Fourteen Bangladeshi people, including five women, returned home through Benapole check post after serving three years’ imprisonment in India. The returnees hail from different areas of  Shariatpur, Gopalganj, Dhaka, Narail, Jessore, Mymensingh, Noakhali, Chuadanga, Jessore, Madaripur, Rangpur,…

A woman and her daughter were killed and two other people injured in a collision between a truck and a pick-up van in Shikarikandi area of the district town yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as Shefali Begum, 30 and her daughter Subarna, 2. Kamrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model…

To show his enduring affection for the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a farmer in Kanaikathi village of Damudya Upazila in Shariatpur has engraved the name of ‘Bangabandhu’ in the belly of his son. The farmer one- Adam Ali- engraved ‘Bangabandhu’ at the…

A man allegedly killed his son in Golachipa upazila of the district yesterday.  Family members said Lavlu Mridha, 46, picked up a quarrel with his wife Shamsunnahar Begum at about 5 am following a family feud.  At one stage Lablu hit his son Hasib Mridha, 13, a Junior School Certificate examinee…

7 ‘robbers’ held in Faridpur Faridpur: Detectives arrested seven alleged robbers with bomb-like objects and sharp weapons in Komorpur area of the district town early yesterday, reports UNB. The arrestees are:  Alamgir Hossain, 32, Matiur Rahman, 38, Delwar Khan, 35, Kuddus Khan, 30,…