A rickshaw-van driver was killed and another person injured by a lightning strike at Nagar Sakoya village in Boda upazila early yesterday. The deceased was Hasibul Islam Rafiqul, 46, a resident of the area.Sayed Jahangir Hasan Sabuj, chairman of Sakoya union parishad, said a streak of lightning struck…

The ground nut cultivators in Manikganj district are expecting bumper production in the current season. The sandy char areas of the Padma and the Jamuna of the district are known as ground nut cultivation zone which is situated in the western and southern parts of the district, reports BSS. The local…

Benapole: Detectives arrested a young man along with one pistol, one round of bullet and some bottles of foreign liquor from Rajarhat on the Jessore-Khulna highway in Jessore district on Monday night, reports UNB. Assistant Sub-inspector of Detective Branch (DB) of Police Masud Rana said tipped off,…

Robber lynched in Jhenidah A notorious robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Gouripurnath village in Maheshpur upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of Maheshpur Police Station, said local people caught Nazrul Islam Dakat,50, a resident of the same village, while…