A court here yesterday sentenced 15 people to life term imprisonment for killing a farmer at Hilora village under Mirjapur upazila of the district in 2006. The court also fined them Taka 10,000 each, in default, to suffer two more years of rigorous imprisonment. Special District and Session Judge Wahiduzzaman…

Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Chapainawabganj and Natore yesterday. In Chapainawabganj, a man was killed in a road accident in Chamagram area of Sadar upazila of the district yesterday morning. The victim was identified as Mukhlesur Rahman, 30, son of Guljar, a resident of Shibtala…

Natore Rajbari situated in Natore, a district town about 48 km east of Rajshahi, was the zamindari headquarters of the Natore Raj. Like most of the feudal…

GAIBANDHA: Poor and half-educated youth women are being imparted training here on five trades under a government project to make themselves self-dependent, reports BSS. District women affairs office is implementing the project entitled ‘Women’s Skill Based Training Programme for Livelihoods’…

Night guard ‘burnt to death’ Comilla: A night guard was burnt to death allegedly by a gang of robbers at Gouripur Bazar in Daudkandi upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Traders of Gouripur Bazar said they found the charred body of night guard Safiqul Islam, 40, son of Amin Uddin of Pacchim…

Police arrested a young man along with three hand bombs from Kalidaspur village in Alamdanga upazila early yesterday. Tipped off, a team of police raided the house of Tutul Hossain, 30, son of Shahidul Islam, and arrested him at the dead of night, said Akram Hossain, officer-in-charge of Alamdanga Police…