An alleged robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Ramkantapur village in Shalikha upazila of Magura early yesterday, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Shalikha Police Station Abu Jihad said on a tip-off that a gang of robbers were taking preparation to commit…

RAJSHAHI: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said power supply is very vital and there is no alternative to it for upholding the country's development and production, reports BSS. For this reason, the present government has attached highest priority to the sector and has been implementing…

RANGPUR: Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) Professor Dr AKM Nurun Nabi yesterday said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is immortal and he is Bangladesh, reports BSS. "Bangabandhu lives among us, will live in the heart of every Bangalee forever,…

Two cousins were killed and the lawmaker of Thakurgaon was injured in separate road accidents in Magura and Bogra yesterday. In Magura, two cousins were killed as a bus rammed their motorcycle at Baromile on the Magura-Jhenidah road in Magura Sadar upazila yesterday morning. The deceased were identified…

The wedding ceremony of ace swimmer Mahfuza Khatun Shila, the first Bangladeshi to win two gold medals in the South Asian (SA) Games, is going to be held…

A mobile court fined a marriage registrar Tk 50,000 for arranging marriage of an underage girl in Damurhuda upazila of the district on Wednesday. It is alleged that marriage register Samsul Alam arranged a marriage ceremony of an underage girl with a youth on the second floor of his residence on Wednesday.…

Police recovered body of rickshaw-puller -- Abdus Salam, 40, -- from a toilet of a mosque at Ghop Noapara Road in the town early yesterday. The rickshaw-puller hails from Paikgachha in Khulna. Police said people, who went there to say Fazr prayers, first saw the body of Abdus Salam inside the locked…

A schoolgirl, who was attacked and injured by her cousin brother on Wednesday, died at Madhupur Health Complex in Tangail yesterday. She was identified as Mousomi Akhter, 10, daughter of Mofiz Uddin of Laufula village and a student of class-VI at Gangair Ahmed Ali High School in Madhupur upazila. Mousomi’s…