BHOLA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said militancy will soon be rooted out from the country and called upon the people to forge unity against militancy under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “Militant attacks are being carried out to hamper the ongoing development and…

SHERPUR: To make rice available for ultra poor the food aid programme was launched at Vatsala union under Sadar Upazila of the district yesterday, reports BSS. Under the programme titled- “Sheikh Hasinar Bangladesh, Khudha Hobe Niruddesh”- a card holder would get rice at Tk 10 per kilogram…

Police arrested four members of an organised gang of snatchers from Mymensingh town’s Baghmara and Krishtapur areas early yesterday. Emdadul Kabir, 30, assistant sub-inspector was also stabbed by a snatcher and was admitted at Mymensingh Medical College Hopsital (MMCH). The arrestees are Rezaul…

As elsewhere in the country, blacksmiths in the district are busy making different sharp tools for slaughtering sacrificial animals and preparing their flesh, with the Eid-ul-Azha approaching. The sources said a large number of buyers from different parts of the district are crowding daily at the shops…

Two schoolgirls drowned in the Dhakatia River in Raipur upazila of Laxmipur yesterday. The victim was identified as Shamima Akter, 12, hailing from Udmara village. She was a student of class four at Dakkhin Udmara Govt Primary School of the upazila and 10-year-old Fatema Akter. Police said Shamima and…