Section 144 imposed in Barguna over meeting of 2 potential UP chairman candidates

Section 144 was imposed today at Goskhali Bazar in Barguna’s Amtali upazila fearing clashes may break out as two UP chairman candidates called meetings at the same time and place.
15 March 2021, 12:11 PM

Cumilla bus fire: another victim dies at Dhaka hospital

An elderly man, who was injured when a bus caught fire on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla's Daudkandi on March 11, died at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in Dhaka today.
15 March 2021, 10:29 AM

3 die in under-construction septic tank in Bhola

Three people died at an under-construction septic tank of a school in Jajumuddin upazila of Bhola yesterday.
15 March 2021, 04:39 AM

Man kills brother over family feud

A young man was stabbed to death by his younger brother allegedly over a family feud in Basail upazila yesterday.
14 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Dragon fruit gleams prospect in Lalmonirhat

Lalmonirhat’s first commercial dragon fruit grower Abu Taleb hopes to make around Tk 15 lakh in profit this year.
14 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Batighar Adarsha Library: Spreading light in silence

A library, set up at a remote rural area in Tangail by a university student (now a police officer), has been helping local people including youths and students gather knowledge and become enlightened citizen for the last one decade.
14 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Expat’s wife murdered

Police recovered the body of a housewife from her in-laws’ house in Jashore’s Chaugachha upazila yesterday.
14 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Man gets life term for rape in Joypurhat

A Joypurhat court yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in connection with a case for raping a teenage girl after abduction in Khetlal upazila in 2005.
14 March 2021, 18:00 PM

5 shops gutted in Tangail fire

Five shops were gutted and several others damaged partially in a fire which broke out at a bazaar in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail this evening.
14 March 2021, 16:27 PM

All shops, shopping malls to remain closed across country on March 17

All shops and shopping malls across the country will remain closed on March 17 on the occasion of Bangababandhu's birth centenary.
14 March 2021, 16:14 PM

Death of lineman: 4 Palli Bidyut officials suspended in Kushtia

Four officials of Kushtia Palli Bidyut Samiti were suspended over the death of a lineman, who died of electrocution while working on an electric pole.
14 March 2021, 10:04 AM

Gang rape accused held

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-14) arrested a youth on Thursday in connection with a case for gang-raping a teenage girl in Kishoreganj Sadar upazila on
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Villagers’ clash leaves 1 killed, 18 injured

An elderly man was killed and at least 18 others were injured when two rival groups clashed in Kosba upazila yesterday allegedly centring a feud over a
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Worker killed in Bogura factory fire

A worker was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at a mosquito coil factory in Bogura Sadar upazila yesterday.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Nilphamari sees jump in sunflower cultivation

Driven by higher profits, cultivation of sunflower, a relatively healthier choice of edible oil, is on the rise in Nilphamari.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Fear grips indigenous families after recurring attacks on ancestral land

More than two weeks after the latest attack on an indigenous community and their betel leaf garden, the mainstay of their livelihood, at Nunchhara Punji in Karmadha union of Kulaura upazila, the authorities are yet to take any action against the offenders.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

6 hurt as bus overturns during nor’wester in Munshiganj

At least six passengers were injured as a bus overturned on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway in Munshiganj during today’s nor’wester.
13 March 2021, 15:44 PM

Tk 793 crore dredging project at Mongla Port begins

The inner bar dredging of Mongla Port started today to increase the port’s capacity and ensure smooth arrival of ships at the port jetty. State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury inaugurated the dredging project at Jaymonir Ghol in Mongla today.
13 March 2021, 14:01 PM

Season's first nor'wester lashes Dhaka, 11 other districts

The season’s first nor’wester lashed the capital Dhaka and some other parts of the country.
13 March 2021, 13:34 PM

3 mechanised boats destroyed; 5,000 metres of fishing nets seized from Halda River

Around 5,000 metres of illegal fishing nets were seized and three mechanised boats engaged in sand lifting were destroyed in Halda River today.
13 March 2021, 12:58 PM