MANIKGANJ: State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque asked students to stay away from terrorism, militancy and drug to make themselves as worthy citizens of the country. “The government has attached importance to sports activities in educational institutions, which will help flourish…

NETRAKONA: A court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his pregnant wife at Borshikura village in Sadar upazila in 2016, reports UNB. The condemned convict is Suab Miah, 25, son of late Somed Ali. The court also fined him Tk 20,000. According to the prosecution, Shilpi Akter, 23, daughter…

FARIDPUR: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a young man along with 15 molotov bombs and yaba tablets from Goalchamot area of the district town yesterday morning, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Shahriar Hossain Shanto, 22, son of Shahdat Hossain of Char Krishnapur…

KUSHTIA: Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in the district yesterday, reports BSS. The deceased were identified as Tuhin Pramanik, 45, a motor cyclist and resident of Ranakhoria village in Mirpur upazila and Abdur Rahman, 30, a truck driver and inhabitant of Poshchim Shariatpur village…

Diamond jewelry worth Tk 70 lakh seized SATKHIRA: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh recovered diamond jewelry worth about Tk 70 lakh along Laxmidari border in Sadar upazila recently, reports UNB. Lt Col Sarder Md Mostafizur Rahman, commanding officer of battalion -38 of BGB, briefed reproters over…