Ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed yesterday after 5 hours of its disruption caused by dense fog. Abdus Sobahan, assistant general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Aricha, said they kept suspended ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route from 4:00am…

Nilphamari: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members picked up a Bangladeshi fisherman from the Teesta River in Dimla upazila on Monday evening, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 35, of Charkhibari village in the upazila. Tepakhribari union parishad chairman Rabiul Islam…

Jatiya Sangsad Deputy Speaker Advocate M Fazle Rabbi Mian yesterday  said the country is now witnessing rapid development under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS. He was speaking as chief guest at a roundtable discussion on "Seventh Fifth-Year Plan and Ultra Poverty-Free…

Laxmipur: Police in a drive arrested 13 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami while they were allegedly holding a clandestine meeting at Mandari Bazar in sadar upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. Chandraganj upazila unit Jamaat ameer Nazmul Islam was among the arrestees. AKM Azizur Rahman Miah,…

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday said there were unexpected reactions from Pakistan regarding the execution of convicted persons for their crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971, reports UNB. He also said some international organisations, being influenced by continuous propaganda…

State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Moshiur Rahman Ranga has underscored the need for bringing the system loss of Milk Vita to zero level, reports UNB. He also directed the authorities concerned to enhance quality of the products of Milk Vita, the country’s largest state-run cooperative dairy…

The progress in implementation of the Annual Development Programme(ADP) over the first six months of the current fiscal year is Tk 23,777.00 crore, representing 24 percent of total allocation, reports BSS. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal came up with this disclosure while responding to a written…

A greedy man allegedly has cut off hair of his wife in anger after failing to materialise his demand for dowry at Balidapara village in Kaliganj upazila…

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a sub-inspector of Banani Police Station and two others on remand in different terms in two separate cases filed over alleged attempt of gold snatching and gold smuggling. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abdullah Al Masud passed the order. Among the three, Sub Inspector…

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a sub-inspector of Banani Police Station and two others on remand in different terms in two separate cases filed over alleged attempt of gold snatching and gold smuggling. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abdullah Al Masud passed the order. Among the three, Sub Inspector…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam yesterday said the government is trying to fish in murky waters by filing sedition case against party chairperson Khaleda Zia. He also accused the government of hatching new conspiracies to immorally retain power for a long period. The BNP leader was…