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At least six different kinds of shops were gutted in a fire in city’s A-block area under Halishahor thana on Tuesday noon.Fire service sources said the fire originated from electric short circuit in one of the shops around 11.30 am…

Six Bangladesh nationals were picked up by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from the Padma river at Godagari border of the district on Tuesday noon.The identity of the six BD nationals could not be confirmed immediately.

The religion of Buddhism has become a symbol of peace, harmony, tolerance, non- violence and humanism with no record of wrongdoing since inception of the great religion.The observations were made at a discussion arranged in observance of the greatest Manottam…

The mournful Jail Killing Day is being observed in the city today paying due homage to the four national leaders assassinated inside the Dhaka Central Jail on this day in 1975.City unit of Bangladesh Awami League and its front-organizations observed…

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a plan to prepare seed bed to produce healthy seedlings for Boro farming in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current Boro season.DAE office sources said over 1, 21,258…

Eleven persons were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment each in the sensational Fazlur Rahman Fanu killing case in Shingra Upazila of Natore district.Fanu, Chairman of Kalam Union Parishad under Shingra Upazila and Upazila Awami League leader was killed brutally…

Indian customs officials arrested a Bangladeshi C & F agent official along with 12 gold bars in no man’s land area in Benapole check post on Saturday night.The arrestee was identified as Saiful Islam,35, official of Commercial Agency and son…

Detectives in a drive arrested a BNP leader from Mandari Bazar area of Sadar upazila on Sunday night on sabotage charges.The arrestee was identified as Riaz uddin, general secretary of Mandari union unit BNP and son of late Fosi Uddin,…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) man from Char Radhakanai village under Fulbaria upazila of the district on Friday night.The arrested person was identified as Hafez Mohammad Belal 31, son of Abdul Hakim of Char…

A female schoolteacher from ethic minority community was killed by slitting throat allegedly by her husband over a family feud at Lama Bazar in Lama upazila on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Maicyaching Marma, 28, wife of Thoaiching Marma,…

The local administration has slapped section 144 in Ramnewaz Bazar and Fishery Ghat in Manpura upazila on Saturday as two groups of the local unit of Awami League called separate programmes at the same place and time.Ershad Hossain Khan, upazila…

A young man was killed allegedly by his cousin over a trifling matter at Raita village in Kalaroa upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Enamul Haque,22, son of Yunus Ali, a resident of the village.

A 12-hour hartal enforced by ‘Samya Mancha’ and different professional bodies demanding the arrest and punishment of the killers of schoolboy Ashiqur Rahman Samya, is underway peacefully in Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday.The deceased Ashiqur Rahman Samya was son of Ataur…

A cargo vessel carrying 510 tonnes of coal capsized in the Pasur river in Mongla upazila near the Sundarbans on Tuesday night. Sub-inspector Md Nazrul Islam, officer-in charge of Chandpai Navy police camp, said a Khulna-bound coal laden cargo ship…

A madrasah teacher was crushed under the wheels of a speeding bus at Dharmagram area on Pabna-Dhaka highway in Sadar upazila on Tuesday noon.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 55, head teacher of Puspapara Kamil Madrasha in the upazila…

Miscreants set fire on a house and an old man was burnt alive at Chayani-Tagba under Chatkhil Municipality under Noakhali district on Monday morning.The victim was identified as Siddiqullah, 80, son of Azharullah of the same area. Siddiqullah was the…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a member of a forest robber gang in possession of 23 firearms and 1,523 rounds of bullet from Badurjhola Khal of the Sundarbans West Zone in Koyra upazila on Monday night.The arrestee was…

The regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against the manufacturing of substandard and adulterated food and fined owners of some food factories Taka 1.3 lakh in the metropolis on Sunday.According to the officials concerned,…

Muggers stabbed a trader and looted Tk 7 lakh in Barutkhan area in the city on Sunday afternoon.The injured were identified as Shamsuddin, son of Abdus Salam, a resident of Khalail village in Companyganj upazila and owner of Ferdous Stone…

A minor boy drowned in a pond at Gandagohali village in Puthia upazila on Monday.The deceased was identified as Abdullah,5, son of Abul Kalam of the village.

World Statistics Day-2015 was celebrated in the district as elsewhere in the country and the globe yesterday with a call to formulate social and economic plans for a sustainable development of the nation.This year’s theme of the day is ‘Better…

There is no alternative to launching an effective social movement, involving everybody, against corruption for further accelerating development in building a corruption-free developed Bangladesh.Zila Parishad Administrator and Acting President of district Awami League Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed said this while addressing…

The local administration imposed section 144 at Reba Akter Alim Madrasa ground and its adjacent areas in Manda upazila for 12 hours from Monday morning as two local groups of BNP called their programmes at the same venue and time…

Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) on Friday morning arrested five members of a CNG auto rickshaw snatchers’ gang in connection with the snatching incident that took place on June 24 last.The arrested were identified as gang leader Imtiaj Uddin Saimon, 24,…

Two wild elephants were killed at a frontier village in Dewanganj upazila of the district on Saturday night.According to police the wild elephants were electrocuted at the village Makhanerchar under Dewanganj upazila in the district about 500 to 700 yards…

A sexagenarian man was crushed to death under the wheels of a running train in Panchuria rail station area of the district town on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Abdus Samad Sheikh,60, a resident of Andharmanik village in Goalanda…

An indefinite bus strike enforced by the bus owners and workers on six routes of the district protesting the beating of a bus helper began on Sunday.Bus Malik-Shramik Okya Parishad, an association of transport owners and workers, announced the strike…

Two minor children drowned in ponds in separate incidents in Jobsen area and Bakal village in Agailjhara upazila on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Mahin Sarder, 2, son of Abdul Alim, a resident of Jobsen area, and Angkan Das,…

A big robber gang looted gold and silver jewelleries from seven shops at Dighirpar Bazar in Tongibari upazila of the district early yesterday morning.Officer in-Charge of Tongibari Thana Alamgir Hossain, quoting witnesses, said around 40/45 robbers came to Dighirpar Bazar…