BENAPOLE: Members of Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 27 people, including women and children, while they were entering into Bangladesh territory through Benapole and Putkhali frontiers yesterday morning, reports BSS. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Benapole Port police station Zahirul Islam said local…

Brahmanbaria: A 40-year-old housewife was hacked to death in front of his son by some criminals at Jagannathpur Amtoli village in Kosba upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Rizia Akhter, wife of Shah Alam of the village. Quoting locals, police said the criminals dug into…

GOPALGANJ: A woman and her two daughters were killed as a boat capsized at Matbari Beel in Maksudpur upazila of the district on Friday, reports BSS. The deceased were Bithi Bala, 32, wife of Nripen Bala, and their two daughters—Bristi Bala, 8, and Koyel Bala, 5, of Barampalta village under Ujani…

Police in a drive arrested seven local activists and leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from Namazpur area in sadar upazila yesterdayafternoon. The arrestees are Sajib Hossain Zahid, 22, Sohag, 24, of Namazpur village in  sadar upazila, Nakib Nosrullah, 19, of…

Brig Gen Mahfuzur Rahman, BGB north-west region commander, yesterday visited the spot where a Bangladeshi national was shot dead and four others injured in Indian BSF firing. BGB sources said that BGB has already sent a written protest note to the Indian Border Security Force. Following the firing incident,…

MADARIPUR: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan yesterday said stern steps have been taken for providing safety and security to homebound people using waterways ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS.  “Police, river police, RAB, coast guard members and highway police will provide special security…

NATORE: A local Awami League leader was killed in a road accident in Paka Bazaar area under Bagatipara upazila of the district on Friday, reports BSS. The deceased was Saiful Islam, 45, president of ward no-4 of Arani Pourasabha unit of AL under Bagha upazila in Rajshahi district. Police said the accident…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two fake RAB members in the district town yesterday. The arrested persons were identified as Abdul Alim, 20, of Bagbari village and Shamim Hossain, 18, of Amitti village in Melandah upazila.  Jamalpur RAB-14 sources said Alim along with his accomplice…

Three persons, including a woman, were found dead in separate places yesterday. Our Joypurhat correspondent says: Police recovered a body of a medicine trader from Joypurhat town yesterday morning. The body of the deceased Tariqul Islam, who lived at a rented house at Sabujnagar area, was found inside…

 A mobile court, led by Moheshpur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ashafur Rahman, sentenced a private clinic owner two months in jail yesterday morning. UNO Ashafur Rahman said there was no permanent doctor and nurses in the Shuvo Clinic and Nursing Home in Moheshpur upazila. They were doing various operations…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in London, yesterday greeted Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha through sending an eid card, reports UNB. On behalf of the BNP chief, her party’s assistant office secretaries Abdul Latif Jony, Asadul Karim…