Clash in Bogura: 3 cases filed against over 560 people including local AL leader

Over 560 people, including Joint Secretary of Awami League’s Bogura district unit Monjurul Alam Mohon, were sued in three cases filed over yesterday’s clash between two rival groups of Bogura AL and Jubo League in the town's Charmatha bus terminal area.
10 February 2021, 10:32 AM

12-year-old killed as truck hits rickshaw in Lalmonirhat

A 12-year-old school student was killed and two people were injured when a sand-carrying truck hit a rickshaw on Lalmonirhat-Mogholhat Road in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila this noon.
10 February 2021, 09:24 AM

4 killed as minibus collides with three-wheeler in Cox’s Bazar

Four people were killed after a minibus collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf road this morning.
10 February 2021, 09:20 AM

2 to die for murder

A court yesterday sentenced a man and his son to death and three others to life term imprisonment in connection with a case for killing a youth in Sadar upazila.
9 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Rape of minor girl: Man gets life term

A Joypurhat court yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in connection with a case for raping a minor girl in Panchbibi upazila in 2015.
9 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Two cases filed, 8 held over pre-polls violence

Uncertainty gripped the poor family of Mohammad Khalil Miah, 38, who was killed during clashes between supporters of two mayoral candidates in the upcoming polls of Gopalpur municipality on Monday.
9 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Villager hits the jackpot with exotic vegetable

When no farmer ever even imagining of growing any other crop but rice in the area, Sadiq Mia of Kulaura upazila has been bring home profits by growing an exotic vegetable named zucchini squash.
9 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Road built on Brahmaputra for carrying sand

Obstructing the water flow, around 300-metre sandy road has been built on the Brahmaputra river bed for carrying sands by trolley and tractors in Kartimari Nou Ghat area of Kurigram’s Roimari upazila.
9 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Caab signs deal with Chinese joint venture to expand Cox’s Bazar Airport runway

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh and a joint venture of Changjiang Yichang Waterway Engineering Bureau (CYWEB) and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) today signed a deal on the expansion of Cox’s Bazar Airport’s runway.
9 February 2021, 13:57 PM

Madrasa teacher killed in Khagrachhari fire

A lecturer of a local madrasa was killed as a fire broke out at her home in Khagrachhari town early today.
9 February 2021, 05:06 AM

SUST student found dead in Sylhet

Police have recovered the body of a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) from a mess adjacent to the university at Nayabazar area of Akhalia in Sylhet.
8 February 2021, 18:46 PM

Writ petition filed seeking HC order to ban broadcast of Al Jazeera in Bangladesh

A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to ban broadcast of Al Jazeera Television in Bangladesh.
8 February 2021, 18:16 PM

Man arrested for killing wife

A housewife was killed by her husband allegedly over a family feud in Sadar upazila early yesterday.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Rohingya couple, son arrested

Member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a Rohingya couple and their minor son from near the border in Birampur upazila yesterday.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Lohalia bridge gets 2 more yrs to finish

The deadline to finish construction of the bridge on the Lohalia river, near Patuakhali town, has been extended for a couple more years, by December 2022.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Square’ to usher in a new dimension in tourism

With an aim to flourish tourism in Panchagarh district, ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Square’ is being constructed at Banglabandha in Tentulia upazila.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Information minister visits set of Bangabandhu biopic in Mumbai

Bangladesh's Information Minister Hasan Mahmud today visited the Dadasaheb Phalke Film City in Goregaon in Mumbai where the biopic on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being shot.
8 February 2021, 17:04 PM

2 killed, 25 injured in Chandpur bus accident

Two elderly women were killed and at least 25 people were injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur today.
8 February 2021, 15:38 PM

Journo hurt in attack

A journalist was injured in an attack by a group of people in Basail upazila yesterday allegedly while he was taking picture of chaos centring a feud between two groups of villagers over a disputed land.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Organic farming brings smile to Kalapara farmers

Farmers in 15 villages of Nilganj union in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila had no other choice but to produce just a single variety of crop in a year due to salinity in the cultivable land. Rest of the time of the year, they used to catch fish or work as day labourers.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM