Four people were killed in separate road accidents in Chapainawabganj and Rajbari districts yesterday, reports UNB. Our Chapainawabganj correspondent reports: Two motorbike riders were killed when their motorcycle hit a roadside tree at Dobarmore in  Gomostapur upazila yesterday afternoon. The…

Two leaders of Awami League’s local bodies were killed in separate incidents in Rajshai and Bagerhat yesterday, report agencies. In Rajshahi, law affairs secretary of Rajnagar union unit Awami League, Abdul Mazed Sardar, 70, was chopped to death by some unidentified miscreants. Witnesses said…

Police held a man yesterday in connection with an incident of acid attack on a woman in Hakimpur upazila on Monday night. The victim has been identified as Morsheda Begum, 22, wife of Ilias Mia of Dakkhin Basudevpur village in the upazila. Police arrested Babul Hossain Mandal at around 4.00 am from…

Superintendent of Khagrachhari police Abdul Majid has opened a help desk for counselling justice seekers and reducing the number of cases. He said a team of police, led by a women police officer, has been put on duty at the desk to receive allegation and issue notices. The SP said this at a views-exchange…

Sylhet: At least 50 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Haripur in Jaintapur upazila on Monday night, reports UNB. Local people said a man of Hemu Haudpara village went to Haripur Bazar to purchase shoe and locked into an altercation with the shop owner, a resident of Balipara…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday said there will be no shelter for militants and fundamentalists as the country is a secular state, reports BSS. "The country is not a communal state as we live here together and have fought for its independence irrespective of religions during the War…

Police on Monday arrested a man from Manikganj on Monday for alleged rape, torture of a private university student in the capital and the capture of those acts on video. The arrested were identified as Ashiqur Rahman Sabuj, 30, hailing from Manikganj Sadar Upzaila and owner of Eshan Motors at Wireless…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested food controller of Naogaon Sadar Upazila Mohammad Ali red-handed yesterday in the act of taking bribe from a person, reports UNB. An 8-member team of ACC’s Rajshahi Office, led by its assistant director Rezia Khatun, conducted a raid at Naogaon Sadar…

A Rangamati court yesterday sent Renin Suye, a leader of Myanmar insurgent group Arakan Army to jail in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act in Rajasthali upazila, reports UNB. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sabrina Ali passed the order after police produced Renin Suye before her court on…

A case was filed against six people including five policemen yesterday in connection with a case for killing a man who was picked up by police on October 9 from his home in Jessore, reports UNB. The case was filed against sub-inspector Tapon of Isali police camp, assistant sub-inspector Rasel, constable…