A court sent 49 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, accused in assistant presiding officer Zobaidul Haque murder case, to jail yesterday after rejecting their bail prayers. Court sources said a gang of 100 to 150 men along with sharp weapons and sticks swooped on Molani Cheprikura Government Primary…

Pabna: A case was filed on Sunday night in connection with the attack on a prosecution witness in the war crimes case against convicted Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Sobhan by his rivals at Shahapur Masjid Para in Ishwardi upazila on Sunday evening over a land dispute, reports UNB. The injured was identified…

Students of Satkhira Medical College formed a human chain in front of the press club yesterday morning demanding activities of full-fledged 250-bed hospital. The students said they have decided to boycott classes and examinations from Saturday as the government is not taking any imitative to run the…

A man was electrocuted at Patilapara village in Saturia upazila yesterday morning. The deceased, identified as Bachhu Miah, 48, of Patilapara village, was a farmer. OC of Saturia police  Habibulla Sarker said Bachhu came in contact with a live electric wire at 11.00 am when he was cutting branches…

The prime accused in the sensational Jhenidah arson attack case, where a woman and her daughter were burned to death over dowry, was killed in a ‘shootout’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Jhenidah early yesterday. RAB also seized a foreign made pistol from the man’s…

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged the Malaysian investors to invest more in Bangladesh. The president made the request when Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Norlin Binti Othman made her farewell call on him at Bangabhaban, reports BSS. During the meeting, the president said the Bangladeshi…

Members of RAB in a drive arrested two drug peddlers along with 1022 pieces of yaba tablets from Keyaba area under Benapole port police on Sunday night. The arrested persons were identified as Shahidul Islam, 30, of Kagmari area and Sagar Hossain, 28, of Goara area under Benapole police station. According…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday extended its earlier order till January 31 that had stayed the proceedings for holding the Tangail 4 by-poll, scheduled to be held on November 10. The apex court also asked the High Court (HC) to hear and dispose of a rule issued over the nomination…