RANGPUR: The local government institutions should adopt time-befitting development plans and implement those efficiently to ensure their contribution in the process of achieving the set sustainable development goals (SDGs). The opinion came at a workshop titled ‘Sustainable development goals,…

Police recovered the decomposed body of a boy from a water body at Deovog village in Sadar upazila yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Naimul Islam, 12, son of Nurul Islam Talukder of the village and a student of class seven of Damudya Bakultala Ideal Madrasah. Assistant Superintendent…

Bandarban: Police arrested an alleged robber for trying to loot Janata Bank’s Lama branch in the district on Monday night, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Robin.Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Lama Police Station, said a gang of robbers, numbering 4-5, went to the bank and asked…

Sirajganj: Two people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a bus and a tank lorry on Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Khalkuna area of Tarash upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Rafiqul, 35, helper of the tank lorry, a resident of Jamalpur village…

A court yesterday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for killing a man at Talhati village in Sadar upazila in 1996. The court also fined the convicts Joynal Abedin, 60, and Abul Basar, 51, residents of the same village, Tk 50,000 each, in default, to suffer one more year in jail. According…

A young man was electrocuted at Hudo Rajapur cluster village in Sadar upazila yesterday.The deceased was identified as Rezaul Islam, 19, son of Monirul Islam of the same village. Police said Rezaul came in contact with a live electric wire when he was working at the rooftop of a tin-shed house at the…