Five people, including four members of a family, received burn injuries in an explosion resulting from leak of a gas burner in the city’s Ashkona area on Sunday morning, reports UNB. The injured were identified as Rehana Akhter, 40, wife of Saudi Arabia expatriate Abul Kashem, her daughter Afsana…

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday ordered prosecution to submit formal charges on November 23 against 19 war crimes suspects of Moheshkhali upazila in Cox’s Bazar for their alleged involvement in the crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, reports UNB. A three-…

A Dhaka court yesterday placed KM Zahirul Islam Palash on a two-day remand rejecting his bail petition in a case filed for the murder of former college teacher Krishna Kaberi Biswas in Mohammadpur area of the capital, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rashed Talukdar passed the order after Detective…

A court in the capital yesterday put three Malaysians on a three-day remand in connection with a case filed over seizure of 45 kilograms of gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday, reports BSS. Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor passed the order as Sub Inspector (SI) Kabirul…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) held a man for allegedly impersonating RAB officials from Islampur area of the city on Saturday night. The arrestee was Sharif Ahmed, 28, sacked BGB personnel, a RAB press release said. A team of RAB arrested Sharif from Islampur area around 11pm on Saturday while he was…

A Dhaka court yesterday put three doctors of Asian Cardiac and General Hospital in the capital's Lalmatia area, including its managing director, on one-day remand in a case for death of three newborns because of their negligence, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashed Talukder remanded…

A teenage girl was killed after being gang-raped by miscreants in Dharmaganj area under Fatulla model police station in sadar upazila. The deceased was identified as Smriti Moni, 13, daughter of Forkan Mridha, tenant of Ramij Dewan house in Dharmaganj area of the city. Police recovered the body from…

RAJSHAHI: Protecting the legitimate rights of the children alongside freeing them from all sorts of violation, repression and deprivation has become indispensable…

With Sharodiya Durga Utsob - the main religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community - just round the corner, more than 300 Paul (sculptors) groups in Barisal are busy sculpting idols of Goddess Durga in 550 mandaps. The Pauls and Kumars have already completed 90 per cent of their work comprising…

Police yesterday arrested a youth along with 1,500 pieces of contraband yaba tablets from Shah Amanat Bridge area under Bakalia police station in Chittagong. The arrestee was  Aman Ullah, 19. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a Dhaka-bound bus coming from Cox’s Bazar at Shah Amant Bridge…

The Science Club of Holy Cross College organised a two-day ‘PRAN Mango- 13th Inter College Science Festival-2015’ on the college premises at Tejgaon in the capital on Friday, says a press release. Anwar Hossain, professor of Biochemistry department, Dhaka University, was the chief guest…

A four-day international exhibition on food processing will be held from October 14 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital, reports BSS. Bangladesh Agro Processors’ Association (BAPA), Bangladesh Inspired-Project of European Union and Extreme Exhibition and Event Solution…

Train kills youth in Gazipur An unidentified youth was killed when a train hit him on Dhaka-Mymensingh rail route in Gazipur sadar upazila yesterday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately, but he is around 20 years old. The accident took place when a train hit him in Bhaoal Gazipur…

The fish landing centre in Barisal is left to lie abandoned as no fish traders are using the legal market for years. The centre now earns only Tk30,000…

KHULNA: Speakers at a view-exchange meeting here yesterday stressed the need for keeping communal harmony to ensure a peaceful celebration of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, reports BSS. They also hoped that the Durga Puja will be celebrated amid great enthusiasm in…

Police arrested a youth along with firearm and ammunitions from Momin Road area under Kotowali police station in the city on early yesterday. The arrestee was identified as --- Choyon Acharjee, 25, son of Prashanta Acharjee, hailed from Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong district. Police said a group of…