A young widow and her two daughters were killed allegedly by feeding poisoned food at Panchlia Dakkhinpara village in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj yesterday evening over a land-related dispute, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Amena Begum, 35, wife of late Rana, and their daughters Fatema,…

Home Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said special security measures will be in place across the country ahead of Eid-ul-Azha to ensure the smooth journey of the homebound people, reports UNB. “All necessary arrangements will be taken so that the homebound people can reach their home…

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday sharply criticised the countries that have given shelter to the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman terming their stance double standard, reports UNB. “The trial of Bangabandhu murder case has been completed, but all the killers…

A two-day international conference would be held in the capital from October 27 aiming at showcasing the Bangladesh Buddhist heritage to the foreigners for further flourishing overall tourism, reports BSS. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon said this while addressing a press conference…

An unusual tidal surge has flooded at least 15 villages in Kalapara and Mirzaganj upazilas in the past two days washing away fish farms. The tidal water entering through damaged flood control embankment inundated several educational institutions and hundreds of homes affecting 12,000 people of the villages.…

Teachers of Islamic University (IU) and Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) demanded an independent pay scale for the public university teachers…

Two people were killed and two others injured in separate lightning incidents in the district yesterday. The deceased were identified as Asharaful Islam, 31, of sadar upazila and Reazul, 29, of Haripur upazila. Local people said Asraful was struck by lighting while he was catching fish at Shahapara…

Nearly 15 female students of Sholmari Secondary School in sadar upazila fell sick in class rooms yesterday. Mahbub Hossain, headmaster of the school, said Sanjida of class-VII became unconscious after convulsions when the class was going on. Seeing her condition other 14 students of different classes…

Cox’s Bazar: Three people, including a mother and her child, were killed and 15 others injured as a bus plunged into a ditch in Eidgah Islamabad area on Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong highway early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Kamal Uddin, 26, a member of ward-7 of Palongkhali…

Environment experts, environment activists and civil society members yesterday called for including gender perspectives in national policy and action plan to face climate change impacts, reports BSS. They made the call at an exchange of opinion meeting at CIRDAP auditorium in the capital yesterday.…