A student of class-VII was raped allegedly by a college student at village Garadob in Gangni upazila of Meherpur on Wednesday night. The victim is now undergoing medical treatment at Gangni Upazila Health Complex.  The culprit has been identified as Shuvo Hossain, a student of Bansgbaaria BM College…

Seed dealers of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) in Narsingdi area stopped activities and called indefinite strike demanding cancellation of 10 per cent tax yesterday. All BADC dealers organised a protest meeting in front of Narsingdi District BADC sales office premises in Narsingdi…

There is no headmaster in 313 government primary schools in Nilphamari. According to sources at the district primary education office, there are 947 government primary schools in entire district and out of which, the number of schools running without headmasters are 313. The academic activities in these…

Robbers looted goods from three shops at Uttara Super Market killing a night guard in the district town early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Kazi Diar. Additional superintendent of police Munshi Shahab Uddin said a gang of armed robbers broke open the gate of the market. At one stage, the…

Police arrested a worker of a shop and seized 1,000 litres of acid at Shahibag in Chapainawabganj town on Wednesday. The arrestee has been identified as Zohurul Islam, 26, of Sehala Colony in Chapainawabganj municipality. SI Khairul Islam of Chapainawabganj Sadar police station said the police, acting…

SALMA AFROSE back from Thakurgaon Sadhona Rani Baysha, an ethnic woman in Thakurgaon, has changed her life only by switching over to a more profitable trade.  Wife of Tapan Baysha of Bashmalipara village under Garea union in Thakurgaon sadar upazila now earns more to supplement the income of her…