A man was injured in a crude bomb explosion at his house in Shibganj upazila yesterday morning. The injured Tasim Ali, 40, is the son of Sirajul Islam, the owner of the house. Tasim is being treated at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. His father was detained for interrogation, police said. Shahbazpur…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two persons along with 9,310 yaba tablets, worth Tk Tk 46.55 lakh, from Mohipal area of Feni district yesterday. The arrestees are Md Abul Kashem, 28, and Mujib Ullah, 29.  RAB acting company commander and also ASP Md Junied Jahadi said acting on a tip-off,…

Two hanging bodies of a teenage boy and a girl of Santal community were recovered at Gopinagar village in Patnitala upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased were identified as Joy Hembrom, 16, son of Sudhir Hembrom and Kajli Murmu, 18, daughter of Francis Murmu in the area. Joy was a class X…

The three children, who were found dead on Friday afternoon at the Imam’s room of Purbo Koladi Jame Masjid, died due to inhaling toxic gas emitted from the three IPS batteries inside the room, according to the postmortem report, said Jehadul Kabir, Police Superintendent of Chandpur yesterday.…

Two persons, including a woman, were killed and eight others injured in separate road accidents on Mymensingh-Sherpur road in Mymensingh on Friday night and Saturday. One of the victims was identified as Hajera Khatun, 55, wife of Abul Hashim of Palashkanda village in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh.…

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by taking sleeping pills after being stalked by a youth in Bhandaria upazila of the district early yesterday. The deceased was Ruksana Rupa, 16, a class-X student of Bhandaria Sadar Girls’ High School and daughter of Ruhul Amin of the upazila. Quoting Ruksana’s…