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Victim hacks robber to death in Rangamati

Victim hacks robber to death in Rangamati

-- 2018-08-30 13:32:24

A suspected robber was hacked to death while 'committing robbery' at a house at Sapchhari in sadar upazila of Rangamati early Thursday. Quoting local people, Sattyajit Barua, officer-in-charge of Kot...

Two die in bus-autorickshaw collision in Chattogram

Two die in bus-autorickshaw collision in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-30 13:23:15

Two people were killed and four others injured when a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chattogram city's Bakolia area on Thursday. One of the deceased was identified as Mohammad Jamal, 40 while...

Rajshahi jails 59 addicts for drug abuse

Rajshahi jails 59 addicts for drug abuse

-- 2018-08-30 13:02:14

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested 70 more people in Rajshahi while 59 of them were sentenced to different terms of jail each by mobile courts on charge of taking drugs and drug tra...

RAJUK conducts eviction drive in city again

RAJUK conducts eviction drive in city again

-- 2018-08-30 12:19:09

The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) on Wednesday conducted a drive against unauthorised commercial entities in residential areas of Swamibagh and Wari in the Dhaka city. The drive, led by Raju...

Nilphamari wall collapse kills youth

Nilphamari wall collapse kills youth

-- 2018-08-30 12:08:56

A young boy was killed as a wall of an abandoned house collapsed on him at Sadagorpara area in sadar upazila of Nilphamari on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Arafat, 12, son of Sira...

Police retrieve body of youth in polythene bag

Police retrieve body of youth in polythene bag

-- 2018-08-30 12:02:25

An unidentified young man was found dead in a waterbody near a local mosque in City College area of Jashore district town early Thursday. Naimur Rahman, additional superintendent of Jashore Police, s...

Magura clash leaves 10 injured

Magura clash leaves 10 injured

-- 2018-08-30 10:37:28

At least ten people were injured in a clash over establishing supremacy at Jashpur village under Mohammadpur upazila in Magura on Thursday morning. Tariqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Pol...

PM reaches Kathmandu for BIMSTEC Summit

PM reaches Kathmandu for BIMSTEC Summit

-- 2018-08-30 10:36:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Kathmandu on a two-day official visit to Nepal to attend the 4th BIMSTEC Summit. The flight landed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 9:05am (...

RU female students suffer due to bus shortage

RU female students suffer due to bus shortage

RU Correspondent 2018-08-30 10:24:49

The female students of Rajshahi University (RU) have been suffering much for the shortage of buses. Sources said there are some 33,000 students at the university. Of the total around 45 per cent are...

PM leaves Dhaka for BIMSTEC Summit

PM leaves Dhaka for BIMSTEC Summit

-- 2018-08-30 09:54:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka for Kathmandu on Thursday morning on a two-day official visit to Nepal to attend the 4th BIMSTEC Summit. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Te...

T-Aman cultivation going on in full swing in Sylhet div

T-Aman cultivation going on in full swing in Sylhet div

-- 2018-08-29 22:12:53

Our CorrespondentSYLHET, Aug 29: Farmers of all the four districts of Sylhet division have been passing busy time in T-Aman cultivation.T-Aman paddy is the main crop of the region. Growers are expecti...

Commercial buffalo farming brings smile on faces of Bogura farmers

Commercial buffalo farming brings smile on faces of Bogura farmers

-- 2018-08-29 22:12:05

Emdadul HaqueBOGURA, Aug 26: Commercial buffalo farming has brought smile on the faces of farmers in the district. Sources said the rearers had taken short-term training from the district Jubo Unnayan...

Newlywed woman found hanged in Jashore

Newlywed woman found hanged in Jashore

-- 2018-08-29 21:48:00

A newlywed woman was found hanged at her house in Nehalpur in Manirampur upazila of Jashore on Wednesday morning. Police recovered the hanging body of Labony Das, 20, wife of Paresh Das of the villag...

Physically-challenged widow ‘raped’ for months  

Physically-challenged widow ‘raped’ for months  

-- 2018-08-29 21:41:59

A physically-challenged widow has allegedly been raped repeatedly by a young man at Uttar Joydevpur village under Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat. Police arrested the alleged rapist, Helal Hossain, 25...

