The extent of social crimes has been reducing in recent times following visible effectiveness of the community policing activities involving the common people in the district, reports BSS. Acting Superintendent of Police Abdullah Al Faruk disclosed the information at a rally against drug abuse,…

Sunamganj: Bumper production of litchi, especially of the local ‘Manikpuri’ variety, has cast a beam of delight on the faces of the growers…

Munshiganj: At least 10 people were injured, including six with bullets, in a clash between the supporters of two chairman candidates of Mollakandi Union Parishad in Sadar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Munshiganj Sadar police station Yunus Ali said supporters of Awami League backed…

Gaibandha: A trader was stabbed to death allegedly by a drug addict at Sripatipur Bazar in Gobindaganj upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Mozammel Haq, officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj Police Station, said Debesh Chandra Pramanik, owner of a shoe shop, opened his shop around 6 am. At one stage, drug…

Kushtia: Twenty newly-elected chairmen of union parishad (UPs) in Kushtia district were sworn in yesterday morning, reports UNB. District administrator Sayed Belal Hossain administered oaths to 20 chairmen of Bheramara and Doulatpur upazilas at a function at the conference room of the deputy commissioner’s…