A sub-inspector of Khulshi Police Station, Aminul Islam, who was arrested on Sunday following allegations of involvement in a gold snatching incident at Khulshi’s Akhtaruzzaman Flyover area in Chattogram, has been suspended and sent to a one-day remand. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Kaz
Three BNP leaders have been expelled from their party roles at all levels, including primary membership, on charges of breaching party discipline in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The three expelled BNP leaders are; Abul Bashar, Ramu Upazila BNP's adviser; Kamal Uddin, vice-president of Ramu U
Sunamganj 250-bed District Sadar Hospital has long been plagued with various problems, including a staff shortage, which hampers medical services every day. A staff crisis is affecting medical services in the public hospital where patients are being deprived of proper treatment, locals say. The h
Local residents have been suffering a lot as a broken culvert and a dilapidated bridge have been lying unrepaired for a long time in Kachua and Hajiganj upazilas of the district respectively. Sources said the important culvert at Dakshin Sengua village in Kachua upazila suddenly developed cracks o
As many as 145,381 animals have been kept ready in the district for sacrifice in the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. According to the Gaibandha Livestock Office, there are 63,246 cows, 147 buffaloes and 81,988 goats and sheep in the district for sacrifice. This year, the demand for sacrificial animals in s
The Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) has started generating eco-friendly electricity from waste and abandoned plastic in the Rohingya camp of Cox's Bazar by using the Omni process method. Omni process is a technology where electricity, distilled water and ash are produced from human
Two people, including a girl, drowned in the river Mohananda of Chapainawabganj sadar and Bholahat upazilas this afternoon. The victims were Raihan Ali Shuvo, 22, son of Ziken Ali of Swarupnagar area in Chapainawabganj municipality and Sonia, 12, daughter of Zohor Ali of Pirgachi village under Dal
Two cousins were killed and four others injured by lightning strike at Noabari village in Birbashinda union under Kalihati upazila of the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Afzal Hossain, 52, and his cousin Amir Hossain, 50. They are residents of Chakdafarpur village of Pirganj
The Qulkhwani and Dua Mahfil for Md Suruj Ali, senior vice-president of Citizens Bank and founding chairman of the Brahmaputra School and College, was held on Friday at Nandail in Mymensingh. Family members, relatives, friends and well-wishers of the deceased joined the special prayers organised a
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested three drug peddlers along with 216 kg of cannabis from Char Hamkuria area of Tarash Upazila of Sirajganj. The arrestees are Md Al Amin, 22, son of Nuru Mia of Rajakachar village of Cumilla’s Devidwar upazila and Md Ershad alias Hriday, 27
The body of a boy, who went missing while bathing in the Padma River on Thursday, was recovered in Daulatpur upazila of Kushita on Friday morning. The deceased Aslam Hossain was from Bhurka Madhypara Padmar Chara under Marich union of the upazila. Local UP member Monowara Khatun said some 10 to 1
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 4.025 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (ice) and detained a man during separate drives in Teknaf and Ramu upazilas of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night. The detainee is Md Nur Mohammad, 39 of Paschim Paglir Beel area of Ukhiya upazila of the
A bus fell into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Chauddagram end of Cumilla early on Friday morning, killing five people and injuring 15 others, said police. The double decker bus of ‘Relax Paribahan’ carrying several passengers was heading towards Cox’s Bazar from
