Railway Minister Mujibul Haq yesterday said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman not only presented the country’s independence but he also introduced Bangladesh to the world community, reports BSS. “Apart from a few anti-liberation thugs, the whole nation under the leadership…

A Jhenidah district unit leader of Jamaat-e-Islami was found lying dead beside Jessore-Jhenidah road in Chura-mankathi Beltala area of Jessore district town on Monday night. Abu Huraira, 55, a resident of Ashwathali village of Jhenidah sadar upazila, and teacher of Kuthidhurgapur Dakhil Madrasah was…

A man allegedly killed his three-month-old daughter by poisoning at Balirgathi village in Abhayngar upazila on Monday night. Labina Begum, mother of the daughter, said her husband Safiar Rahman often tortured her for giving birth to three female children. About three months ago, she gave birth to another…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested a wanted criminal along with a sub-machine gun and ammunition from Bashpur village in Shailkupa upazila early yesterday. Commanding officer of RAB-6 of Jhenidah Major Suruj Mia said a team of RAB members on a tip-off conducted a raid at the house of Badsha…

Bangladesh has sought German cooperation in generating energy from waste since the European nation has a vast experience in this regard, reports UNB. State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid made the call when a German delegation, led by Ambassador Dr Thomas Prinz, met him at his Bangladesh…

Habiganj: A court yesterday convicted a youth and sentenced him to death for killing a minor boy in 2007, reports UNB. Additional District and Sessions Judge Mafroza Parvin sentenced Abdur Rashid, 30, of Baniachang upazila, to death while acquitted Siraj Mia and Saleh Ahmed as allegation brought against…

A Rangpur court granted bail to The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam, who has been facing dozens of cases for publishing ‘confusing’ and ‘defamatory’ reports in his newspaper about Sheikh Hasina during the 2007-08 military-backed caretaker regime, in a defamation case…

Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) member Alamgir Hossain, arrested in connection with the murder of a Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila, gave confessional statement before a court yesterday, reports UNB from Panchagarh. Senior Judicial Magistrate Hakim Marzia Khatun recorded the statement.…

A man allegedly killed his wife and her maternal uncle at Yakubnagar under Kotwali Police Station in the port city yesterday night over an extramarital affair, reports UNB. The victims were identified as Asma Begum, 25, wife of Hridoy, and her uncle Maksudur Rahman, 35, son of Ruhul Amin of the city's…