Four people including three fishermen were killed and 10 others were hurt by lightning in Chandpur and Sherpur districts yesterday. In Chandpur three fishermen were killed and four others injured by lightning strike in Matlab  South upazila of the district on Thursday. Witnesses said they were…

GAIBANDHA: The government has developed a model to simplify the existing process to deliver public services to the citizens aimed at saving their time, money and labour, reports BSS. Access to Information (a2i) Programme has developed the model titled ‘Service Process Simplification (SPS)’…

Family members foiled a suicide attempt by a 12-year-old girl at a village in Madhupur upazila of the district on Thursday.  The victim tried to commit suicide by hanging after she was allegedly raped by her neighbour. According to family sources, the parents of the victim went for work on Wednesday…

Two teenage boys rescued from Myanmar boarder with 150 Bangladeshis have been handed over to their families at Tangail Red Crescent Office on Thursday evening.   The teens are identified as Uzzol Hossain, 16, son of Abdul Jalil of village Katuli and Shahadat Hossain, 17, son of Zohir Uddin of village…

Cox’s Bazar: A ‘police informant’ was shot and  stabbed to death by some miscreants on the Teknaf upazila parishad  premises here early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Selim alias Mundi Selim, a Myanmar citizen who used to live in Teknaf upazila for…

Over 5,000 coconut trees planted on both sides of Tentultola-Naldanga road needs maintenance and nursing. According to Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Jhenidah, Tentultola-Naldanga road connects sadar and Kaliganj upazilas. The department planted 5,000 coconut trees on both sides of…

Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif yesterday said Awami League knows how to develop friendly relations with the outside world, reports UNB. “Awami League had maintained good relations with the friendly countries after keeping the country’s interests unharmed in the…

At least six people still remained missing in Thursdays’ trawler capsize in the Meghna River in Manpura as no more body was recovered yesterday, reports UNB. Although the administration started the operation on Friday morning, no body could be fished out from the river till filing of this report…

President of the National Press Club Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman and its General Secretary Quamrul Islam Chowdhury served a legal notice on Syed Abdal Ahmed, former General Secretary of the Club, accusing him of being “sub-judice”, reports BSS. The contention of the President and Secretary…

Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has expressed his sincere thanks and deep appreciation to Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman for the bank’s support under corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the victims of the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal, reports UNB.Nepal Rastra…