Allegations have been found in  Test Relief (TR) project funds under the Rural Infrastructure Development and Maintenance programme of Kalihati Upazila in the 2015-‘16 fiscal year. Kalihati Upazila Project Implementation Office sources said Tk 2.6 lakh allocated for two projects have been…

RANGPUR: Noted literary personalities Jibanananda Das and Shamsur Rahman would be remembered forever for enriching Bengali literature through their great contributions, reports BSS.Speakers expressed the views at a poem recitation ceremony followed by discussion commemorating Jibana­nanda Das and…

Habiganj: A court yesterday sentenced five people to death and 27 others to different jail terms for killing a farmer in Nabiganj upazila in 2002, reports UNB. The condemned convicts are Anis, Foras, Jamshed, Bazlu and Nur Islam, all residents of Boaljur village in Dighalbagh upazila. Jam­shed,…

Two people, including a minor boy, died as a trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Hatiya upazila after hitting a hidden shoal yesterday. Local people said the trawler with 50 passengers on board hit a hidden shoal and sank in the river while going to Ramcharanghat area around 1:30 pm, leaving 10…

Thakurgaon: A man was killed in a clash over a land dispute at Nishchintopur village in Sadar upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mamun, 40, a resident of the village.Moshiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Mamun had a long standing dispute…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler along with two maunds and seven kilogram of hemp from Chandrapur village in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore on Monday night. The arrestee was identified as Mashiar Munsi, 35, son of late Jainal Munsi of the village.Major Abdullah…