5 day labourers die as truck overturns in Tangail

Five labourers are killed and 11 others injured as a cement-laden truck overturns in Tangail Sadar upazila.
28 March 2020, 04:57 AM

Barguna custodial death: OC withdrawn

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Amtali Police Station has been withdrawn following the death of a 55-year-old man at the police station in Barguna.
27 March 2020, 14:31 PM

RCC to distribute food grains among day labourers from tomorrow

Rajshahi City Corporation has decided to distribute food grains among 20,000 daily wage earners of the city to help them survive the ongoing 10-day shutdown to avoid the spread of coronavirus.
27 March 2020, 12:40 PM

Couple placed in quarantine at Kutubdia after returning from India

A couple in Kutubdia upazila of Cox’s Bazar is placed in institutional quarantine after they returned from India.
27 March 2020, 12:18 PM

Coronavirus outbreak: Residents of three buildings in Noakhali put in home quarantine

The law enforcers in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila place residents of three buildings in isolation after a youth, who had been running a fever and was vomiting, died in an apartment of one of the buildings last night.
27 March 2020, 12:04 PM

Teenager stabbed to death in Cumilla

A 16-year-old is stabbed to death in Burichang upazila of Cumilla.
27 March 2020, 09:18 AM

Child killed, 4 injured in Narayanganj septic tank explosion

A seven-month-old baby is killed and four others of a family are injured in an explosion in Narayanganj city.
27 March 2020, 08:58 AM

Amidst 10-day shutdown, 1 killed in Satkhira ‘gunfight’

Against the backdrop of a 10-day shutdown that began yesterday, according to Satkhira police, two groups of criminals exchanged fire in Sadar upazila around 2:00am today.
27 March 2020, 07:52 AM

Man killed for ‘stealing mobile phone’

A man was stabbed to death by some unruly youths allegedly on suspicion of stealing a mobile phone in Charbhadrasan upazila on Wednesday night.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM

3 sisters injured by ‘extortionists’ in Jhalakathi

A group of youths allegedly led by an extortionist injured three daughters of late language fighter Layla Begum at Chandkathi Choumatha in Jhalakathi town on Wednesday night as the home residents declined to meet their demand.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM

1200 tea workers live miserable life for over 3 weeks

More than 1000 tea workers’ families have been living a miserable life since the authorities shut Rema tea garden in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila following a clash with tea workers on March 5.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Plan for child dev centres in limbo

Lying unused for long, the buildings and lands of two former sub-jails at Delduar and Sakhipur upazilas in Tangail are decaying while a plan to set up child development centres by the Department of Social Service is yet to be implemented.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Over 600 trucks stranded in Paturia for more than 5 hours

More than six hundred goods-laden trucks remain stranded at Paturia ferry terminal for over five hours.
26 March 2020, 17:48 PM

3 mobile courts levy fines for quarantine violation and price hikes in Ctg

Three mobile courts fine an expatriate for violating home quarantine conditions and some shops for increasing prices of essentials during separate drives in Chattogram.
26 March 2020, 16:54 PM

2 die with fever, breathing problems in Khulna, Khagrachhari

Two persons have died in Khulna and Khagrachhari districts, after suffering from high fevers, colds and breathing complications.
26 March 2020, 15:07 PM

Sylhet admin officials using PPE instead of doctors face social media criticism

At a time when personal protective equipment (PPE) are in high demand by doctors and caregivers, administrative officials in Sylhet have been seen using those in violation of the directives circulated by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
26 March 2020, 13:54 PM

2 members of banned outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team held in Jashore

Two alleged members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team are arrested from a madrasa in Jhikargachha upazila of Jashore.
26 March 2020, 13:35 PM

4-year-old allegedly raped by father in Jashore

A four-year-old girl is allegedly raped by her father at Newtown area in Jashore Sadar upazila.
26 March 2020, 13:19 PM

UK returnee couple sent to isolation in Sylhet

A couple who returned from the UK is sent to the Coronavirus Isolation Centre at Sylhet Saheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital from Sylhet Osmani International Airport.
26 March 2020, 12:29 PM

Justice Shawkat Hossain appointed chair of Administrative Appellate Tribunal

The government appoints Justice Md Shawkat Hossain, a retired judge of the High Court, as chairman of the Administrative Appellate Tribunal for two years on a contractual basis.
26 March 2020, 11:23 AM