State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday told the parliament that the incumbent government has a plan to recruit more 50,694 police personnel, including 694 naval police, within a very shortest possible time, reports BSS. “The ratio between police personnel and population in…

Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif yesterday said the meeting between BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not ‘successful’. “Khaleda had desperately tried to meet Modi and eventually she met him. But her desire to avail…

A criminal was killed in a gunfight with police at Balaishpur in Laxmipur sadar upazila on Monday night.  The deceased was identified as Moslehuddin alias Jasim, 31, chief of Jasim Bahini. Assistant Police Superin­tendent of Sadar circle Junayed Kawser said acting on a tip-off, police conducted…

The bodies of two cousins who went missing while bathing in the Madhumati River in Mollahat upazila on Monday were fished out from the river yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Suraiya Akhter, 8, daughter of Saiful Sheikh of Udaypur village in Mollahat, and her cousin Rabeya…

Two persons were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a human hauler at Koilabari in Shibganj upazila yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as driver of the human hauler Mozammel Hoque, 40, of Mirjapur Bangalpara and Babul Hossain, 45, of Namochakpara, in the upazila. Police said…

The government has taken up a plan to bring all the country’s 64 districts under railway network within a few years, aiming to build a comfortable and safer transportation system across the country, reports UNB. Railways Minister Mujibul Haque told UNB that works on a number of projects will start…

NOAKHALI: Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader said those who used to rebuke Awami League as an agent of India are now making frantic efforts to get certificate to be Indian agent, reports BSS. He said this while speaking as the chief guest at a reception accorded to the students,…

Satkhira: A court in Satkhira framed charges against a former BNP lawmaker and 49 leaders and activists of the party in a case filed in connection with the attack on the convoy of the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina on Satkhira-Jessore road in Kalaroa upazila in 2002, reports UNB. Chief Judicial…

Academic activities at 425 educational institutes in 12 upazilas of Bogra district are being seriously hampered since the institutions were badly damaged…

The 150 victims of human traffickers, who made their way back home on Monday, may be sent to their friends or relatives today, said Cox’s Bazar police officers. The Myanmar Border Guard Police handed the 150 to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) two days ago. They entered Bangladesh through the…

Satkhira: A court in Satkhira framed charges against a former BNP lawmaker and 49 leaders and activists of the party in a case filed in connection with the attack on the convoy of the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina on Satkhira-Jessore road in Kalaroa upazila in 2002, reports UNB. Chief Judicial…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday arrested the owner of a recruiting agency and 15 other people from the city’s Malibagh area for their involvement in human trafficking, reports UNB. One of the arrestees was identified as Mohammad Akhtar, owner of ‘Golam Rabbani International…

Two people were killed in the city’s Matikata and Kadamtoli areas in separate incidents yesterday, reports UNB. The victims were identified as Mamun Fakir, an owner of a small tea stall, and Malek Hasan Mahmud, 33, a worker at a saw-mill. Police quoting family members said Mamun was returning…