Becky Horsbrugh, a British journalist, will swim through Bangla Channel to raise awareness and fund to prevent child downing in Bangladesh. Becky as the first British citizen will start the swimming at 08:30am on  Sunday from Shahparir Dwip in Teknaf towards St Martin Island, which is termed as…

Police yesterday arrested six people on charge of raping and killing a little girl whose body was found from a building at Bishwa Bank Residential Area under Akbar Shah Police Station in the port city on Sunday. After conducting separate drives from Wednesday night to early yesterday police arrested…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion in a drive arrested seven suspected muggers from Mohammadpur area in the capital on Wednesday night, reports UNB. The arrestees were Md Shahidul Islam, hailing from Ramganj upazila of Laxmipur, Md Rahman, hailing from Kamrangir Char, Md Sujon, Md Tosif, Md Abdur Rahman,…

Chittagong: Three policemen were withdrawn in connection with the death of a youth in police firing during a clash between police and villagers at Bhatiari in Sitakundu upazila on Wednesday night, reports UNB. The policemen are sub-inspector Najmul Huda, constable Abul Kalam and ansar member Ismail…

Customs personnel yesterday arrested a cleaner of Bangladesh Biman along with 40 gold bars, weighing 4.65 kilograms, worth about Tk 2.32 crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital, reports BSS. "We arrested a cleaner of Bangladesh Biman Mustafa Kamal and seized 40  gold…

Chittagong: An unidentified man was killed in a road accident on the flyover in port city's GEC intersection yesterday morning, reports UNB. According to police, the accident took place when a covered van hit a human hauler (Leguna) on the flyover around 7:30am, leaving two of human hauler passengers…

A rickshaw-puller has been beaten to death in the capital's Bhashantek area, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Tajul Islam, 40. Hailing from Dikdail village in Tarail upazila of Kishoreganj, he had been living at Lal Sharail of Bhashantek. Victim's brother-in-law Abul Bashar said Tajul…

Science and Technology Minister Architect Yeafesh Osman yesterday said people concerned should initiate joint efforts between scientific research and industrial institutions for accelerating country's development, reports BSS. "Joint efforts by scientific research and industrial institutions…