A hardware shop and a store were gutted in a devastating fire yesterday at Madina market in Faridpur Sadar upazila. The shop belongs to Md Khorshed Alam of the area. When contacted, Md Humayun Kabir, assistant director of Faridpur fire station said the fire originated from an electric short circuit…

A police constable was killed and another injured by lightning strike at Nakapa police camp in Ramgarh upazila of Khagrachhari on Sunday night. The deceased was Moham-mad Sharif Hossain, 22, of Anandapur area in Sadar upazila and the injured was Md Altab, 23, of Bashkhali area in Chittagong district.…

Jute growers in Tangail district are happy as they are getting expected prices of the fibre in the local markets this year. Favourable weather has boosted…

A listed criminal was arrested with a foreign pistol from the Bus Terminal area in Sadar upazila of Khagrachhari yesterday evening. He was identified as Mohammad Shah Alam, 26, of Islampur in the same upazila.   Officer In-charge of sadar police station Md Sham-suddin Bhuiyan said the police raided…

Four gamblers jailed Our correspondent, Panchagarh A mobile court yesterday convicted four gamblers and sentenced them to 15 days imprisonment. The convicts are Faruk Hossein 25, Based Ali 30, Afizer Rahman, 28 and Akbar Ali, 35, all of them hailed of Kutamara village under Debiganj upazila in the district.…