A Dhaka court yesterday sent BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas to jail after he surrendered before the court in two cases filed with Paltan and…

A man was killed and two others were injured seriously in a cylinder explosion at a filling station at Masterbari area in Bhaluka upaz ila of the district yesterday afternoon. The victim was identified as Kubbat Hossain, 50, an employee of Purbasha Filling Station at Masterbari. Officer-in-Charge of…

Some 92 male resident students of Jhenidah Government Keshab Chandra College have been staying at private boarding houses in the town after the authorities closed down their dormitory four years ago. The four-storey Shaheed Ziaur Rahman dormitory was renamed as Bir Shreshtha Hamidur Rahman Hall by the…

RANGPUR: A cattle lifter was killed in a mass beating at Nilokchondi Paschimpara village in Gangachara upazila yesterday morning, reports BSS. Officer-in-Charge of Gangachara police Zinnat Ali said a gang of cattle lifters entered a house of the village at around 5 am and lifted a cow from there. Hearing…

Manikganj: The election in Singair municipality, which was stayed by the High Court following the allegation of irregularities, will be held today, reports UNB. The Election Commission took all necessary preparations for holding the election peacefully. Six candidates will vie for the mayoral post while…

A four-day Urs Sharif of Biswa Wali Khwaja Baba Faridpuri (QSA) will begin at Biswa Zaker Manzil in Faridpur on February 13 and continue till February 16, says a press release. Zaker Party Chairman Mostafa Amir Faisal announced the programme recently saying that this year’s Biswa Urs Sharif will…

BNP standing committee member Dr RA Gani was admitted to Square Hospital in the cipital’s Panthapath area yesterday morning as he fell sick and complained of respiratory problems, reports UNB. RA Goni, 89, has long been suffering from old age complications. He was admitted to the hospital around…

The disaster management and relief ministry will suggest that March 10 be observed as ‘National Disaster Preparedness Day’ (NDPD). A proposal in this regard will soon be sent to the Cabinet for approval. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting at the seminar room of the disaster…

Leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers’ Association (FBUTA) yesterday denounced the finance ministry’s press release issued on January 4, saying this is part of a conspiracy against public university teachers. They alleged that the press release, signed by Md Jalal Uddin,…