Pirojpur: A court here on Sunday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife in Mathbaria upazila in 2008, reports UNB. The convict is Selim Bepari, a resident of Tentulia village of the upazila. The court also fined him TK 20,0000, by default he has to suffer one year’s imprisonment.…

Comilla: Three pedestrians including two women were killed and two others injured as a covered van ran over them on Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Gomti-Meghna toll plaza in Daudkandi upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Rozina Khatun, 30, wife of Faruk Miah, a resident of Joynagar…

RAJSHAHI: More efficiency in irrigation has become a necessity for reducing the misuse of water alongside decreasing agriculture production cost, speakers at a meeting said, reports BSS. They observed that the existing irrigation method has increased misuse of water adding pressure on both ground and…

GAIBANDHA: A total of 510 hectares of land in all seven upazilas of the district were brought under black gram (Maskalai) farming during the current Robi season, reports BSS. The department of agriculture extension has set a target to farm black gram on 510 hectares of land this year with the production…

A newly married woman was slaughtered allegedly by her husband and in-laws at Jangalbandhal village in Sadar upazila on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Mamtaz Begum, 20, wife of Sujan of the village.Sub-inspector Jafor Ahmmed, in-charge of Basundia police camp, said Mamtaz, daughter of…

PIROJPU: A court here yesterday sentenced a man to suffer life imprisonment for trading drugs in Swarupkathi upazila of the district in 2012, reports BSS.The court also fined him Taka 20,000, in default, to suffer six months more in jail. District and Session Judge M Golam Kibria pronounced the judgment.According…