Two children died in separate incidents in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur district on Thursday, police said. On Thursday afternoon, 2-year-old Mehezabien, daughter of Mohammad Ullah of Bepari Bari in Haripur village of Hajiganj upazila, suddenly got an egg stuck in her throat while her mother was tr
The authorities have not yet taken any visible steps to repair the 'Krishan Chattar' statue in Biswambharpur upazila headquarters of Sunamganj district even a week after its vandalism by miscreants. It is the statue of a model farmer with a sickle and a plough on his shoulder standing at Chalbond
Two suspected cattle lifters were lynched in a mob attack in Tazumuddin upazila of Island district of Bhola early Thursday, said police. The deceased were identified as Md Nayon, 30, of Baliakandi village under the Tajumuddin upazila, and Amir Hossain, 27, hailing from Borhanuddin upazila of the d
Forest Department officials have recovered an elephant's carcass from a tobacco field at Chakaria upazil in Cox's Bazar district on Wednesday morning. The officials said that the elephant aged between 42 to 45 years was male. According to locals, the elephant died in an electric trap set to prote
Healthcare services at the Bagerhat 250-bed hospital have been severely hampered for years due to a shortage of doctors, inadequate funding, and an ongoing crisis of hospital beds. Despite being the district’s main healthcare facility, the hospital continues to operate with resources meant fo
The farmers of the district have made healthy profits by cultivating plums commercially this season. Quality plums are being sold at Tk 2,000 to Tk 2,500 per maund (40 kg) at local wholesale markets. At the primary stage of the harvest, the price was Tk 4000 to Tk 4,500 a maund. According to sou
Four individuals have suffered severe burns after a barrel exploded aboard a fuel tanker navigating the Kirtankhola River in Barishal. Medical officials said the victims suffered burns covering 60 percent of their bodies. The explosion occurred on Wednesday afternoon as the vessel was transportin
Two people were killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Narail Sadar upazila on Wednesday, according to police. The victims were identified as Sentu Howlader, 25, from Tulaampur village in Sadar upazila, and Sabbir, 19, from Chalitatla village. The accident occurred on the Narail
Two farmers on Wednesday died from electrocution while working on a power-run irrigation pump in a rice field, police said. The incident occurred at around 8:00 am in the Chattarkandi area of Bajitkhila Union in Sherpur Sadar Upazila. The victims were Akram Hossain (45) and Abdul Hanif Mia (56),
Professor Ali Riaz, head of the Constitutional Reform Commission and Distinguished Professor at Illinois State University in the United States, said on Tuesday that the discrimination, which has been going on for years, would not be eliminated just through sacrificing lives. He made the remarks wh
An organised gang has been actively involved in illegal extraction of stones from the remote reserved site at Sharpin Tila on the Companiganj border for a long time causing much harm to the local environment and ecology. The hillocks here are being almost levelled due to the stone lifting by the g
Thirteen policemen, including two sub-inspectors, of Companyganj Police Station have been closed to the district police lines on charges of different irregularities and corruption, an official said on Tuesday. The punitive action was taken as per the order of Additional Superintendent of Sylhet Po
A 12-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a train in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur on Monday night. The deceased is Md Jamil of Banijugi village in Abdulpur area, as per a UNB report. Abdul Mannan, in-charge of Chirirbandar railway police station, said Dhaka-bound Ekota Express hit Jamil
