Two robbers were lynched in separate incidents in Jamalpur and Madaripur yesterday. Our Jamalpur correspondent says: A robber was beaten to death by mob in Islampur upazila yesterday afternoon. He was identified as Khoka, 36, of Barul village in the upazila. Police quoting local people said Khoka…

Transportation of buses, goods-laden trucks and hundreds of passengers from 16 southern districts suffer much due to shifting of ferry terminal to Bedhuria from Ilisha in Bhola as it now takes 7 to 8 hours to reach the nearest Moju Chawdhry Hat in Laxmipur. Prior to shifting of the terminal to the Bedhuria…

All the five vents of sluice gate that connects the Shibbaria River at Alipur Bazaar in Kalapara upazila have collapsed allowing saline water into the crop fields. The riverside guide wall and pipes of the sluice gate have also broken down. This is affecting drainage of water from four villages of Latachapli…

At least two people were killed in separate  accidents yesterday. In Mymensingh, a man was killed when a truck crushed him at Kodalia on Mymen­singh-Haluaghat road in Tarakanda upazila yesterday morning. The victim was identified as Abdur Rashid Akanda, 55, of Kodalia village. In Faridpur,…

A local BNP leader was stabbed by some unidentified criminals at Khedapra village in Jhenidah Sadar upazila on Saturday night. OC of Sadar police station Hasan Hafizur Rahman said a group of unidentified men attacked Abdul Kader Laskar, 50, organising secretary of Naldanga union unit BNP, while he was…

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad yesterday castigated the government saying the country has no democracy and freedom of speech. Criticising…

Sylhet: At least 10 people were injured in a clash between activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on the Bishwanath Degree College campus in Bishwanath upazila on Saturday afternoon, reports UNB. Two of the injured were identified as BCL leader Mujib Miah, Khaled…

An unidentified youth was crushed under the wheels of a running train at Bghmara Level Crossing of Mymensingh town yesterday afternoon.  Abdul Ahad Khan, officer-in-charge of Mymensingh Railway Police Station, quoting local people said the youth aged about 25 was going to a market carrying tiffin…

Leaders and workers of the ruling Awami League (AL) yesterday brought out processions in the capital, hailing the executions of BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid. The AL workers also chanted slogans, lauding the government for executing the…

The public works and housing ministry yesterday directed the authorities concerned to evict all commercial establishments running at the basements of buildings in the city within seven days. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting at the Secretariat, with housing and public works minister…

The first batch of 72 people from two former Indian enclaves in Kurigram district entered India through the Bagvandar-Shahebganj (Bangladesh-India) border check-post in Bhurungamari upazila of the district yesterday. The Indian travel pass holders included 49 people from 10 families of Dashiarsara in…

The Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee terminal exams scheduled today will now be held on November 30, as the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal today as a mark of protest against the hanging of its leader Ali Ahsan Mujahid. The primary and mass education…

Law enforcers have beefed up security across the country ahead of today’s strike called by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam following the execution of its leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid. Colonel Ziaul Ahsan, additional director general of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), told The Independent,…

Cancer-related deaths will rise to 11 million by 2030 globally, according to Nobel laureate Dr Harold Varmus. He said the present annual toll is nine million. “Deaths caused by cancer are rising globally, especially in less developed countries,” the Nobel laureate said. He was addressing…

General secretary of Rajshahi University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Khalid Hasan Biblab came under attack allegedly by Shibir activists at Kajla Bazar in the city yesterday, reports UNB. BCL leaders alleged that a group of 20-25 Shibir men brought out a procession in the area and threw…

Members of parliament (MPs) yesterday thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government for hanging Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid for their war crimes, reports UNB. Participating in an unscheduled discussion in parliament, the MPs praised Hasina for her firm stance…