A college boy was killed as a bus crushed his motorcycle in Shibchar upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased was identified as Rakib Hossain, 17, hailed from Thengamara area in the upazila. He was a HSC student at Barhamaganj Government College. Police said the accident occurred this afternoon…

Police arrested three people for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a woman from Sharsha upazila on early yesterday. The arrestees were identified as Quamrul Islam, 40, a police informer, Omar Ali, 50 and Abdul Latif, 48 of the upazila. Mohammad Maniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Sharsha…

Four people were sentenced to death while three others got life term imprisonment in two districts. In Kushtia, a court yesterday sentenced two persons to death and three others to life imprisonment in a murder case filed in 2012. The convicts who got death penalty are - Nazmul, son of Aahad Ali of…

Manju Rani Bagchi, wife of Shibu Prashad Bagchi, died at her residence in Aruapara of Kushtia on August 26. She was 67. She left behind her three sons, three daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn her death. She was cremated on the same day. Her funeral will be held at 10am today…