RAJBARI: Miscreants shot to death a local Awmai League leader in Panchuria union under Sadar upazila of the district on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Abdus Sattar, 55, president of ward no.7 of Panchuria Union, also a Bangladesh Railway employee.  Locals said that a gang

DHAKA: Some 500 workers were held by Oman police and shown illegal though they went there legally from Bangladesh and later would be deported to Bangladesh. Of them, around 100 workers have already been deported to Bangladesh and arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the

BANDARBAN: A tense situation is prevailing at Naikkhangchari frontier of the district following hearing the sound of gunfire near Bangladesh-Myanmar Border in phases on Friday. But, Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) said that their training session is going on there. Locals told

DHAKA: Jannati Hossain, a North South University (NSU) student, also driver of the private car, which rammed into a police van in Mohakhali on early Friday and killed her friend, has been sent to the jail. She was sent to the Dhaka Central Jail after Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur

DHAKA: The photo, attached with the news, is nothing but a stream of our brutal mentality still in 2014. Journalist Allan Sorenson captured the photo in Sderot of Israel on July 9, The Al Jazeera published on Thursday. Photographer about the photo said that Israelis bringing chairs to

RAJBARI: A policeman was killed and another injured in a road accident in Taktipur area under Pangsha upazila of the district on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector of Pangsha thana Sagor Ahmed. Police sources said that a rashly driven passenger bus

RANGPUR: A person chopped his two wives to death in Khoragachhi area under Mithapukur upazila of the district on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Momena Khatun, 40 and Maksuda, 36, wives of Ilias Mia of the area. Witnesses said that Ilias chopped his two wives dead with

DHAKA: Bangladesh has expressed its shocked at the recent Israeli atrocities and violence perpetrated in Gaza resulting in tragic loss of civilian lives and heavy damage to property and posing renewed threat to regional peace and stability. In a press release, Bangladesh strongly

DHAKA: World Population Day is annually observed on July 11 to reaffirm the human right to plan for a family. The day is being observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the globe with a call to prioritize youth in development plans, strengthen partnerships with youth-led organizations,

KUSHTIA: A gang of muggers snatched a battery-run auto rickshaw and slaughtered its driver in Barkhada area under Sadar upazila of the district on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Rana, 25, son of Yaar Ali, resident of the area. Family sources said that Rana went out of

DHAKA: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) resumed its investigation into Juba League leader Riazul Haque Khan Milky murder case.After accepting the petition, Metropolitan Magistrate Tareq Mainul Islam Bhuiyan directed the CID to take necessary steps to probe the case and submit a

CHITTAGONG: Three people were killed and three more injured in road accident in Saltgola area under port thana of the port city on Friday morning. Of the decreased, two were identified as Fatema Begum and Chhabir Uddin, passengers of the human hauler. Chittagong Medical College Hospital

DHAKA: A man was killed and four others were injured when a recklessly running car hit a standing police van in Mohakhali area in the city early Friday. Details of the deceased could not be known immediately while the injured were an on-duty policeman Abul Hossain, two Ansar members –

CHITTAGONG: A retired policeman was killed when a herd of wild elephant attacked in west Bazalia area under Satkania upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Morshed Ali, 70. Local said a herd of wild elephant, numbering 10 to 12, stormed his house and hit him

RAMU (COX’S BAZAR): Influential people are building up big concrete houses by cutting hills illegally in Panja Ghonar Para under the Rajarkul reserved forest range of the upazila. Locals alleged that one Dil Mohhammad, son of Solaiman of Dokkhindip Faterkul village, is constructing a

DINAJPUR: Three persons were electrocuted and two others were injured following an incident at Kismat Madhabpur village under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Sabbir Hossain Shuvo, 18, son of Mojibar Rahman, Mosaddeq Hossain, 40, son

RANGAMATI: Two people were killed and three others injured as lightning struck in Rajasthali area of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Angthuima Marma, 17 and Mangchiu Marma, 7.Local sources said lightning struck Angthuima and Mangchiu along with three

DHAKA: Following the previous years, no new taxes were imposed on houses in the proposed budget of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) for the fiscal year 2014-15.DSCC administrator M Ibrahim Hossain disclosed the matter while presenting the budget of Tk 1,565.75 crore on Thursday

DHAKA: Power, Energy & Mineral Resources State Minister Nasrul Hamid on Thursday categorically said coal lifting from the northern part of Barapukuria coal mine would begin in open-pit mining system from September.The state minister made the disclosure while talking to journalists

DHAKA: A worker was electrocuted at a canteen adjacent to BG Press area of Tejgaon in the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as M Shahid, 26, son of one Billal Mia, hailed from Madhupur village of Begumganj Thana in Noakhali district. Victim’s co-worker Mahbubur Rahman told