Three people died of heat stroke yesterday at Bashail in Narsingdi town. Five others have also been hospitalised. The deceased were identified as Abdul Hye, 58, a furniture trader in Narsingdi town and an inhabitant of  Shadharchar village in Shibpur upazila, Mazharul Islam, 26, of Mazlishpur village…

Eight more appeals against the war crimes conviction, pronounced by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on charges of committing crimes against the humanity during the 1971 War of Liberation, are waiting for the hearing in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC), according to court officials,…

Members of Coast Guard in a drive seized 2.40 lakh meters current nets and 800 kg polythene bags worth Tk 48.20 lakh from launch ghat area of the district town on Friday night. Coast guard sources said being tipped off, a patrol team conducted a drive in the area at night and seized the  nets and…

Munshiganj: Robbers looted valuables, including cash and gold ornaments, from a trawler carrying a bridal party on the Meghna River at Bakchar village in sadar upazila on Friday night, reports UNB. Kalam, a member of the wedding party, said a gang of 10-12 robbers on an engine-run trawler intercepted…

Chuadanga: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled Indian cloths worth TK 5.5 crore near a petrol pump in Magura district town early yesterday, reports UNB. On secret information, a team of BGB-6 conducted a drive in a Dhaka-bound covered van from Benapole on Magura-Dhaka road early…

The 14th phase of excavation work at the Wari-Bateshwar Archaeological Site at Tongirtek in Shibpur upazila concluded on Friday. Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Rashed Khan Menon attended the concluding ceremony as chief guest. Sirajul Islam Molla, MP, Sirin Akther, director general of the Department…

Six people were killed in separate road accidents in Chapaina­wabganj and Bagerhat yesterday. Our Chapainawabganj correspondent says: Three people were killed as a truck crashed into a motorbike carrying them at Kendul in sadar upazila yesterday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Mohammad…

The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, will seek a fair solution to the outstanding issues, including the Teesta water sharing agreement, during her meeting with the visiting Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, scheduled today, BNP leaders said. The former Bangladesh premier will also focus on the latest…

The Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and India yesterday exchanged five memorabilia with each other, reports UNB. The Indian Prime Minister first handed over a replica of Dredger for Mongla Port Trust, a model of 24 Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) and INS Vikrant memento to Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh Prime…

The body of the Bangladeshi peacekeeper in the United Nations who was killed in a terrorist attack on a UN vehicle in African country of Mali on May 25 reached home yesterday, reports UNB.  A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the body of sepoy Nilkantha Hajong landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International…