Comilla: Three people, including two women, were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Natherpetua on the Comilla-Noakhali road in Monohorganj upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. Sub-inspector Lutfar Rahman, in-charge of Lalmai highway…

State Minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday said the government has a plan to give the people power at a reasonable price but it is a big challenge for it, reports BSS. “We want to give the people power at a reasonable price but it is a big challenge for the government,”…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Public Works Ministry yesterday recommended launching e-tendering for all tenders process to ensure transparency and make the process easy, reports BSS. The committee made the recommendation in its 13th meeting at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its chairman…

A 4-year-old boy of a college principal was abducted from Hakimpur upazila on Monday. The victim has been identified as Abtahi, 4, son of Mamunur Rashid, principal of Hakimpur Women College and resident of Muharapara in the upazila. Family members said police could not make any headway in the past 24…

A mobile court fined two brick kilns Tk 1.5 lakh in Singair upazila of the district yesterday for violating environmental law. The mobile court was led by Executive Magistrate Ishrat Jahan of Manikganj district administration. The mobile court realised fine worth Tk1 lakh from M/S Sumaya Bricks, owned…

Bandarban: A member candidate in Paindu Union Parishad election in Ruma upazila was found dead in a hotel of the district town yesterday, reports UNB. Police recovered the body of Mang Nu Marma, a member aspirant from ward 4 of the union parishad, from ‘Pru Abashika’ in the afternoon. Officer-in-Charge…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday gifted food and new dresses for children of two orphanages to mark the birth of her granddaughter Azalea Joy Percy, daughter of Tulip Siddiq and Chris Percy. Talking to The Independent yesterday night, Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, special assistant (Media) to the prime…

Barring parts of Sylhet and Chittagong divisions, the country continues to simmer under an intolerable heat and humid weather that pushed the mercury up to 37 Degrees Celsius in the capital yesterday with the day’s highest maximum temperature of 39.6C recorded in the south western Chuadanga. The…

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has said India attaches highest importance to its relations with Bangladesh and the Indian government is determined to further strengthen the relations, reports UNB. “Our efforts are there to further expand this cooperation to include new vistas of cooperation…

The 10th Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between Bangladesh and China was held yesterday when the two countries reviewed the progress of current cooperation and discussed future areas of collaboration, reports UNB. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and his Chinese counterpart Assistant Minister…