Customs officials seized gold bars weighing 714 grams worth Tk 35 lakh from a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday night, reports UNB. The gold bars were seized from passenger named Pankaj Kumar who came from Bangkok by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight. The flight landed at…

Ten people were killed and five others injured in lightning strikes in Habiganj, Chapainwabganj, Laxmipur and Pirojpur districts yesterday. Our Habiganj correspondent reports: Four people were killed and two others injured by lightning strike at Virat village in Ajmiriganj upazila yesterday. The deceased…

SIRAJGANJ: Awami League presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Bangladesh has now been identified as a peaceful abode in South-Asia due to bold leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS. "Bangladesh has marched much ahead in the field of information…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a training session have unanimously called for forging a social resistance for ending child marriage and teenage pregnancies for providing an opportunity for girls to acquire a broad set of livelihood prospects in future, reports BSS. They viewed child marriage is just one of the…

Barisal: Amid the widespread outcry over the brutal killing of 13-year-old boy Rajon in Sylhet, two minor female inmates of a government-run Shishu Sadan have been beaten mercilessly for ‘disciplining’ them, reports UNB. The horrendous incident that happened at Barisal Shishu Sadan run by…

Seven people were killed in separate road accidents in Brahmanbaria, Dinajpur and Nilphamari districts yesterday. In Brahmanbaria, five people were killed when a pick-up van rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Soshoi in Bijoynagar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. The identities…

BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon yesterday alleged that the ruling party men and law enforcers have been on an extortion spree everywhere ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB. “A horror grand festival of extortion is going on everywhere centring the eid. Usually, the waywardness of extortionists increases…

State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan yesterday observed that leaders of the developed countries must come forward to address global inequalities agreeing with the developing countries in Addis Ababa conference, reports UNB. He made the remarks while chairing a session at the UN Financing…

National Central Bureau (NCB) of Police Headquarters has sent a letter to the Interpol Headquarters seeking its cooperation in bringing back Bangladeshi expatriate Quamrul, one of the accused of Samiul Alam Rajon murder, from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, reports UNB. AIG (media) Police Headquarters Nazrul…

SYLHET: Eid gifts, including new dresses and clothes, have been distributed among poor people in the city on behalf of Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith yesterday, reports BSS. Awami Olama League distributed clothes for Eid among the poor workers of Sylhet district Awami League. Earlier on Thursday,…

Newly appointed Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam yesterday said it is a challenge for the country to build skilled manpower and create more employment opportunities for them abroad, reports UNB. “It’s a real challenge to build skilled manpower and create…

Severe gridlock caused by heavy rainfall and potholes on roads, spoilt the mood of homebound passengers on different routes, just before Eid-ul-Fitr. Thousands of homebound passengers were seen at Sadarghat Launch Terminal and Kamalapur Railway Station since early morning. Long tailbacks were reported…

The mid-July rain, pounding the capital and different parts of the country yesterday, disrupted normal life and marred Eid shopping. Several city streets and markets were flooded, leading to traffic congestion. The city recorded 62 mm of rainfall from 6:00am-3:00pm and it will continue for at least…

Bangladesh will bring back all its citizens, who were recently ‘rescued’ by Myanmar navy on an island bordering Thailand, after verifying their nationality, said Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque yesterday. Quoting state-run Global New Light of Myanmar, Reuters reported on Tuesday that…