At least seven people were injured in crossfire between villagers and security guards of Kabir Steel Re-rolling Mills (KSRM) over a man’s death by a KSRM lorry in front of its factory at Sitakunda in Chittagong yesterday. The injured were identified as Md Nurun Nabi, 35; Md Delowar Hossain, 35;…

At least 21 women and children have been raped in the country from the start of this month. Of them, four were killed after being raped. This has been stated in the monthly report of the Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR).  On March 20, Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a second-year…

Awami League presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said unconstitutional handover of power would never be allowed in the country, reports BSS. “If we have faults, then there is election. It’s natural that the change in government is done through…

A total of five people were killed by lightning strike in three districts yesterday. In Netrakona, three madrassa students were killed as a streak of lightning struck them at Ghagra in Purbadhala upazila on Sunday night, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Masum, 15, a resident of Agia village,…

Nachole police arrested the suspended chairman of Shibganj upazila and nayeb-e-ameer of Chapainawabganj district unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Maolana Keramat Ali, and two others with seven cocktails from a brick kiln at Kendbona village yesterday afternoon. The other arrested persons are Jamaat…

Kaliganj police arrested a criminal with five bombs and explosives from his house in the town early yesterday. The arrestee was Habibur Rahman, 35, of Kaliganj Collegepara. Kaliganj police officer-in-charge Anwar Hossain said acting on a tip off, a contingent of police raided the house of Habibur at…

Dhaka: The government yesterday reduced the registration fees of motorcycle through re-fixing its rate, reports UNB. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) issued a notification in this regard. According to the notification, the owners of 100cc motorcycles (weighing 90 kg without fuel) will have…

A tribunal here yesterday sentenced five members of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to life imprisonment in connection with the August 17 series bomb attack, reports UNB. Additional District and Sessions Judge Prodip Kumar Ray handed down the verdict. The convicts…

A little rain and winds at places brought the mercury down yesterday, after days of rising temperatures, as the Bangla month of Chaitra entered its 14th day. This brought relief from the hot and humid day, with the temperature rising to 34 degrees Celsius in Ishurdi. The rain was due to a westerly low…

A schoolboy was hacked to death in pre-polls violence in Achintapur union of Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh yesterday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 10, a Class-IV student of Shahganj Govt Primary School and son of Osman Gani of Nazirpur village. Gouripur OC Aktaruzzaman…

A Khulna court yesterday sentenced a girl to death for killing her boyfriend in the city in 2014, reports UNB The convict was identified as Fatema Akhter Sonali, 21. According to the prosecution, police recovered the body of Imdadul Haque Shipon, a final year student of Khulna Science & Technology…