Habiganj: Three construction labourers were killed and another injured as a truck ran over them when they were engaged in repair work of a road on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Aushkandi in Nabiganj upazila yesterday, reports UNB. Two of the deceased were identified as Maram Ali, 50, and Manik Mia, 40,…

RANGPUR: Health experts at an awareness building meeting here have sought cooperation of the media workers in containing population growth rate by creating social awareness to intensify family planning activities, reports BSS. The District Family Planning Department organised the meeting as part of…

Habiganj: Detectives in a drive arrested 14 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Habiganj district unit ameer Mukhlesur Rahmanon, from Bhadai village in Sadar upazila yesterday morning on charges of sabotage plan, reports UNB. The other arrested are: district Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer…

Detective police picked up two newly elected municipal councillors immediately after they finished oath-taking at a function in Bogra town yesterday. Witnesses said they were whisked away by the Detective Branch (DB) police after they came out of the Shaheed Titu Auditorium, where they took oath as…

Six shops gutted Bhola: Six shops were gutted by a fire that broke out  at Mollahhat Bazar in Borhanuddin upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Locals said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in a  shop around 4am and soon engulfed five other adjoining shops. On information,…