Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Pabna Highway in Santhia upazila of Pabna district on Friday morning, said police. Two of the deceased were identified as Abed Ali, 37, son of late Hashem Molla of Shantipur area under Sujanaga
Two people died after a bus veered out of control and fell into a roadside ditch in Cox's Bazar's Chakaria Upazila. The accident took place around midnight on Thursday in Harbang Union's Goyalmara, according to Chiringa Highway Police Station chief Ariful Amin, as per a bdnews24.com report. Polic
More than 50 shops, including 10 jewelry outlets, were gutted in a devastating fire at Muripatti of Madhabdi Bazar in Narsingdi district Friday morning. Witnesses said the fire erupted from one of the shops around 5 am and spread fast engulfing adjacent shops within a short time. Seeing this, an
Two people have been killed in a motorcycle accident, and another has died after falling from a van in Chuadanga's Alamdanga Upazila. The accidents occurred near the Alamdanga Microbus Stand and Nowdapara late on Thursday night, according to the local police station chief Masudur Rahman. The vict
Fisheries Department, Gopalganj has taken a programme of pearl cultivation on an experimental basis in the district recently. According to the District Fisheries Office sources, a total of 20 pearl cultivators are involved in the programme. They started the cultivation one year back and by this
A young man was stabbed to death on Wednesday night in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia, following a dispute over the government’s VGF (Vulnerable Group Feeding) welfare cards. The deceased was identified as Abdul Aziz, 30, from Dargatala area of Mathurapur. Daulatpur Police Station Officer-in-
A senior teacher at the Islamic University was suspended after 22 female students filed a joint complaint accusing him of repeated sexual harassment. The accused, Azizul Islam, is an associate professor at the Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. According to the written complaint
Protesters have surrounded the local police station in Chattogram's Patiya following a clash between members of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the police after the group allegedly detained a leader of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and handed him over to law enforcers. Hundreds
Potato exports from the northern district of Bogura have soared this year, with shipments reaching 36,009 tonnes between February and June-more than double the volume exported during the same period last year. Last year exports of the tuber crop from this district were merely 16000 tonnes. This s
Three construction workers were killed when they fell from the sixth floor of an under-construction building in Khorki Circuit Housepara area of Jashore town on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Mizanur Rahman (35), an engineer from Kushtia district, Azizul, manager of the construct
A man facing at least eight criminal cases was shot and hacked to death in Narsingdi town’s Purbobrahmandi area on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Rezvi, 35, son of Joynal Abedin from the Birpur area of the town. He reportedly ran an internet and cable TV business in Hasanabad a
Two people were killed and four others injured as a speeding truck rammed into a three-wheeler at Hogladanga intersection in Khulna city on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Raihan and Jewel Babu, hailing from Hogladanga Basharia area of the city, as per a UNB report. Quoting locals
Rajshahi University (RU) students started a fresh protest programme on Sunday pressing for their nine points of demand for RU reforms. The protestors brought out a march from the Paris Road at noon and took position in front of the administrative building. Earlier several times, they staged demon
