Dhaka – Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday interrogated three army members who collected some evidence from the spot from where the body of slain Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu was recovered.Sources at the CID Comilla office said the three…
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Storms, landslides kill 5 in Ctg, Bhola, Patuakhali
Dhaka – Five people were killed and 50 others injured as landslides and storms, triggered by the cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’, hit Chittagong, Bhola and Patuakhali districts on Saturday.In Bhola, Akram, a class VI student and son of Mafiz, was killed…
Buddha Purnima Saturday
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be observed across the country on Saturday. Buddha Purnima marks Gautam Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. It falls on the day of the full moon in May. Dhaka, UNB…
BGB-BSF chiefs’ conference starts Thursday
Dhaka – A 5-day Director General-level conference between the Bangladesh and India border security agencies kicks off Thursday in Dhaka.A 21-member Indian delegation, led by the Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) of India Shri KK Sharma,…
Decision to drop 22 FFs’ names from gazette why not illegal: HC
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the decision to drop the names of 22 freedom fighters of Gaibandha from the list of 479 listed freedom fighters should not be declared illegal.…
Mahmudur sent to jail after remand
Dhaka – A court here on Monday sent Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman to jail in a case filed in connection with a plot to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail
Family members of death-row war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 in Gazipur on Friday. Jail sources said six members of Nizami’s family-his wife Samsunnahar Nizami, two sons– Barrister Najib Momen and Khadiza Mohsina, daughter-in-laws…
Sunday’s HSC exams rescheduled
Sunday’s Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations have been rescheduled due to a daylong hartal called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Dhaka, UNB news agency reported.
Cargo owners call off strike
The cargo owners who went on an indefinite strike demanding rational fixation of workers minimum wage withdrew their strike on Monday upon the government’s assurance of meeting their demand. “As Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan have assured us that a committee,…
Increased BD apparel exports can create more jobs: WB reports
Increased appeal exports could create more and better jobs in Bangladesh if the country makes improvement in productivity and product quality by enforcing a better safety condition and other compliance policies, said a World Bank report. The report, released on…
SSC, equivalent exams results on May 11
The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on May 11. “Yes, the results of SSC and its equivalent examinations will be published on May 11,” Education Secretary Sohrab Hossain told UNB…
Former state minister Mujibur Rahman Fakir passes away
Former state minister and ruling Awami League (AL) MP Dr Capt (retd) Mujibur Rahman Fakir of Mymensingh-3 constituency passed away on Monday morning due to heart disease. He was 69. Mujibur Rahman Fakir breathed his last around 9am at Mymensingh…
Unregistered SIMs, RUIMs await deactivation: Tarana
SIMs and RUIMs which will remain unregistered after April 30 will be deactivated shortly after the deadline, said State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Sunday. “At first, the unregistered SIMs will be deactivated for three hours on…
Create more scope for education of poor students: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday stressed taking more initiatives so that the country’s poor and meritorious students have a greater access to education. “More initiatives should be there so that the poor and meritorious students get greater scope of…
BGB deployed in 608 UPs
Dhaka-Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in 608 union parishads, out of the total 721 where polls are set to be held on March 22.
One killed by BSF at Kushtia border
A Bangladeshi national was allegedly shot to death and another injured by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Mohommadpur Dangerpara area of Daulatpur upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Mamun, 25, son of Moho Ali, a…
Sundari & gewa wood seized in Sharankhola
Forest guards of Sharankhola Range in the Eastern Division of Sundarban forest raided 2 separate places and seized 900 CFT cut band Sundari and Gewa wood worth Tk.5 lakh was seized.It is learnt from ACF and Ranger of Sharankhola that…
ICT sentences Taher, Noni of Netrakona to death
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday awarded death penalty to Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni for crimes against humanity in 1971 in Netrakona.The three-member ICT, headed by its chairman Justice Anwarul Haque, passed the order in presence of…
PM to meet public University teachers tomorrow
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will sit on Monday with public university teachers who are protesting against what they call ‘discrepancies’ in the Eighth National Pay Scale in a bid to break the deadlock.The prime minister will host the leaders of…
RAB kills JMB militants at Gazipur
RAB says it has gunned down two ‘militants’ in a raid at Bhogrha in Gazipur.The elite police unit busted what it says was a ‘militant hideout’ tucked away into an abandoned house at Jogitola near Gazipur-Chittagong bypass on Sunday midnight.RAB…
JMB caught in Chittagong
Detectives in a drive arrested three suspected members of the banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and seized huge arms, bomb making substance and 12 sets of army uniforms from Aman Bazar area of city.The drive began on Saturday morning…
Youth held with fake currency notes in C’nawabganj
Police arrested a young man in possession of fake currency notes amounting to Tk 75,000 from Gopalpur in Shibganj upazila on Friday.The arrestee was identified as Shafiullah, 23, son of Mansur of the village.
BCL activists cause mayhem in Laxmipur
Local Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) activists allegedly went on rampage and ransacked the house of BNP-backed mayoral candidate Roman Hossain Patowary of Ramganj municipality on Friday.Roman Hossain Patowary said a group of 10-15 members of BCL activists stormed into his…
Christmas Day celebrated in Ctg
Christmas Day, the biggest religious festival of the Christians community marking the birth of Jesus Christ, was celebrated in the port city as elsewhere in the country with huge festivity and fanfare.Churches and adjoining areas were decorated with colorful tiny…
Suicide bomb attack in Rajshahi
A man was killed in a blast while exploding bomb in a mosque of Ahmadia community at Bagmara upazila in Rajshahi during Jumaa prayers on Friday.Many people, members of 15-16 families of Ahmadia community in the Syedpur Bokpara neighbourhood, were…
16,039 hectares land brought under mustard cultivation
Farmers of Panchagarh district cultivated mustard on 16,039 hectares of land this year with the production target of 18,055 tons of mustard.District Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said five varieties of mustard seeds like BARI-9,BINA-5,BINA-8,BARI-15, BARI-14 were distributed among the…
Raid on suspected JMB militant at Mirpur
Police and RAB personnel have started a raid on a house at Dhaka’s Mirpur, on information that it was used as a hideout by militants of the Jamaat’ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesperson Jahangir Alam told bdnews24.com that the…
Hijacked rice carrying truck recovered in Sylhet
Police in a drive seized a truck, which was hijacked in Pubail area of Gazipur district on Friday, from a restaurant in Kumargoan area of the city on Sunday evening.On a secret information police conducted drive in the area around…
Man killed by brother in Laxmipur
A man was stabbed to death by his elder brother at Bhatialpur village in Ramganj upazila on Sunday night over a trifling matter.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Alam, 30, son of late Syed Ahmed, a resident of the village.
Man killed in clash over land in Kurigram
A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash over a land-related dispute at Maldanga village of Mogolbasa union in Sadar upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Akhter Hossain, 40, son of Ahmmed Hossain, a resident…