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
SYLHET, Feb 18: Sunamganj's Dowarabazar Upazila growth centre, built to be used as the commercial hub for the sale and marketing of kitchen and other items, remained non-operational for nearly two decades. Sources said "over unknown reasons", the authorities had failed to launch operations at the
PABNA, FEB 18: Impoverished dairy farmers in Pabna's Bera Char said they have been sustaining serious losses and falling in debt due to cattle traders' conditions on milk selling after the traders' provided them investment to buy and raise dairy cows. Farmers said they have been considering changi
A young man was hacked to death in broad daylight by miscreants in Rajbari Sadar upazila on Tuesday, police and family members said. The incident took place around 1:00pm on a paved road in Char Narayanpur area under Mizanpur union. The victim was identified as Zahid Hasan Fakir, 27, son of Mahta
Six people were injured in a clash between two factions of BNP over establishing supremacy at Chakdah village in Sreepur upazila of Magura district on Monday night. Atowar Rahman, inspector of Sreepur Police Station, said former president of no 1 ward of Gayeshpur union unit BNP Panjab Ali and gen
Police recovered the bodies of a woman and two children with their throats slit at Uttar Manipur village in Homna upazila of Cumilla early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Sukhi Akter, wife of Saudi Arabia expatriate Zahirul Islam, their four-year-old son Hossain and six-year-old Zobaid, s
Acute shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders and its high prices all of a sudden has left Chandpur residents reeling in hardships during food preparation as consumers seen running from one shops to another in vain and food shops, restaurants and hotels suffering losses. Talking to the
Soil traders have been indiscriminately extracting topsoil from Chandpur's remote farmlands for the past several months, which, experts say, has been leaving those lands uncultivable for some crops and less fertile for others. Illegal soil extraction continued during the winter in the district's F
Bogura's famously pungent green chilies are carving out a growing presence in international markets, capitalising on a supply gap created by India's withdrawal from key Middle Eastern export destinations. Over the past three months, about 1,500 tonnes of green and dried chilies from the northern d
Two people were killed and seven others were injured when a bus hit an auto-rickshaw and plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Faruk Hossain, 38, an auto-rickshaw driver of Daudkandi upazila and
A case has been filed against 20 people in connection with the death of two people in a crude bomb blast in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district. Additional Superintendent of Chapainawabganj Police NM Wasim Firoz said sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station filed the case against 10 identified
