School committee chief accused of corruption

Students and guardians yesterday demonstrated demanding removal of the president of Kisamat Chandrapur Government Primary School managing committee in Aditmari upazila of the district, bringing corruption charge against him.
10 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Boy falls from tree, dies

A schoolboy died, falling off a tree in the district yesterday morning. The dead is Joni, 10, a Class V student of Boro Rauta Government Primary School, and son
10 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Mina stampede: Bangladesh death toll rises to 68

The number of Bangladeshis killed in the Mina stampede during Hajj last month rises to 68, the Hajj mission in Saudi Arabia confirms.
9 October 2015, 15:10 PM

Two cattle traders shot by BSF

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot two cattle traders, including a Bangladeshi national, at Pathordubi border in Bhurungamari upazila
8 October 2015, 18:00 PM

BSF kill Bangladeshi at Shibganj border

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troopers have gunned down a Bangladeshi man near Fatehpur frontier in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.
8 October 2015, 09:56 AM

Family to meet Mojaheed tomorrow

Family members of condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed will meet him at Dhaka Central Jail tomorrow.
8 October 2015, 08:58 AM

Sepp Blatter 'provisionally suspended' for 90 days

The bad news just keeps coming for Sepp Blatter after FIFA provisionally suspended the president of football's world governing body.
7 October 2015, 21:35 PM

Drug peddler jailed

A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to two years' imprisonment for possessing 75,000 litres of wine. The convict is Md
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Indian sarees seized

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 2,400 Indian sarees worth about Tk 2 crore at Benapole border in Jessore district on Tuesday. The
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM

15 idols vandalised in Satkhira

Criminals vandalised at least 15 idols at a temple at Karmakarpara in Ashashuni upazila of the district early yesterday.
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Leaf blight worries aman farmers of Dinajpur

Bacterial leaf blight has appeared in aman fields of Chirirbandar and Sadar upazilas under the district, much to the worry of farmers
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM

No IS in Bangladesh, police chief asserts

The chief of police asserts claim that there is no organisational existence of international terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh.
6 October 2015, 13:08 PM

Yet another meeting ends without headway

Yet another meeting between public university teachers and Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has ended without major headway.
6 October 2015, 12:53 PM

2 remanded over Japanese citizen murder

A Rangpur court today placed Rashed-un-Nabi Khan Biplob,a local BNP activist, and Humayun Kabir Hira on a 10-day remand in Japanese national Hoshi Kunio murder case.
6 October 2015, 07:59 AM

ASI killed in Pabna

An assistant sub-inspector was strangled before his body was dumped near Pakshey Rail Station of Ishwardi upazila on Monday, police said.
5 October 2015, 21:56 PM

16 Jamaat, Shibir men held in Habiganj

Sixteen activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, were detained from different upazilas in Habiganj district
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM

16 Habiganj Jamaat-Shibir men ‘detained with bombs’

Sixteen leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir are detained in Habiganj over plotting subversive activities, police said today.
5 October 2015, 10:17 AM

Arrest warrant for 5 Noakhali ‘Razakars’

A tribunal in Dhaka issues arrest warrant against five suspected war criminals of Noakhali for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.
5 October 2015, 06:02 AM

Railway land under illegal occupation in Lalmonirhat

Over a thousand illegal structures have already been built on grabbed railway lands in different areas of the district while a section of occupiers are illegally selling 'possession' of such lands.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Shooting of boy: MP Liton’s arms licences scrapped

The district administration cancels firearm licences of ruling Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton after allegations of shooting a 10-year-old boy are raised against him.
4 October 2015, 14:33 PM