The Election Commission (EC) has fixed Apr 9 for polling in the Sherpur-3 constituency in the parliamentary election, issuing a public notice outlining the full schedule. Sherpur District Election Officer and Returning Officer Mohammad Jahangir Hossain released the notice on Tuesday afternoon. Th
BENAPOLE, Feb 26: Organised criminal groups have been committing robberies and theft every day from cargo vessels anchored at the Nawapara river port in Jashore's Abhaynagar Upazila. The port now stands at the centre of an estimated Tk 250 billion economic activity, with the movement of more than 5
A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Tanti Dal was hacked to death at Gunak village in Sonagazi upazila of Feni on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Ayub Nabi Tarek, 26, organisational secretary of Bogadana Union Tati Dal and son of Kamal Uddin of Gunak village. Tarek’s fsth
In a groundbreaking development for Bangladesh’s agriculture, Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) has successfully developed the country’s first high drought-tolerant soybean hybrid, named ‘GAU Soybean’. The achievement comes under the leadership of the distinguishe
COX'S BAZAR, Feb 25: As the holy month of Ramadan starts, residents of St Martin's Island, Bangladesh's only coral island, are facing mounting economic hardship. With tourism suspended for nine consecutive months effective from February 1, thousands of fishermen, labourers and small business owners
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,
