Thursday, 28 Nov, 2024

National

Mother and son killed in Pabna

A woman and her eight-year-old son were found in a house at Dighulia village in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna on Friday (January 26) morning. The deceased were Laboni Khatun, 35, and her son Riad Hossain, 8, residents of the village under Fouiljana union. According to locals Laboni,

Toggi Fun World partnering with JCI Carnival

Toggi Fun World, South Asia’s largest theme park for virtual reality gaming, has partnered with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Bangladesh as a sponsor at the annual carnival of the global platform of young social activists. The theme park will participate with a pavilion of

Govt to import onion, sugar from India: Minister

The government decided to import 20,000 tonnes of onions and 50,000 tonnes of sugar from neighboring India ahead of the month of Ramadan. Ahasanul Islam Titu, state minister for commerce, came up with the decision while talking to reporters at his village house in Delduar upazila in

RAB arrests 14 members of train ticket black market syndicate

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested two kingpins and 13 members of railway ticket black market syndicate from different areas of the capital. The arrestees are- ticket blacker gang leaders Uttam Chandra Das, 30, and Md Selim, 50, gang members Anwar Hossain alias

Gold worth Tk1.28 crore recovered at Chattogram airport

Members of National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) recovered gold bars valued at approximately Tk1.28 crore hidden inside a cigarette packet. The gold was recovered in a joint drive

Two killed in capital as truck runs over motorcycle

Two motorcyclists were killed and another injured after a truck hit their bike in Khilkhet expressway area in the capital on Friday (January 26). The deceased were identified as Sajib Hossain, 35, and Roman, 33. The injured Deen Mohammed, 35, is now receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical

Bangladesh sounds alarm over rise in Rohingya deaths at sea

Bangladeshi authorities are raising the alarm over increasing numbers of Rohingya refugees going missing at sea as they take risky boat journeys to reach Southeast Asia through the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh hosts more than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, who, over decades, escaped death

DMP arrests 29, files 26 cases in 24-hr anti-narcotics drive

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Friday (January 26) arrested 29 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

ARSA leader among three arrested in Cox's Bazar

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three members, including the Gun Group Commander, of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) from Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar early on Thursday (January 25). Besides, RAB recovered 22 firearms, 100 bullets and four mines from them. The

Govt wants rumour-free media, freedom of press: Arafat

Information and Broadcasting Minister Mohammad Ali Arafat today (January 25) said the government wants a rumour-free mass media to ensure the free flow of authentic information to hold authorities accountable. He said at a meeting with Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO)

Alesha Mart chairman, wife jailed for 6 months over cheque dishonour 

A Dhaka court today (January 25) sentenced E-commerce platform Alesha Mart chairman Manjurul Alam Sikder and his wife Sabia Chowdhury to six months in jail in bank cheque dishonour case. The court also fined the couple Tk 3,46,500. Judge Tasruzzaman of the Second Joint Metropolitan

Take action against any hoarding of rice: Food Minister

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today (January 25) urged the local civil and police administration to take action against any hoarding of rice.  He said there would be no scope for illegal storage of rice with ulterior motives of making a profit. Law violators must be

Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia to ink agreement on judiciary

Bangladesh and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are set to sign an agreement on mutual cooperation between the judiciaries of the two countries and the content of the accord has already been sent to the Gulf nation. Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh Essa Bin Youssef Al Duhailan

Husband, wife killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Sirajganj

A man and his wife were killed after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw on Nagarbari-Bogura highway in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj on Wednesday (January 25). The deceased were identified as Ansarul Islam, and his wife Anjuman Rozi of Bilkolmi village of the upazila. Md Khairul Bashar,

Light rain likely over Barishal, Chattogram divisions

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (January 24) predicted that light rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Barishal and Chattogram divisions.   According to the Met office latest bulletin, weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky

Journo Nadim murder: SC extends stay on HC bail for Babu

The Supreme Court (SC) today (January 25) upheld its chamber judge's order that stayed the High Court bail for suspended UP chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu, the prime accused in Jamalpur's journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim murder case. A five-member bench of SC headed by Chief Justice

France sees record asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh

Around 142,500 people applied in total - including 123,400 for the first time - and around a third of all requests for protection were accepted, the French Office for the Protection of Refugee and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) said in provisional figures. Just 131,000 people applied in

19 Bangladeshis held in Thailand over 'fake documents' 

Thailand Immigration Police has arrested 19 Bangladeshis after receiving a tip-off from the public that a person resembling a foreigner was seen at Taba Market in Che He sub-district of Tak Bai district. When the officers approached the man, he said that his passport was in a

Bangladesh, India link via Tripura’s Maitri Setu opens in Feb likely

Almost three years after its inauguration, India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge -Maitri Setu over River Feni in Sabroom of South Tripura, the access point of Northeastern states to Chittagong seaport is set to be operational in February. Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) Chairman

DMP arrests 40, files 30 cases in 24-hr anti-narcotics drive

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Thursday (January 25) arrested 40 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign