8 am and continued till 4 pm.Chuadanga District Election Control Room…
Dhaka – Nine people were killed and 21 others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in six districts on Thursday.In Comilla, two brick kiln workers were killed and 17 others injured as a thunderbolt struck them at Bakhornagar village…
Habiganj – Three children drowned in a pond at Dhal village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday.Jibon, 5, son of Zahat Mia, Hifzo, 4, daughter of Amir Mia and Ruma, 5, daughter of Awlad Mia of the village slipped into the…
KHULNA – A man was killed in a road accident at Chuknagar under Dumuria upazila of the district today.The deceased was identified as Hamidul Sarder, 28, resident at Ulia village under Tala upazila in Satkhira district.Camp-in-Charge of Chuknagar Highway Police…
Rajshahi – Three youths allegedly stole Tk2.24 lakh from a customer’s bag after cutting it open at the New Market branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd in the city on Tuesday afternoon.Victim Alal Uddin, owner of Mita Studio and Color…
Kishoreganj – Three members of a family were killed as a human hauler overturned at Darichariakona in Katiadi upazila of the district on early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Jonab Ali, 60, his wife Salma, 45, and his daughter Priya,…
Rajshahi – Police in a drive arrested a drug peddler along with 100 grams of heroin from Bidirpur in Godagari upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The arrestee was identified as Enarul Islam, 40, a resident of the area.
Jessore – A local BNP leader was shot to death by miscreants at Shyamnagar Bazar in Sadar upazila on Tuesday.The victim was identified as Idris Ali, 45, a leader of Hashimpur union unit of BNP and son of late Hashem…
Benapole – A man and his son were killed as a bus hit their motorcycle on the Benapole-Jessore road in Beniali area in Jhikargachha upazila on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Mosarraf Hossain, 55, son of Potla Morol of Bahadurpu…
Mymensingh – The upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Trishal was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Boilor in the upazila on Tuesday afternoon.Officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station M Moniruzzaman said the accident took place as a bus…
Moulvibazar – A man was killed as part of a mud wall of his house collapsed on him at South Ramchandrapur in Kamalganj upazila early Tuesday.Quoting locals, police said Ayas Ali, 42, son of Cherag Mia, died on the spot…
CHUADANGA – The harvesting of onion in the current cultivation season in Chuadanga district has completed. Chuadanga district agriculture extension department office sources said during this season a total of 4,000 metric tonnes of onion has been produced in four…
CHITTAGONG – A student of Premier University was killed and two others were injured in a clash between two factions of students at the university Dampara campus on Tuesday. Aziz Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Chawkbazar thana, said a rehearsal for the…
DHAKA- Two more matches of the Independence Day Kabaddi competition were decided on Tuesday at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city.
Mymensingh – A schoolboy was hacked to death in pre-polls violence in Achintapur union of Gouripur upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 10, a Class-IV student of Shahganj Govt Primary School and son of Osman Gani…
Khulna- A court here on Monday sentenced a girl to death for killing her boyfriend in the city in 2014.The convict was identified as Fatema Akhter Sonali, 21.According to the prosecution, police recovered the body of Imdadul Haque Shipon, a…
Dhaka – Five people were killed in separate lightning strikes in Comilla, Panchagarh and Habiganj districts on Monday.In Comilla, Mohammad Babul, 22, son of Abdul Kader Miah of Kamalnagar upazila in Laxmipur district, was killed when a thunderbolt struck him…