A 36-year-old Air Force member was killed as an unidentified vehicle hit a covered van carrying him in Shibrampur area of Faridpur Sadar upazila in the early hours of Monday, police said.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Abul Bashar , hailing fro…
Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from travelling to 16 countries following the re-outbreak of COVID-19.These include Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Indonesia, Vie…
Bangladesh registered two deaths from Covid-19 with 31 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning, health authorities said.The fresh numbers took the total fatalities from the pandemic so far to 29,130 while the caseload mounted to 19,53,264.On Sunday…
Fifteen new dengue patients have been hospitalised in the country in 24 hours till Monday morning, health authorities said.Fourteen of the new patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining one was admitted to a hospital ou…
A Dinajpur court on Monday sentenced three persons to death and four others to life imprisonment for killing a 24-year-old grocery shop owner in 2009.The condemned convicts are—Rezaul Karim Babu, Sharifur Islam and Atoar Rahman.The lifers are—Golam Rab…
Air to air live shells and missile firing exercise by different combat aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) started on Monday at Kutubdia, Chattogram firing range (VGD-2 & VGD-43).The 18-day exercise will continue till June 9 from 8am to 5pm every da…
Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) on Sunday arrested two suspected Rohingya criminals from Kutupalong camp area of Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar district.The law enforcers also recovered one local made pistol, one 24-inch ramda (local variation on cleave…
The body of an official of Nassa Group was recovered from the Jamuna River at Shibaloy upazila in Manikganj on Sunday, two days after he went missing while bathing in the river.The deceased was identified as Ash Habib, 43, Of Bogura district. He was a …
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday seized 2.119 kg crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 118 bottles of liquor in separate drives at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar.Tipped off, a team of BGB-2 challenged two smugglers coming from Myanmar at Keora nea…
A court in Khulna has sent a disgraced inspector of Government Railway Police to judicial custody in connection with the rape of a woman in 2019.Khulna Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mahmuda Khatun passed the order after fugitive accused Osman Gani Pathan…
A Chattogram court on Monday sent Chumki Karon ,wife of ex-OC and death-row convict in Major Sinha (retd) murder case Pradeep Kumar Das, to judicial custody in a case over amassing wealth illegally.Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid…
Naval police recovered the body of a 17-year old boy from the Karnaphuli river in Fishery Ghat area of Chattogram on Monday, a day after he went missing following a boat capsize in the river.Locals spotted the body of Md Shohag, son of Md Karim from Cu…
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