After a brief let-up in the past few days, monsoon rains are likely intensify once again from Friday. This might worsen the situation in the country’s north-east parts, where its rain-fed rivers are already flowing above the danger level, threatening to breach the banks. Water levels in all the…

Chances of ear, nose and throat cancer could be brought down, significantly, by changing people's lifestyle but social cancers like militancy and arson had to be operated upon, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told a gathering of physicians at the Institute of Nuclear Medicine of the Bangabandhu…

Satkhira: Golam Mostafa, who was arrested on charge of torturing two minor boys cruelly after tying them to a tree in Shyamnagar upazila, was sent to jail yesterday, reports UNB. A district court sent Mostafa to jail after police produced him before it in the morning. Police arrested Mostafa, of Joynagar…

Sirajganj: The five-member probe body, formed by the district administration to look into the terrible road accident on the west side of Bangabandhu Bridge that left 17 people dead, has submitted its report, reports UNB. The probe panel, headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner AHM Anwar Pasha, submitted…

Two persons died after drinking home-brewed alcohol at Dhanikhola Bazaar in Trishal upazila of the district on Wednesday night. The deceased have been identified as Sukh Lal, 40, and Abdul Motaleb, 35, of Dhanikhola area. Police said Sukh Lal and Motaeb fell ill after taking the liquor at Dhanikhola…

A rare sakar fish, caught from Hamadar Beel, was released in the pond of Jhenidah upazila parishad yesterday afternoon.  Jhenidah Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Julker Niyen said the rare fish was netted by a fisherman Kalidas Sarkar while fishing in the beel on Tuesday. Officer of fisheries department…

Police arrested two alleged robbers early yesterday when they were taking preparation to commit robbery in Gopalpur area of  Sadar upazila. The robbery suspects are Mohidul Islam, 32, of Gopalpur village and Motiar Rahman, 35, of Durgapur village in Sadar upazila. Additional superintendent of police…

Sirajganj: A minor boy died as a marble got stuck in his throat at Hamkuriya village in Tarash upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon, reports UNB.   The deceased was identified as Zakaria, 5, son of Babu Hossain of the village. Police said the marble struck in Zakaria’s throat while…

Police in a drive arrested eight leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami along with the party’s district ameer from Haripur village in sadar upazila yesterday morning. The arrestees were identified as Dr Fazlur Rahman Syeed, district Jamaat ameer, Anwar Hossain, Jamaat secretary of sadar upazila, Taiful Islam,…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the members of Special Security Force (SSF) to be careful so that her contact with general people is not hindered in the name of security, reports UNB. “We do politics...general people are the main source of power for us... you need to keep it in mind…

A pregnant housewife was gang-raped by two friends of her husband at Sutrapur in the capital early yesterday. Talking to The Independent, Rakib Miah, husband of the victim said his friends Litu and Ridoy raped his wife after making him drunk at an apartment near Srikhula Mosque at Banianagar under Sutrapur…

The 6th meeting of the Joint Boundary Working Group (JBWG) began in the capital yesterday to discuss the implementation of Land Boundary Agreement   (LBA) between Bangladesh and India. The two-day meeting at Hotel Sonargaon will facilitate the smooth movement of enclave people to their country…

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), associate students’ wing of the ruling Awami League (AL), is set to hold its 28th national council at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital tomorrow. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to attend the inaugural ceremony of the council. The new committee for its central…

Though, the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) claims that they have sent a letter through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Indian authorities urging them not to transfer water from the Brahmaputra Basin under their river linking projects, the Foreign Ministry says it has not received any such letter.…