Bangladesh has been re-elected vice-chairman of the Commission for South Asia (CSA), United Nations World Tourism Organisation in the meeting of Regional…

India yesterday said the acquittal of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) member Amiya Ghosh in the Felani murder case will not encourage more killings along Bangladesh-India border, reports UNB. “No, it won’t. That’s not the way the Indian border gourd functions,” said Indian…

Deputy Speaker of the parliament Advocate Fazle Rabbi Mia yesterday said putting their feet into the trap of an international conspiracy, a vested quarter has been trying to cripple the national economy encouraging tobacco cultivation by ruining arable land, reports BSS. He said this while speaking…

Police in a drive arrested a government medical officer and two of his associates along with 2,000 pieces of yaba tablets from a saw mill in Zia Road area of Mirpur municipality area of the district on Sunday night. The arrestees were identified as Asaduzzaman Firoj, 33, a medical officer of Kushtia…

Police filed a case on Sunday night against some 200 unidentified men of Awami League following a clash between two groups of  the ruling party activists over teachers’ recruitment at Ishwarganj Degree College in Iswarganj upazila on Sunday afternoon. At least 20 people, including three policemen,…

Two persons were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Kadimdholla in Mirzapur Upazila yesterday morning.  The deceased were identified as truck driver Jomser Uddin, 28, of  Brahmambaria district and Joynal Abedin, 40, a cattle trader.  Humayan…

Kushtia: Two minor girls drowned in a beel at Darpara village in Daulatpur upazila yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Mim, 10,  and her cousin Ritu, 9. Mim and Ritu were students of class IV and III respectively of a government primary school. Quoting locals, OC of Daulatpur…

Shrimps in eight farming blocks were poisoned at Kumri village in Lohagara upazila of the district yesterday causing losses to about Tk15 million. Farm…

MEHERPUR: A former army personnel was killed by unknown assailants on Sunday night at Ujalpur village in sadar upazila. Police recovered his body yesterday morning. The victim was identified as Habibur Rahman, 48, a resident of the village. Laily Begum, wife of the victim, said her husband left home…

Miscreants hacked a local Awami League leader to death at Dubail in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh yesterday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mohar Uddin, vice-president of word-1 unit of Awami League under Niguari union and a resident of Makholkaldair in the upazila. Officer-in-charge…

Two suspected forest robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack following an internal feud at Sora village in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira yesterday evening, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as M Obaidullah, 27, and M Hazrat Ali, 28, of Parshemari village in the upazila. Chairman of Gabura…

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran yesterday said the long-pending Teesta water-sharing issue will be settled soon like that of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between the two countries indicating that there has been a quiet progress behind the scene, reports UNB. “I think it’s…