An alleged leader of an inter-district robbery gang was arrested atDaspara village in Kotchandpur upazila early yesterday. The arrested gang leader has been identified as Shapan Gazi, 30, of the same village.  Additional superintendent of police in Jhenidah Azbahar Ali Sheikh said Gazi was wanted…

At least nine aspiring candidates, including present and former mayors and about one hundred councilors from Awami league, BNP and PCJSS, have started…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in Tangail sued eight officials of Dhaka Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd in a graft case on Wednesday.  Sources said ACC assistant director Mohammad Moazzem Hossain lodged the case with Jamalpur police station.  The accused officials are Manager of the branch…

A school for deaf and dumb in Jhenidah, inaugurated by Prime Minister Shekh Hasina in 2013, is yet to appoint any staff and enroll any student. The complex having six buildings, three 2-storey and three 3-storey, was built with an expenditure amounting to about Tk10 cores, which includes the cost of…

Sirajganj: Criminal Investiga-tion Department (CID) in a drive arrested an alleged human trafficker from Khwaza Yunus Ali Medical College and Hospital area in Enayetpur upazila on Wednesday Afternoon, reports UNB. The arrestee was  Suruzzaman alias Suru Dalal, 40, a resident of Brahman village…

A total of 45,080 affected farmers of the district got free seed and fertilisers from the government during the current robi season under post flood agriculture reha bilitation programme, reports BSS. Office sources said the district was hit by repeated floods in August and September causing the standing…

Ijtema begins in Jessore Our Correspondent Tens of thousands of devotees are taking part in a three-day Ijtema that began at the New Town area in Jessore after Fajr prayers yesterday. Devotees filled up the spaces of Upashahar College, King Faisal Institute and Shapla Kindergarten School and adjacent…