Three death-row convicts in the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader Kazi Aref Ahmed killing case will be executed at Jessore Central Jail tonight, reports UNB. The convicts are Safayet Hossain Habib of Rajnagar village, Anwar Hossain and Rashedul Islam Jhantu of Kursha village in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia…

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained four people with 10 lakh yaba tablets from the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port in the Bay of Bengal early yesterday. They also detained the owner of the trawler that was carrying the tablets. The RAB estimated the price of the yaba tablets…

The Union home ministry’s disaster management experts have warned of a bigger catastrophe, earthquakes with a magnitude of 8.2 or greater on the Richter scale which may hit the already ruptured Himalayan region, reports The Times of India. They say quakes with higher intensity than the one that…

Iranian diplomats have left Saudi Arabia after the kingdom severed all ties with Tehran following attacks on its mission in the Islamic republic, Saudi state media said yesterday, reports AFP from Riyadh. The staff of the Iranian embassy in Riyadh and those of the consulate in Jeddah left “on…

An alleged criminal was killed in a reported gunfight between his associates and police in Rajendrapur area of Gazipur on Tuesday night, reports UNB. Identified as Manir Khan, 35, a resident of Shalna Kathura area of the city, the deceased was said to be involved in politics of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal,…