Two persons were jailed for life in separate drug peddling cases in Benapole. A court here on Tuesday convicted an Indian national and sentenced him to life imprisonment for drug peddling. The convict is Saul Hamid, hailing from Tamil Nadu in India. The court also fined him Tk one lakh; in default,…

Kushtia: A teacher couple was injured as a group of criminals hacked them at their house in Housing Area of the district town early yesterday, reports UNB. The victims are Ali Isa, 52, an associate professor of Kushtia Govt College, and his wife Samsunnahar Khanam, 45, a lecturer of KSM College in Kushtia.…

Sylhet: About 500 hectares of paddy fields in seven villages of Kamalganj upazila have been inundated as the rise in the water flow of the Dhalai River breached open its embankments at three different spots, reports UNB. The Dhalai River swelled and gushed over the breached parts of the embankment…

Police seized four crude bombs from a house at Petvora village in Chowgachha upazila early yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a drive at the house of Aminur Rahman, a resident of the village, and seized the bombs kept in a bucket around 12.30am, said M Masiur Rahman, officer-in-charge…

Police arrested a young man allegedly for desecrating the idols of a Hindu temple at Paikpara village in Saturia upazila yesterday morning. The arrestee…

A mobile court expelled a teacher and fined him Tk 2000 in Madhupur of Tangail for resorting to unfair means in the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination yesterday.  Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Madhupur Ramendra Nath Biswas said Assistant Commissioner (land) of Madhupur Sarah Sadia Tansin…