Over 1.33 lakh extremely poor families, living on their raised plinths in low-lying remote char (shoals) areas on the Brahmaputra basin, have been escaping current floods effectively like in the previous years, reports BSS. The plinths have been raised to save the char people along with properties from…

A man was killed on Saturday night at village Old Modnadanga in Sadar upazila of the district. Police, on suspicion, held his wife Selina Khatun, 36, in this connection. The deceased -- Azizur Rahman, hailing from village Purton  Modnadanga in the same upazila, was an auto-rickshaw driver. According…

Teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions formed a human chain and held discussion meeting in Chapainawabganj yesterday demanding immediate declaration of their inclusion in the new national pay scale, which is effective from July 1 this year. The human chain was held in front…

Three police constables have been suspended temporarily for their alleged involvement in extortion. They were withdrawn from duty and called back to Khagrachhari police line yesterday, said superintendent of police Md Mazid Ali. The three police constables are Constable Ferozul Alam (ID-799), Muhammad…

A housewife succumbed to her burn injuries after she was set afire allegedly by her husband for dowry at Pashchim Laxmipur village in Sadar upazila on Saturday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Salma Begum, wife of Khalil, a resident of the village. Police sources said Khalil, married…

A tribunal here on Sunday convicted five youths and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for violating a teenage girl last year, reports UNB. The lifers are Shah Alam, 18, son of Abdur Razzak, Sabuj, 18, son of Alam, Ramzan, 18, son of Rafique, Makaram alias Mobarok, 18, son of Mohiuddin of Daspara…

Missing girl found dead Our Correspondent, Jhenidah Police recovered the decomposed body of a five-year-old-girl yesterday afternoon, five days after she went missing on July 7 from a jute field at Achintapur in sadar upazila . The deceased has been identified as Monira Khatun, daughter of Ramzan Ali…