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
Twenty people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Mayendia Bazar in Faridpur district on Saturday. Mahmudul Hasan, assistant superintendent of (Saltha-Nagarkanda) circle, said Mannan Matubbar, chairman of Poromeshwari union in Boalmari upazila and
The deposit money of 28 candidates who participated in the recent Parliamentary Election has been forfeited because they did not receive the required number of votes. District election officer Mohammad Shahidul Islam said if a candidate gets less than one-eighth of the total valid votes cast, his
Miscreants torched an office of Awami League in Chandpur district town on Friday night. Foyez Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge of Chandpur Model Police Station, said that miscreants set fire to the district unit AL office opposite to official residence of Chandpur District Judge around
Two people were killed and three others injured in an explosion while they were allegedly making bombs in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district early Saturday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, according to a UNB report. The explosion occurred around 5:00 am in Bh
Independent candidate Rumeen Farhana has been elected unofficially from Brahmanbaria-2 constituency in the 13th National Parliament Election. She secured 118,547 votes, while her nearest rival Jamiate Ulamaye Bangladesh candidate Mohammad Junayed Al Habib received 80,434 votes. In the referendum,
GAIBANDHA, Feb 12: Some 76 vacant houses out of the 110 built to shelter the homeless and the landless in Chandipur village of Gaibandha's Gobindaganj were stolen, leaving only concrete-made poles behind. The houses, built under the former government's Guchchagram project, featured tin roofs and
PABNA, Feb 12: The quality of soil in Pabna's arable land has been deteriorating due to the use of chemical fertilisers and the resulting situation include abnormal rise of phosphorus and reduction of pH and organic matter in the soil, among other technical factors, according to soil researchers.
COX'S BAZAR, Feb 12: A well-organised syndicate has allegedly been running a lucrative rental business by establishing illegal Rohingya settlements outside the registered refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf of Cox's Bazar, cutting down hills to create makeshift housing. During a joint forces operat
Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP clashed over election results in Jagannathpur village of Kalidaspur Union of Alamdanga Upazila on Thursday evening, leaving at least six Jamaat workers injured. The injured are Lutfar Rahman, 55, his son Abu Hasan, 23, Abu Bakkar Siddique, 60, Ikramul Haque, 4
BNP candidates are leading in all three parliamentary constituencies of Manikganj district, according to unofficial results received from a number of polling centres. In Manikganj-1, results from 48 out of 179 centres show SA Jinnah Kabir of BNP (Sheaf of Paddy) securing 43,779 votes. His nearest
Joint forces on Thursday detained a BNP leader from Babuganj upazila in Barishal-3 constituency over his alleged involvement in an attack on AB Party leader Barrister Asaduzzaman Fuad last year. The detainee, Rajon Sikder, is the general secretary of Rahmatpur union BNP. He was picked up around 3p
