A case was filed against 133 people yesterday over the death of Awami League activist in a clash between party rival groups at Soyal village  in Jhenidah on Friday. Brother of the deceased Mir Akbar Hossain filed a murder case against 73 named and and 60 unidentified men with the Sadar Police Station…

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday said village police were friends of the people. He felt that it was important that their perks be enhanced to increase social security, reports BSS. The minister was speaking at a grand rally organised by the village police at the Central Shaheed Minar.…

Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her daughter from a house at Chowdala Puratan Bazaar in Gomos­tapur upazila of the district yesterday. They were identified as Ayesha Siddiqua, 25, wife of Apel Mahmud and their five-year-old daughter Raisa Mahmud. OC of Gomostapur police Golam Mortuza…

Two housewives were killed allegedly by their husbands for dowry in Panchagarh and Jessore on Friday night. In Panchagarh, a housewife identified as Mala Akter, 22, was killed at Gopapara village in Sadar upazila. Police said Mala was married with Dulal a few days ago.  On Friday night, Dulal and…

Detectives in a drive arrested a local leader of Awami League with a firearm from his residence at Nandanpur in Gopalpur upazila early yesterday. A team of DB police on a tip-off raided the house of Saiful Islam Talukdar Suruj, secretary of Gopalpur upaizla unit Awami League, and arrested him at around…

Granting of duty free – quota free (DFQF) access of Bangladeshi products to the United States market will help curb the threat of extremism and terrorism in Bangladesh, said Bangladesh Ambassador to US Mohammad Ziauddin. The Ambassador made the remarks during a meeting with Congresswoman Jane…

The mercury soared to 39.2 degrees Celsius yesterday (Saturday), as the mild to moderate heat wave continued across the country’s north-western and south-western regions. The impact was felt also in the capital, making life unbearable for people. Clouds hovered over the city and the temperature…

The Power Division in a statement yesterday said the government will keep in mind the relevant environmental concerns, even as they implement the existing coal fired power plant projects in ‘greater national interest’, reports UNB. “Initiatives currently taken for a number of coal…