A welding factory worker was stabbed to death by miscreants in the capital’s Jatrabari area yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Akbar Hossain, 20, worker of a local welding factory and a resident of Sutikhalpar in Jatrabari. A group of 10-12 miscreants, including Riazul…

After being stripped of the primary membership of the Awami League, questions are now being raised over the Parliamentary membership of sacked minister…

Satkhira: A court yesterday sent four BNP men to jail in connection with the attack on the convoy of the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Kolaroa upazila on August 30, 2002, reports UNB. Rejecting the bail petitions of the BNP men, District and Sessions Judge Joardar Mohammad Amirul Islam sent…

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury said the government has undertaken a project of Tk10.60 crore aimed at supplying riper and rice planter to farmers free of cost in haor areas, reports BSS. “The government has decided to introduce modern technology for quick harvesting and reducing risk of…

The Election Commission will start data collection of possible voters soon after Eid-ul Fitr for updating the country’s voter list, reports UNB. The commission is going to announce schedules of data collection at a press briefing today, said EC Director (Public Relations) SM Asaduzzaman yesterday.…

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said e-tendering system will be carried for procurements of the ministry with a view to ensuring transparency and accountability. “All procurements of CMSD and various departments of the health ministry, institute, medical college, general…

Nilphamari: Some 25 low-lying villages in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas were inundated as the water of the Teesta River was flowing 20cm above the danger level as of yesterday afternoon following the onrush of water from the upstream, leaving thousands of people marooned, reports UNB. Sources at Dalia…

Pirojpur: A court yesterday sentenced four people to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 1998, reports UNB. The court also fined the convicts Tk 15,000 each, in default, to suffer one month more rigorous imprisonment. According to the prosecution, Badal Sardar of North…

Satkhira: Police arrested an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami from Kurikaunia village in Ashashuni upazila of the district yesterday morning, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Maulana Yeahia, a resident of the area. Officer-in-Charge of Ashashuni police station Ajmal Huda said on a tip-off, a team…

The major rivers of the country are in a rising trend. However, despite the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and the Ganges-Padma swelling in the next 48 hours, there is no immediate possibility of floods, an official of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said yesterday (Wednesday). Arifuzzaman Bhuiya…

Four people have died of an unknown disease and over 50 others fell sick at Krishnapur village of Santhia upazila in Pabna, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Hannan, 42, son of Abed Ali, Taher, 45, son of Sobhan, Kafil, 42, son of Nifaz, and Rekha Khatun, 45, wife of Mahmud Master of the…

Observing that unbridled corruption has gripped the whole country, Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said people want to get rid of this situation, reports UNB. “There’s no environment in the country to live in as the country has plunged into corruption and bribe. Everywhere,…