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7 bodies handed over to family

FROM MAWA GHAT: Law enforcers on Wednesday have handed over seven bodies to their relatives after identifying them. According to the latest information provided by Mawa Ghat police sub-control room, Bhola, Munshiganj, Shariatpur and Chandpur district administrations and polices handed

BSF abduct 2 BD nationals in Joypurhat

JOYPURHAT: Border Security Force (BSF) of India abducted two Bangladeshi cattle traders from Sonatola area of Hatkhola frontier under Panchbibi Upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The victims are- Alam, 28, Fukri, 27. Locals said that BSF personnel abducted them the cattle

Youth dies in Mirpur thana custody

DHAKA: A youth died in Mirpur Thana police custody in city on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Mahbubur Rahman Sujan, 35, son of Meher Ali Shikdar. Confirming the matter, Shah Ali Thana Sub-Inspector Imanur Rahman told banglanews, “Sujan was enlisted terrorist and Mirpur

Husband-wife killed in Mymensigh

MYMENSIGH: A couple was hacked to death by miscreants in Akua Gorur Khowar area of Mymensigh Sadar of the district on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Abdul Haque, 55 and his wife Rayatunnesa, 50. Locals said that a youth was trying to flee the spot then locals caught him

Sunamganj road crash kills 2

SUNAMGANJ: Two people were killed and three others injured when a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch in Dhamodotto Tripti area on Sylhet-Sunamganj highway on Saturday midnight. The deceased was identified as Kador Ali, son of Faijur Rahman and Abu Bakkar, 45, son of late Abdul Fazil.

Schoolgirl drowns in Rajbari

RAJBARI: A 15-year old schoolgirl drowned in the Naran Babu Road area of Sadar Municipality of the district on Thursday noon.The deceased was identified as Umme Nur-e Azam Medha, student of class-VII, and only daughter of Advocate Shafiqul Azam Mamun PP also joint secretary of district

Govt to build wire fence in Myanmar frontier

DHAKA: The government is going to take decision in building barbed wire fences along Myanmar border for stopping infiltration of Rohingyas.It also is going to increase the number of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members to patrol in the frontier area strictly.Sources said the decision

‘We have been evicted from our land’

RETURN FROM KHAGRACHHARI: A total of 84 indigenous people from 21 families have been living at classrooms of Babuchhara High School for around a month after they were “evicted” from their own land at Babuchhara in the district.    “We had been evicted from our land in 1960

6 awarded life-term in Kurigram

KURIGRAM: A Kurigram court on Thursday awarded life-term rigorous imprisonment to six people in a murder case in Fulbari upazila of the district. The court also released 20 people, including a woman, finding them innocent of the charge. Additional District and Session Judge Nur Mohammad

Minor drowns in C’nawabganj

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: A four-year-old boy drowned in a ditch at Hotatpara village under Shibganj upazila of the district on Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Shuvo, son of Badsha Ali of the village. Locals said Shuvo was playing with other kids near a mango garden. At one stage,

Rain paralyses Ctg life for day-3

CHITTAGONG: Torrential downpour caused severe water-logging leaving people marooned in low-lying areas in the port city which paralysed the normal life for third day on Sunday. Sources said that mainly the office goers and students of educational institutions suffered here a lot while

Food first, then ICT

DHAKA: Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury commented that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will not work in empty stomach. The minister said in her speech on the development of agriculture in the second day of ‘Vision 2030: Framework for Economic Policy Making and

Food first, then ICT

DHAKA: Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury commented that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will not work in empty stomach. The minister said in her speech on the development of agriculture in the second day of ‘Vision 2030: Framework for Economic Policy Making and

ICT-1 sends Akram to jail

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 sent Mohammad Akram Hossain, accused for crimes against humanity during 1971. A three-member bench of ICT-1 led by Judge M Inayetur Rahim passed the order when the accused was produced before it on Sunday. Earlier on Friday, Rajshahi police

Bangladeshis in Iraq can take shelter in Iran

DHAKA: Bangladeshi workers in Iraq, if necessary, can take temporary shelter in Iran by crossing the border, said expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain. The minister told media after the ministry’s migration crisis observation committee

‘Sushma’s visit to open a new horizon’

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said the visit of Sushma Swaraj, the External Affairs Minister of India, to Bangladesh will start a new horizon between the two nations. Abul Hassan said on Sunday Sushma will come to Bangladesh on Wednesday on three day official visit. 

Uncertainty over SAARC summit in Nepal

DHAKA: There is some uncertainty in holding the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit of eight South Asian countries in Katmandu of Nepal in November. In the 35th meeting of the foreign ministers of the countries on February decided to hold the summit in Nepal.

JS south plaza catches fire

DHAKA: A fire broke out at East-south plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhabhan on Wednesday morning. Sources said that the fire originated at commerce minister Tofail Ahmed’s office, housed at third floor of East-south plaza, around 8:32am. But the reason of fire origination could not be

BGP fire again on Bandarban border

BANDARBAN: A tense situation is prevailing at Naikkhangchari frontier of the district as Myanmar border Guard Police (BGP) once again fired mortar shell on Tuesday night. BGP fired at Jamchhari and Prottajhiri border line under Naikkhangchari upazila around 10:30pm. Local union parishad

Major reshuffle in public admin

DHAKA: In a latest development, some seven additional secretaries and 23 joint secretaries were reshuffled inside the administration. Separate orders were issued in this regard on Tuesday afternoon. BDST: 2130 HRS JUN 03, 2014