A woman who along with her husband and daughter sustained burn injuries in a fire from gas line blast at their house at Tipu Sultan Road in the capital’s Wari area on November 13 died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Hosne Ara Begum,…

Police submitted a chargesheet to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on November 11 against eight people in the sensational liquid cocaine haul case in Chittagong Port. The charsheeted accused are Bakul Mia, Fazlu Mia, Golam Mostafa Sohel, managing director of Prime Hatchery and Khanjahan Ali…

RAJSHAHI:  A three-day Winter Income Tax Fair begins here as in other divisional cities in the country yesterday with the main thrust of bringing a new taste and flavor among the city dwellers, reports BSS. This is for the first time the Winter Income Tax Fair is being taken place in the city.…

The countrywide dawn-to-dusk shut-down called by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the Supreme Court (SC) verdict that upheld the death penalty…

GAZIPUR: A youth was hacked to death at Mukterbari area of Tongi under Gazipur city on Tuesday night. The victim was Sajjad Hossain Badal, 20, son of Asad Miah of the area. Local people claimed that he was a mobile phone set snatcher in the area. Sources said Muktar and some of his associates Rafik,…

Imams have a vital role in preventing social and moral degradation, by curbing all kinds of evils, especially fundamentalism, terrorism and violence against women, observed speakers at a function in the city yesterday. They were addressing a certificate distribution ceremony of the 844th batch of imams…

Professor Dr Molla Obaedullah Baki and SM Abdur Rahman have been elected as president and secretary general respectively for the new 22-member executive committee (2015-17) of Bangladesh Cancer Society, reports BSS. The Vice Presidents of the new committee are Sultan Mahmudur Rahman and Professor Dr…

RANGPUR: There is no alternative to community-based early preparedness and efficient emergency response management system for reducing the risks of natural disasters, loss of lives and damage of properties, reports BSS. The views were expressed at the inaugural ceremony of a three-day training of Master…

RAJSHAHI: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a firearms peddler with a foreign pistol and ammunition from Boharampur area under Rajpara Police Station in the city Wednesday night, RAB said  yesterday, reports BSS. The arrested was identified as Yeasin Ali, 25, son of Bazlur…

IU entry test results published The results of admission test for the first year honours courses under E and F units of Islamic University (IU) for 2015-16 academic session have been published yesterday. A total of 9,205 aspirants have fight against 135 seats for 'E' unit and 2,010 aspirants…