Bagerhat: The recent Sundarbans fire has damaged forest resources worth only ‘Tk one lakh’, says a probe report of Bangladesh Forest Department, reports UNB. On March 27, 2016, a fire broke out in the Dhanshagor station’s Nangli forest camp area of Sundarban’s Chadpai range,…

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will surrender before a trial court in Dhaka tomorrow and seek bail as the court has issued a warrant for her arrest in a case filed over an arson attack on a bus at Jatrabari in the city last year. “As BNP chairperson is a law-abiding citizen and respectful of law,…

The government is considering a proposal to shorten the timetable of public examinations in future to give some relief to the examinees, who experience a lot of inconvenience while appearing for such exams that stretch over a three-month period under the present system. “The education ministry…

Bogra: A newlywed young man was stabbed to death by criminals as he protested sexual harassment of women at a religious programme of the Hindu community in Shahjahanpur upazila on Saturday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sonatan Chandra Madok, 28, son of Suresh Madok of Gandogram…

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has warned that stern actions will be taken against those who will try to destabilise the market by creating barriers to the free flow of storage and supply of essential commodities ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, reports UNB. “Stern actions will be taken if…

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said yesterday digitalisation of movie houses, ending piracy and producing quality films were the three challenges facing Bangladesh movie industry currently, reports BSS. The minister was speaking as the chief guest at a seminar jointly organised by the Bangladesh…

Businesses and other establishments were shuttered down and a people stayed away from work for half an hour here yesterday in a demonstration of solidarity with the demand for establishing a land port in Meherpur. The programme was held at the call of Meherpur Land Port Implementation Forum (MLPIF).…

HABIGANJ: An unidentified man was killed when a speeding train hit him on Dhaka-Sylhet railway track near Etakhola railway station under Madhobpur upazila of the district yesterday morning, reports BSS. Police said an unidentified man age around 40 years was crashed under the wheels of a train in the…

A couple was killed and six others were injured yesterday in an accident involving a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Krisnapur in Sherpur upazila yesterday. The deceased were identified as Thanda Mia, 42, an inhabitant of Kusumbi village and his wife Anjila, 35. The accident…

Bogra: A local Juba League activist who suffered injuries during a clash over Thursday’s union parishad elections in Sonatola upazila died at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital here early yesterday, reports UNB. Liton Miah, 30, son of Zinnat Ali of Pathanpara village in the upazila,…

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday interrogated several people, including a young man who used to tease Sohagi Jahan Tonu, over the killing of the college girl, reports UNB. Meanwhile, the viscera report of the first autopsy conducted on the body of Tonu reached Comilla from Chittagong…

The BNP will decide on whether the party would take part or boycott the next phases of Union Parishad polls after a meeting with 20-party alliance leaders scheduled for today and also after taking views of grassroots leaders. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia told this to party leaders yesterday after they…

BNP leader Mirza Abbas was released on bail from jail yesterday evening, reports UNB. He was freed from the prison cell of Birdem Hospital around 7pm, said Senior Jail Super of Dhaka Central Jail Jahangir Kabir. The Supreme Court on March 31 upheld a High Court verdict that granted bail to the BNP leader…

The High Court yesterday granted a four-week interim bail to The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in 68 cases filed across the country on defamation and sedition charges, reports UNB. A two-member HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain passed the order. Senior…

Two people were killed in an explosion reportedly while making bombs at Juanpur Kuthibari village in Sherpur upazila of Bogra yesterday night, reports UNB. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet. Locals said a bomb went off with a big bang at the house of one Mahbubur Rahman at the village…