Embezzling Tk 26 lakh: Arrest warrant issued against Patuakhali's ex-Civil Surgeon

A Patuakhali court issued an arrest warrant against the former Civil Surgeon of the district today. The warrant was issued after the court accepted the charge sheet of a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for misappropriating Tk 26 lakh through fake vouchers.
21 March 2021, 11:19 AM

India sends back 11 Bangladeshi Tablighi Jamaat members

Almost a year after their arrest, 11 Bangladeshi Tablighi Jamaat members were sent back home after they were released from detention in a guest house in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district yesterday (Saturday), a senior police official said.
21 March 2021, 08:46 AM

6 of a family among 11 killed in separate road accidents in Faridpur; 11 others injured

Eleven people were killed, including six members of a family, and 11 others injured in two separate road accidents on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur today.
21 March 2021, 05:14 AM

Dead tigress recovered

Forest Department recovered a dead tigress from the Sundarbans on Friday night.
20 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Shrimp fry seized

Coastguards seized huge quantity of shrimp fry from a passenger bus in Louhajang upazila early yesterday.
20 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Eviction drive set to resume this month

Overcoming legal hurdles on the much-awaited eviction drive along the Ichhamati river, running through Pabna town, the district administration is set to resume the drive on March 31.
20 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Univ student’s success in squash farming

After failing to find a job due to coronavirus outbreak, Shakil Ahmed, a B.Sc honours student of agriculture department at Noakhali Science and Technology University, did not sit idle and started farming and found success in it.
20 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Where there’s a will there’s a way

There had been times when relief workers from government or renowned aid organisations failed to reach inhabitants of remote villages in hill district of Khagrachhari after a natural disaster or a humanitarian crisis.
20 March 2021, 18:00 PM

2 held with 4.5kg gold while smuggling to India

Two alleged smugglers were arrested with 4.5kg gold from a bus in Jashore this evening.
20 March 2021, 15:10 PM

Fraudster held for stealing Tk 4cr during fake recruitment drive in Bogura

Detective Branch of Police have arrested a man on charge of swindling people out of Tk four crore by promising them jobs from Bogura’s Shibganj upazila.
20 March 2021, 13:29 PM

Train accidents: 2 killed in Faridpur, 1 killed, another critically injured in Lalmonirhat

Two people died in a train accident in Faridpur, while a man was killed and another critically injured in a separate train accident in Lalmonirhat today.
20 March 2021, 13:28 PM

Body recovered from a ditch in Kishoreganj

Police yesterday recovered a man’s body with his arms and legs tied from a roadside ditch in Uttar Karati village in Tarail upazila of Kishoreganj.
20 March 2021, 11:44 AM

8 Bangladeshi teenagers return after 2 years in Indian jail

Eight Bangladeshi teenagers returned home through Benapole Immigration check-post yesterday night after serving two years of jail term in India for illegal entry.
20 March 2021, 11:21 AM

Man stabbed to death in Chandpur

A man was killed in an attack during a clash between two groups of youths in Haimchar upazila of Chandpur yesterday evening.
19 March 2021, 18:36 PM

Siblings among 3 children killed after cave-in at Gaibandha

Three children, including two brothers, were killed after a chunk of soil caved in on them when they were playing inside a roadside ditch made during construction of a road in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj upazila this evening.
19 March 2021, 16:54 PM

3 killed in Sirajganj road accident

Three people were killed today in a road accident at Hailghati area under Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj.
19 March 2021, 11:12 AM

Fire guts 40 houses in Pabna

At least 40 houses were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out in Hogolbaria area of Chatmohar upazila yesterday.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Orakandi Thakur Bari all set to receive Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Orakandi, a sacred shrine of the “Matua” community in Gopalganj, and the Orakandi Thakur Bari is taking all kinds of preparations to welcome him.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Vertical livestock farm on the outskirts of Dhaka

Last year, someone called me before Eid-ul-Azha. “My name is Zakir Hossain, I have started my cattle farm in Jatrabari, inspired by your TV
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

12 families left homeless after fire destroys their houses in Pabna

At least 12 houses were destroyed in a fire today at Hogolbaria village in Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila, leaving 12 families homeless.
18 March 2021, 14:03 PM