Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that there are ‘homegrown’ terrorists in the country, but no links with international terrorist organisations, even with Islamic States (IS). “Homegrown terrorists have committed crimes with the help of a section of political parties and…

Bogra: A court here yesterday sentenced three brothers to death and three people, including two siblings, to life  imprisonment for killing a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist in the district town in 2009, reports UNB. The condemned convicts are Rony Mondal, Masum Parvez Masum and Masud…

Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Engineer Khondker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said the district councils will soon get elected representatives instead of nominated ones, reports UNB. “Law will be framed next week for holding election to district councils,”…

Two fish traders were killed and another injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Hazir Bazaar in Bhaluka upazila yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as Nirob Das, 22, and Boloram Das, 36, of Hazipur village in sadar upazila of Narsingdi district. Quoting local people sub-inspector…

Jessore: Two people who received severe injuries in an explosion while making bombs at Andarputa village in Sadar upazila died at Jessore Medical College Hospital (JMCH) on early yesterday, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Ilias Hossain said Ebadul, 30, son of Ramzan Mollah,…

A devastating fire gutted three shops and two warehouses in Kalapara early yesterday. Rezaul Karim, in-charge of Kalapara fire service station, said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a rope shop at about 4:45 am and rapidly engulfed two nearby shops and two warehouses. MKalapara…

Benapole: Three people, including a septuagenarian man, allegedly committed suicide in three different incidents in Jessore Sadar , Manirampur and Abhaynagar upazilas on Wednesday, reports UNB. In Sadar upazila, Matiar Rahman, 70, a resident of Chanchra village took pesticides over a family feud in…

NILPHAMARI: Expanded cultivation and consumption of the zinc-enriched BRRI dhan64 rice can prevent deficiency of zinc, iron and vitamin-A of the children to ensure their normal growth increasing disease resistant capacity, reports BSS. Agriculture experts made the opinion at a farmers’ training…

A court here yesterday convicted and sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for kidnapping a child. The court also fined the convict identified as Zoni of Tulatuli village in Raipura upazila o Narhingdi, one lakh taka, in default, to suffer six more months of rigorous imprisonment. According to the…

Nearly 25 per cent of the capital’s population is suffering from different lung ailments as a result of air pollution, mostly affecting the elderly, women and children, a study revealed yesterday. The study, ‘Effects of Air Pollution on Citizens’ Health’, was carried out by the…

Bangladesh and Australia discussed aviation security, border protection and migration, and cooperation on counter terrorism during the first ever Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) between the two countries held in Canberra yesterday. Both sides also discussed the issues regarding creating employment…

At least 66 women and children were raped while 113 people committed suicide in the last three months due to family disputes, failure in love affair and sexual assault, said a quarterly report of Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR). Among the 66 rape victims, 25 women and…

The High Court yesterday (Thursday) asked the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to inform it on the legal status of the summons to BNP vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in a graft case. A bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain directed the magistrate to communicate with the foreign…

The Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) aims to make the country's pharmaceutical industry a multi-billion dollar sector. This was discussed at the 45th annual general meeting of BAPI at a city hotel yesterday. Following the meeting, a programme was held at the same venue…

The United Nations yesterday announced 108 new alleged victims of sexual abuse, the vast majority of them minors, by peacekeepers in Central African Republic, and it called " shocking to the core" the report that three girls said a French military commander forced them to have sex with a dog,…

Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dr Mizanur Rahman yesterday said some evidence of the murder of college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu might have been tampered, reports UNB. “A spot visit might give an impression that some evidence might have been tampered. If something like…