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
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
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
In a bid to stop illegal extraction and trade of stones and sand from various sites in Sylhet district, law enforcers disconnected electricity lines of 150 stone crushing units at Jafflong in the last two days. With this, about 300 crusher machines' electric lines have been disconnected since June
A man and his mother were killed after a train rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw that violated the signal on a level crossing in Feni town on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Hafizul Islam, 40, a resident of Miazi Bari under Pathan Nagar union in Chhagalnaiya upazila, and his moth
Heralding arrival of the monsoon, Kadam flowers are adorning the trees with their mesmerising beauty almost everywhere in Pabna. Kadam flowers blooming on the branches of the trees remind all that the rainy season is going on in the nature of Bengal with the cycle of seasons. The rainy season con
A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death by his rivals over drug peddling at Mohishkundi village in Daulatpur upazila of Kushita district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Mohon Ali, 25, son of Madan Ali of Jamalpur district. Quoting local people, Nazmul Huda, officer-in-charge-of Dau
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman visited the village home of Nafiza Jannat Anjum in Moulvibazar on Friday to express solidarity with her grieving family. Anjum, a 10th-grade student, was brutally murdered after her disappearance on June 12. Dr Shafiqur condemned the heinou
After years of wait, two modern cardiac catheterisation laboratories (cath labs) were installed at Manikganj Medical College Hospital, bringing hope for advanced cardiac care at the district level. However, due to prolonged delays in launching the services, one of the machines is now being relocat
