Six candidates for the post of mayor of Charghat Municipality of the district promised to improve civic amenities if elected. The candidates also pledged to make the municipality free from corruption, reports BSS from Rajshahi. They also promised that they will put in their best efforts for making their…

At least 28 people were injured in pre-poll violence yesterday, as the campaigning for the civic poll reached a crescendo six days ahead of the election. Our correspondent from Jessore reports: Six people were injured when some supporters of Jessore municipality mayor Maruful Islam, who is seeking re-election…

Syria’s regime said yesterday it was ready to take part in new talks in Geneva aimed at ending the war but appeared to make its participation conditional on which opposition groups will attend, reports AFP from Beirut. It came as the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group pushed further into a key…

A suspected Myanmarese Yaba trader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Nazir para near the Naf River bank in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Myanmar national Mohammad Darbesh, 20. Commanding officer of…

Two people, including a schoolgirl, were shot to death and three others sustained bullet wounds in an attack by rivals over a land dispute at Mahipal of Feni town yesterday night, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Mainuddin, 50, and his niece Aklima Akhtar, 15. Locals said Mainuddin of Mahifal…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday arrested the second wife of late journalist Awrangajeb Sajib from Senpara Parbata in the capital in connection with the death of her husband, reports UNB. The floating body of journalist Awrangajeb Sajib who went missing three days back was found in the Dhaleshwari…