GAIBANDHA: A mobile court in separate drives realized Tk 39,000 as fine from different   restaurants in the town for selling stale, adulterated and date-expired food items to the customers yesterday, reports BSS. The court, led by Executive Magistrate Magfurul Hassan Abbasi, conducted the…

A housewife was murdered allegedly by her husband over dowry in Khamarkandi village in Sherpur upazila of the district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Joynab Begum,25, wife of Abdur Rouf of village Khamarkandi of the upazila. Locals said Abdur Rouf, 30, of Khamarkandi village of Sherpur…

Benapole: Indian Haridaspur immigration police arrested two Kashmir citizens along with 46 gold bars, weighing 4.6 kilograms, in Petrapole check post of India opposite Benapole check post on Saturday night, reports UNB. Identities of the arrestees could not be known yet. Benapole immigration sources…

Narsingdi town as well as some parts of the district experienced a heavy rainfall in last four days causing serious disruption of civic life and hampering business activities, reports BSS. The incessant rain caused heavy water logging in most of the low lands in the town and other parts of the district.…

An elderly man was killed allegedly by his son at Bishnupur village in Chandpur Sadar upazila yesterday. The deceased was Siddiqur Rahman Prodhania,70. Family sources said an altercation took place between Fazlul Huque, 45, and his wife at home in the village over family affairs around 1pm. At one stage,…

As demand for puffed rice (muri), a popular iftar item, becomes high during fasting month of Ramzan, people, including women, are now passing busy time in making the crispy food in Jhenidah district. About 10,000 rural women have been engaged in making puffed rice this year as businessmen of Jhenidah…

Freedom fighters of Chapai-nawabganj formed a human chain yesterday demanding monthly allow-ance of Tk 10,000 for all freedom fighters irrespective of their age. Several hundred freedom fighters and widows of freedom fighters of the district took part in the human chain programme arranged under the…