Sherpur: In an undeliverable incident of humiliation, a young housewife was allegedly stripped naked during arbitration at Shapmari village in sadar upazila yetsreday, reports UNB. Upset at the utter humiliation, the victim filed a case against four people with sadar police station yesterday in this…

Six people were killed in separate road accidents in Gazipur, Tangail, Laxmipur and Habiganj districts yesterday.  Our Gazipur correspondent reports: Three people were killed and three others injured as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Dosshonarayanpur on Dhaka-Kishoreganj highway in Kapasia…

At least five people received bullet injuries during a clash between two rival groups over land dispute in Kishoreganj town yesterday. Police quoting local people said there was a longstanding dispute over a piece of land between Kanchan Bhuiyan and his step-brother Ruhul Amin of Sholakia Saheb Bari…

The Rath Jatra of Shree Shree Janagannath Deb, a traditional religious festival of Hindu community, ended yesterday afternoon amid festivity and enthusiasm in Rajshahi.  Hundreds of Hindu devotees participated in the 'Ulta Rath Jatra' – the reverse chariot ride -- in the city. The…

Local people recovered the body of a schoolboy, who went missing in a boat capsize on Saturday, from the Brahmaputra River in Saheber Char area yesterday  morning. The body has been identified as Moniruzzaman Monir, 15, a class-VIII student of Shankchura High School in Gafargoan and son of Ashraful…

Sunamganj: Three people, including a woman and her daughter, died and another person went missing as a boat sank in Bheramohona Chatra haor in Shalla upazila yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Roshna Akhter, 30, wife of Imrul Islam, their daughter Jony Akhter, 5, and Sony Akhter,…

The construction of the much-delayed Dhaka-Chittagong elevated expressway will begin on August 16, according to a road transport ministry release yesterday. The release said road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader had made the announcement in Thailand during a meeting with Premchai Karmasuta,…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday said Bangladesh has come to a stage of becoming a middle-income country, reports BSS. “By the hard labour of the present Awami League government, Bangladesh has reached…

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday published the written test schedule for 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS). The examination will be held from September 1-10. Tests for the compulsory subjects will continue from September 1-7 and post related subjects on September 9 and 10. The…