At least 20 villages under Monpura and Charfashion upazilas of the district have been flooded due to high tide during the last three days. The water of…

A mobile court here on Wednesday convicted a peddler and sentenced him to six-month imprisonment for possessing yaba tablets.  Shivalaya Upazila Nirbahi Officer and the judge of mobile court AKM Galib Khan awarded jail term to Naim Mia, 23, son of Fazar Ali of Mohadebpur village under Shivalaya…

Police arrested Zila ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and his associate from Shatrujitpur area in Sadar upazila yesterday noon, reports BSS from Magura. The arrested are Alamgir Biswas, ameer of Magura Zila unit of Jamaat and his associate Suaeb. On a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in…

An oath taking ceremony of the newly elected chairmen-members of six union parisads under Alamdanga upazila of the district was held yesterday at the conference room of Deputy Commissione, reports BSS from Chuadanga. Deputy Commissioner of Chuadanga district Saima Yunus administered the oath of the…

Two persons were killed in separate rail accidents in Sylhet and Mymensingh yesterday and Wednesday. In Sylhet: A physically challenged teenage boy was crushed to death by a train at Katalpur Rail crossing under Fenchuganj upazila of the district yesterday morning, reports BSS. The deceased was identified…

A poultry farm was gutted in a fire killing at least 5,000 chickens at Nijputia village in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila yesterday morning. Local people said…

Three gets jail for taking drugs in Dinajpur A mobile court here yesterday sentenced three persons to six months imprisonment for taking drugs in Birampur upazila of the district, reports BSS from Dinajpur. The convicts are Jahurul, 25, Sahid, 25, and Miru, 22, residents of Debipur village of the upazila.…