Police, in special drives arrested 72 persons including five drug traders from eight upazilas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8am yesterday morning. Police also recovered 1,042 pieces of Yaba tablets, 100 grams of Ganja and 198 bottles of Phensidyl during the drives. Sources with the district…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)arrested two alleged members of the banned Islamic militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB) from Ajhoir village under Nachole upazila in Chapainawabganj district at early hours yesterday. The arrested persons were identified as Md. Bairul Islam, 34,…

Police recovered the hanging body of a trader at Nazirpur Natunpara village in Gurudaspur upazila yesterday. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, a mortgage trader of the village. Kalam remained missing since he went out of home around 9pm on Monday, said Sub-inspector Shahidul Islam of Gurudaspur…

A secondary school certificate (SSC) examinee reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Hogoldanga village in Chowgaccha upazila early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Yasin Ali, 16, son of Nuruzzaman of Bolibhadrapur village in Maheshpur upazila in Jhenidah district and used to study…