MYMENSINGH: A Mymensingh court awarded life-term imprisonment to 13 people and 10-year rigorous jail to two others in five-murder case.District Special Sessions Judge Dr Mohammad Amir Uddin passed the order on Wednesday noon.The convicts are Sirajul, Abdus Sattar, Manik, Barek, Azizul,

NETROKONA: A district court on Wednesday sentenced five persons to death for raping a teenage girl.Woman and Children Repression Prevention tribunal justice and also District and Sessions Judge Dr AKM Abul Kashem passed the order at noon and also fined Tk 25,000 each.The death convicts

DHAKA: Sylhet Divisional Commissioner Sazzadul Hasan has been appointed as personal secretary-1 (PS) of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The Public Administration Ministry issued an order to this effect Wednesday afternoon.He will remain in his post as long as Sheikh Hasina remains PM or as

SATKHIRA: A Bangladesh national was tortured to death allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) here at bordering Lokkhidari area on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Sheikh Zakir Hossain, 30, son of Sheikh Nasir Hossain, residing in Labsa village of Satkhira Sadar

DHAKA:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina distributed financial assistance to vehicle owners who were affected in the ongoing hartals and blockades sponsored by BNP-led 20-party alliance.The Primer, in the first phase, handed over cheques for Tk 4,20,65,000 to 146 owners for the 156 damaged

MANIKGANJ: Seven more bodies of victims of launch capsize recovered from 7km away from spot in Andharmanik area in Harirampur on Wednesday morning.Ghior fire station officer confirmed the matter adding five more people were still missing.In the meantime, a total of 69 bodies among 71

DHAKA: The charred body of minor boy was recovered inside a shanty after a devastating fire broke out at a slum, nearby Islamic Foundation building, in city’s Agargaon area on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Sajib, 4, son of Tuhin Sheikh, hailed from Gopalganj. Slum residents

DHAKA: Customs intelligence detained two passengers with 161 pieces of gold, weighing 18.7 kilograms worth about Tk 9.35 crore, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Wednesday.The detainees-- Shamsuddin of Chandpur and Abu Sayed of Chittagong--landed at the airport by a flight of

DHAKA: The martyrs of 2009 BDR mutiny were paid tributes on behalf of President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Banani army graveyard in the city Wednesday morning.Wednesday is the 6th anniversary of the horrific bloodshed at the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana, where 74

DHAKA: The two-day polls of Dhaka Bar Association, country’s largest lawyers’ organization, began from Wednesday morning to elect a new executive committee of the association for 2015-2016.The voting will end on February 26 where a number of 61 candidates from pro-Awami League

DHAKA: The Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) of the European Parliament (EP) will place a report on its latest visit to Dhaka before an EP meeting on Thursday.The meeting will begin at 9:00 morning (Brussels local time) and continue till 12:30 noon where Bangladesh issues will be

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: Three people, including helper of a bus, were burnt in an arson attack near to the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Saoghat of Rupganj Upazila of the district early Wednesday.Shakil Ahmed, 25, and another unidentified victim were sent to burn unit of Dhaka Medical

MAGURA: An extremist was killed in a gunfight between police and local terror gang in Khalimpur village under Sadar upazila of the district early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Daud Hossian alias Tiger Daud, 40, son of late Babar Ali of Gouricharanpur area of the

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police took Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna to its Detective Branch (DB) office at the city’s Minto Road early Wednesday. Manna’s whereabouts was known more 20 hours after he had been picked up by “plainclothes lawpersons” in the city early

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) secretary Sirazul Islam said that two more weeks are needed for the field-level preparations of North and South Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) polls.The EC secretary made the disclosure to the journalists at his office on Tuesday.Sirazul Islam said

PATURIA (MANIKGANJ): At least 11 ill-fated passengers of the sunken launch MV Mostafa are still missing.The missing list, however, includes six women and five men.They are Abul Hossain Hasu, son of a late Joynal Abdein of Teota village; Sohrab Hossain, son of Afaj Uddin of Elachipur

DHAKA: Elections of Dhaka City Corporation (Both the North and South) and Chittagong City Corporation are likely to be held on the day same.The hint came form the statement of an Election Commission (EC) secretary Sirajul Islam on Tuesday.He, while briefing journalists at his office in

RANGPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road mishap on Rangpur-Dinajpur road in Hazir Hat area of the district on Tuesday evening.Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.Police sources said that a rashly driven passenger bus knocked down a motorcycle in the area

DHAKA: The two-day polls of Dhaka Bar Association, country’s largest lawyers’ organization, will be held on February 25 and 26.A number of 61 candidates from pro-Awami League ‘White Panel’, Pro-BNP and Jamaat ‘Blue Panel’ and independent candidates’ ‘Green Panel’ will

COMILLA: A Comilla court on Tuesday awarded capital punishment to three persons and life-term imprisonment to five others in a murder case in the district.Judge Chaman Chowdhury of Comilla Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-4 passed the order around 12:30pm.The capital