Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) has been closed for 15 days following demonstrations of students over the suspension of four of their fellows on sexual harassment charge. At least 10 students were wounded as police charged batons on the agitating students of JUST yesterday morning.…

Sunamganj: Four members of a family died from electrocution at Ramdighi village in Dharmapasha upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Ranjit Sarker, 45, his father Jagajit Sarker, 70, wife Rita Sarker, 35, and daughter Sonali Sarker, 10. Tabakar Talukder, chairman of…

Police yesterday afternoon recovered the bodies of two friends, who went missing on Monday morning, from the Old Brahmaputra River in the district town. The deceased were identified as Sajon Miah, 20, a hawker by profession, and his friend transport worker Emon Miah, 21, of town’s Patgodam area.…

Kushtia: An elderly man was killed and his brother was injured as a group of criminals hacked them for objecting to sexual harassment at Fakirabad village in Bheramara upazila on Monday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mazibur Rahman, a retired headmaster of a primary school. Family…

A garment worker was allegedly hacked to death by miscreants at Mashimpur area in Tongi upazila yesterday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Roni, a worker of local garment factory of the area. Police arrested two young men on the suspicion of connection with the killing. The arrestee…

River vessel workers, who have been enforcing a strike from April 20 to press home their demand to review the minimum wages in the sector, have decided to withdraw upon assurances from the government of meeting their demands. President of Bangladesh River Vessel Workers’ Federation Shah Alam told…

Some 516 earthquakes hit Bangladesh from 2001 to 2014, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury told Parliament yesterday, reports UNB. Replying to a question from AL lawmaker Didarul Alam (Ctg -4), the minister said highest 43 tremors jolted the country in 2002 followed by…