Five of a family burned in Sylhet fire

Five of a family burned in Sylhet fire

-- 2018-08-29 21:34:50

Five members of a family suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a house at Rahimpur village under Biswanath upazila in Sylhet early Wednesday. The victims are Faruk Miah, 55, his wife Cha...

Journalist Subarna murder: Ex-father-in-law held

Journalist Subarna murder: Ex-father-in-law held

-- 2018-08-29 20:47:34

Police on Wednesday arrested the ex-father-in-law of female journalist Subarna Akther, who was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants, from a hospital in Pabna. The arrestee was identified as Abu...

Hasina, Modi to meet in Nepal

Hasina, Modi to meet in Nepal

-- 2018-08-29 20:29:17

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will meet on the sidelines the fourth BIMSTEC summit, scheduled to begin on Thursday in Nepal. State Minister for Foreign Affairs...

Muhith sees no possibility of raising age limit

Muhith sees no possibility of raising age limit

-- 2018-08-29 20:06:56

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith sees no possibility of raising the age limit to 32 years for entry into government jobs before the parliamentary election. "Before the election, I believe, the...

Quader takes responsibility of treatment of two road crash victims

Quader takes responsibility of treatment of two road crash victims

-- 2018-08-29 18:02:48

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday visited National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) in the city to see...

RAB arrests five smugglers with gold in city

RAB arrests five smugglers with gold in city

-- 2018-08-29 17:43:21

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday night arrested five suspected members of an international smuggling gang along with around 11 kg of gold from Gabtoli area in the city. The identities of the a...

Defaulters pay Tk 2.3m fine for violating traffic rules

Defaulters pay Tk 2.3m fine for violating traffic rules

-- 2018-08-29 17:17:25

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Tuesday filed 3551 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation. It...

Hearing on Shahidul’s bail plea next week

Hearing on Shahidul’s bail plea next week

-- 2018-08-29 17:17:24

The High Court will hear the bail petition of eminent photojournalist Shahidul Alam, who was arrested in a case filed under ICT act, next week. The HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Kha...

Global community accepted UN report on Myanmar: Shahriar

Global community accepted UN report on Myanmar: Shahriar

-- 2018-08-29 17:00:43

Stating that Myanmar's rejection of UN investigators' report on the Rohingya issue matters little, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Wednesday said the global community accepted th...

Bus falls into ditch, kills three in B’baria

Bus falls into ditch, kills three in B’baria

-- 2018-08-29 16:54:36

Three people died and 20 others were injured after a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Sarail upazila’s Bois...

Rice sale at Tk 10 per kg from next month: Qamrul

Rice sale at Tk 10 per kg from next month: Qamrul

-- 2018-08-29 16:50:58

The government will start selling rice at Tk 10 per kg among 5.0 million (50 lakh) ultra-poor families across the country from next month under a food-friendly programme. Food Minister Qamrul Islam c...

Cops nab three female dope gang members in city

Cops nab three female dope gang members in city

-- 2018-08-29 16:40:52

Police on Tuesday arrested three female members of a dope (ogyan) gang from the capital’s Demra area. Police arrested three women identifying themselves as Sathi, 30, Sonia, 30, and Laki, 44,...

Cate Blanchett asks for help for Rohingyas

Cate Blanchett asks for help for Rohingyas

-- 2018-08-29 15:58:10

Cate Blanchett, a goodwill ambassador of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), has asked for efforts to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and to create the right conditions for their return to Myanmar....

Bangladesh welcomes UN Rohingya report

Bangladesh welcomes UN Rohingya report

-- 2018-08-29 13:44:51

Bangladesh has praised the UN investigators’ report on the Rohingya issue and said Myanmar’s rejection is “very natural”. “Bangladesh believes this is the most comprehen...

PM opens Community Vision Centres in 20 upazilas

PM opens Community Vision Centres in 20 upazilas

-- 2018-08-29 13:22:38

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated Community Vision Centres in 20 upazilas of eight districts aiming to provide better ophthalmological services among the local people. She inaugurated th...

Two minor children drown in Chandpur

Two minor children drown in Chandpur

-- 2018-08-29 12:59:38

Two minor children drowned in a water body while collecting water lilies at Royosree village in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Lamia Akter, 5, dau...