With about 700,000 haor farmers' livelihoods dependent on Boro paddy yield in the Sylhet division, slow progress in developing embankments for crop protection in Sunamganj, Habiganj and Sylhet districts has stirred worries of rain interruption, which would make the works slower. Rainfall will compl
Miscreants vandalised a local BNP office in Naldianga upazila of Natore on Monday evening. Rakib Hossain, a local Jubo Dal leader, said a group of assailants attacked the BNP office at Ward No. 9 in Chatarbhag Market of Brakhpur Union and caused extensive damage. The incident occurred during Ifta
A speech-impaired housewife was allegedly gang raped by some young men on her way to home from a programme of devotional song (kirtan) in Tajumuddin upazila of Bhola district. The woman aged about 25 is now undergoing treatment at Bhola Sadar Hospital. Family members of the rape survivor said the
A clash between rival groups reportedly over local supremacy in Gopalganj’s Muksudpur has left a man dead and at least 10 others injured. The incident occurred around 11am on Monday in Kamalapur village, according to Muksudpur Police chief Abdullah Al Mamun. The victim has been identified a
Four people, including a man and his son, have been killed in a clash stemming from a long-running turf war between rival factions in Narail Sadar Upazila. The incident occurred around 5 am on Monday in Barakula village under Singasholpur Union, said Oli Mia, chief (OC) of Narail Sadar Police Stat
Chattogram residents are frustrated with the market of essential kitchen items as buyers say prices have been hiked unusually from the first day of Ramadan -- jumping much higher by the day compared to the same time last year in the Muslim fasting month. Talking with the FE, customers at Kajirdewr
A retired schoolteacher has been critically injured after his leg tendons were allegedly severed in an attack over a land dispute in Narsingdi’s Shibpur Upazila. Angry residents, incited by rumours of his death, later vandalised and set fire to the accused neighbour’s house. The incide
At least five people, including three women, were killed when a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a gas cylinder-laden truck on the bypass road in Kushtia on Saturday afternoon. The identities of the victims could not be immediately ascertained. The accident occurred around 2:05 pm,
A village doctor was stabbed to death by miscreants in Sharsha upazila of Jashore while returning home after offering prayers on Thursday night. The incident took place around 9:30 pm at Baripota village in Sharsha upazila. The deceased was identified as Al Amin, son of Rafiqul Islam of the Shars
Two men have been beaten to death by locals on suspicion of robbery in Gaibandha’s Sadullapur Upazila. The incident occurred at dawn on Friday in Khorddmojahidpur village, according to Sadullapur Police Station chief (OC) Abdul Alim. Police said the men were part of a group that allegedly a
Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident in Melkai area of Dasar upazila in Madaripur district on Thursday afternoon. According to eyewitnesses and police, a passenger bus of Imran Paribahan, traveling from Dhaka to Barishal, collided head-on with a BRTC bus coming from the
A family feud over property inheritance has delayed a father’s funeral for nearly 30 hours in Kurigram's Nageshwari Upazila. The funeral was later held following a written agreement mediated by village elders. According to local residents, 75-year-old Azizar Rahman passed away due to old ag
Police have arrested popular content creator Ashraful Alom, widely known as Hero Alom, in connection with a rape case filed in Bogura. He was detained around 2pm on Thursday from a place near the Shajahanpur Police Station on the Dhaka-Bogura Highway. Additional Police Superintendent Mostofa Mojn
