A madrasa teacher allegedly tortured a student with a cricket bat and stump after hanging him from a ceiling fan in a madrasah at Paglamia Road in the district town on Saturday, reports UNB. Yakub Nabi, father of the tortured student Ariful Islam of Satgaria village in Chouddagram upazila, said when…

Agricultural scientists and researchers have urged the farmers to promote white maize farming in the high Barind tract as the cereal crop has been proved as drought tolerant and less-irrigation consuming, reports BSS. They said that Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) has recently released…

Benapole: A madrasa girl was abducted allegedly by a local criminal, who had been stalking the victim for long, with the help of his associate at Joyenta village in Jessore Sadar upazila on Saturday night, reports UNB. Islias Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station, said criminal Shamim…

A court in Narail  sentenced a man to life term imprisonment yesterday on charge of raping a minor girl. The court also fined him Tk 10,000, in default to suffer one year imprisonment more. The convict is Badsha Molla, 40, of Gachhbaria village in Lohagara upazila of the district.   The prosecution…

A local Awami League leader suffered bullet injuries in an attack by miscreants at Mirzaganj village in Mirzaganj upazila early yesterday. The injured is Gazi Mohammad Selim, 40, president of ward no 7 unit AL of Mirzaganj union. Officer-in-charge of Mirzaganj Police Station Mizanur Rahman said a group…

Sunamganj: A farmer was killed by a lightning strike at Halidakanda village in Dharmapasha upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. Police and witnesses said a streak of thunderbolt struck Sher Ali, son of late Khalil Miah of the village, at about 10:00 am when he was cutting paddy at a haor near his…