Three persons died from electrocution in different areas of the capital yesterday. In Khilgaon, Roksana Akter, 28, was electrocuted when she came in contact with a live electric wire in front of her rented house at Nandipara in the area around 9am yesterday, said victim’s husband Zillur Rahman.…

Diplomatic correspondents yesterday held an orientation on the challenges of professional ethics and principles during violence and emergencies, reports UNB. Jointly organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB), the…

Police detained 10 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), a student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),  from in front of the National Press Club in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. Witnesses said a team of Shahbagh Police Station picked up the JCD men around 9:30am…

Chittagong University Teachers’ Association (CUTA) will observe work abstention programme on Sunday, demanding same salaries and allowances for professors and secretaries restoring 8th pay-scale, said a press statement, signed by CUTA General Secretary SM Khosrul Alam Quddusi yesterday. Terming…

Sylhet: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday rescued a minor boy, who had been kidnapped from Comilla on July 26, from the bordering area of Goainghat upazila on Thursday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Rony Mia, 7. Tipped off, a team of BGB conducted a raid on the house of one Hanif…

Nurul Islam, chief engineer of Barisal City Corporation (BCC), has received a show cause notice from Local Government and Rural Development Ministry (LGRD) for irregularities in promotion of some employees of the corporation. He was asked to give reply to the notice within seven working days. Barisal…

Although the government has taken steps to stop plying of three-wheelers on the highways, hundreds of trawlers, small cargo and speedboats carrying goods and passengers illegally continue to operate on various rivers routes.  In violation of marine laws, over 1,500 trawlers and speedboats are operating…

Students of Baghia High School in the city demanded exemplary punishment of the headmaster for alleged sexual harassment of two female students of the school. They formed a human chain and staged a demonstration on the premises of the school at Konabari in the city demanding withdrawal and punishment…

A discussion and cultural programme on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore marking his 74th death anniversary of was held at Barisal Aswani Kumar Hall in the city on Thursday night. Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammelan Parishad (JRSSP), Barisal unit, organized the programme. Gazi Md Sayfuzaman, deputy commissioner…

SAVAR: A woman was killed in wall collapse in Harindhara area in Savar on the outskirts of the capital on Thursday, reports UNB. The deceased identified as Piara Begum, 30, hailed from Sadarpur village in Chapainawabganj district. Police said Piara used to work as a cook at Metro Tannery in the area.…

Boy killed in road accident SYLHET: A minor boy was killed in a road accident on Sylhet bypass road in Sherpur area of the city on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Hiron Miah, 10, son of  Nur Miah, resident of  Kholilpur Union of Shodor upazila in Sylhet. Police said the accident…