MUNSHIGANJ: A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his house at Jagdatripara in the district town yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Kashem Dewan, 32, a resident of the same area. On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body and…

A truck driver was killed as another truck hit him at a filling station in Rajarhat area of Sadar upazila yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Babu Hossain, 30, son of Golam Hossain of Gopalpur village of the upazila. Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Elias Hossain said the accident…

CHANDPUR: A court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing a youth in Faridganj upazila of the district in 2012. The court also fined him Taka one lakh. Additional District and Sessions Judge M Mamunur Rashid pronounced the verdict. According to court officials the convict M Arif Miji, 28, son…

NARSINGDI: State Minister for Water Resources Lt Colonel (Retd) Nazrul Islam Hiro (Bir Pratik) said the ideology of Bangabandhu could not be erased by killing him as he would remain alive in the hearts of people of Bangladesh forever, reports BSS. He said Bangladesh as an independent state would never…

MADARIPUR: Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said the act of terrorism in the name of Islam is totally illegal. Islam never supports militancy and terrorism, reports BSS. The minister also said Islam is a religion of complete peace and it also never supports chaos, anarchy, militancy, terrorism and betrayal.…

Magura: Masud Rana, the prime accused in the case for killing a schoolteacher in Police Line Paschim Para under Sadar upazila, on Monday confessed before a court to his involvement in the sensational incident, reports UNB. Senior Judicial Magistrate Shalla Basu recorded the statement of Masud Rana,…

RAJSHAHI: BRRI Dhan-48, a drought tolerant paddy variety innovated by Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), has been gaining popularity among farmers in the region including its vast Barind tract for the last couple of years, reports BSS. The newly innovated paddy variety has opened up a door of…

Teenage boy electrocuted Jessore: A teenage boy died from electrocution while listening music on his mobile phone through earpiece at Nauapara Bazar in Jessore district town early yesterday, reports UNB. Jamal Hossain, father of the victim, said Hridoy Hossain, 16, a worker of Nauapara Akij Jute Mills…