Islami Shasantantra Chhatra Andolan (ISCA) leaders in Sylhet have threatened to besiege the Supreme Court (SC) if the statue of Greek goddess Themis which was reinstalled in front of the SC annex building is not moved within June 13, reports UNB. The threat was issued at a protest rally, arranged by…

A man was shot to death by miscreants in front of Minakkhi Cinema Hall at Daulatpur upazila in Khunla yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Iqbal Sarwar, 47, an employee of a local insurance company and resident of Anjuman road area of the upazila. Officer-in-charge of Daulatpur Police…

The south-western monsoon reached Mymensingh, eastern Dhaka and Barisal Division yesterday, after landing at Chittagong and Sylhet divisions on Thursday. It is expected to spread over entire Bangladesh by June 9-10, the Met Office said yesterday. As it moved inland on Thursday, there was 108mm of rainfall…

Three people died of electrocution in separate incidents in sadar upazila and Benapole in Sharsha upazila of Jessore yesterday, reports UNB. In Sadar upazila, Rashida Khatun, wife of Abdul Wahid of Mobarakkathi village sustained critical injuries after coming in contact with a live electric wire while…