Two motorcycle riders were killed and another woman was injured as a brick loaded truck hit a motorcycle at Nayapara area of Lohagara upazila under Chattogram on Monday afternoon. The deceased were identified as motorcycle rider Md Iqbal, 57, and his 7-year-old grand-daughter. Lohagara Fire Servi
Police recovered the hanging body of a staff member of Rajshahi University (RU) from his residence on Rajshahi University campus on Monday. The deceased was identified as Rajon Kumar, 45, a sweeper of the Vice-Chancellor Building of the university. Quoting Rakhi Rani, wife of Rajon, Rafiqul Islam
Smuggled drugs and narcotics substances worth about Tk 200 million (Tk 20 crore) were destroyed in a function held at the training ground of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-20 battalion of the district on Monday. BGB sources said the destroyed drugs were seized by members of different border outpost
Miscreants torched two CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Feni town on Monday amid the ongoing 48-hour blockade enforced by the BNP and like-minded parties. According to police and witnesses, some miscreants exploded crude bombs to create panic among people in front of the shopping mall and then set fire t
Two people died after being crushed under the wheels of a train in Kalukhali upazila of Rajbari district on Monday morning. One of the deceased was identified as Khayer Kha, 60, hailing from Ratandiya union of the upazila while the identity of the rest could not be known immediately, reports UNB.
Miscreants set fire to two buses in Dampara and Akbar Shah areas of Chattogram city on Sunday night during the ongoing 48-hour blockade called by BNP and like-minded opposition parties. A helper of another bus sustained burn injuries when he was trying to douse the flame in Dampara area, reports U
Miscreants set fire to two trucks in different areas of Dinajpur on Sunday, the first day of a 48-hour nationwide blockade called by the BNP-led opposition parties. A straw-laden truck was set on fire in the Jaliapara area of Dinajpur district around 9 p.m., as per UNB reports. Shashra Union Pari
Miscreants torched three buses parked in Bara Harishpur area of Natore city on Sunday night during the ongoing 48-hour countrywide blockade. Police said locals informed the Fire Service after noticing the fires burning three parked buses in front of the Bara Harishpur Petrol Pump around 10:45 p.m.
The bodies of two people including a woman were recovered from Laboni Point beach in Cox's Bazar on Sunday. Tourist police and sea lifeguards retrieved the bodies after they were washed ashore by tidal water at Laboni Point around 11:00 am. The identities of the deceased could not be known immedi
Responding to the people's demand, Railway authorities have begun the operation of the Bijoy Express train on the Jamalpur-Chattogram route. Earlier, the train used to ply from Mymensingh to Chattogram. Jamalpur’s Station Master Md Asad Uz Zaman said the train will arrive at Jamalpur Railwa
An engineer of the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) was killed and three other government officials including Tetulia upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) were injured as a private car carrying them fell into a roadside ditch in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh at midnight. The deceased, A
A police constable has died and another injured after a train rammed into a police vehicle as it attempted to go across a rail crossing in Jamalpur. Constable Ahsanul died on the spot, said Kabir. The accident occurred around 4:15 a.m. on Sunday at the Shekhervita railway crossing in the city, sa
Vegetable farmers in six districts of Jashore agricultural region have seen their hopes shuttered this winter season for various factors, including absence of heavy rainfall, storms, widespread attack of insects and outbreak of diseases. Still now the farmers are growing winter vegetables with rel
