Kurigram district jail authorities on Tuesday released five Indian nationals who had been jailed for illegally entering Bangladesh with drugs.The five Indians are Alam Mia, son of Dudu Mia from Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, Md Nuruzzaman, son of Surut…
A 50-year-old woman drowned while a child went missing after a ferry capsized in the Dhanu river of the district’s Itna upazila Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Mahal Begum, wife of late Salek Miah of Charpara area of Mithamoin upazila. T…
A 55-year-old trader was stabbed to death allegedly by his rivals in Telkara village of the district’s Lohagara upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Nizam Sheikh, son of Peta Sheikh of the village. He was a vegetable vendor in Baradia…
A young man was killed after his bike veered off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Monday night, police said.The deceased was identified as Billal Khandakar, 22, son of Yusuf Miah of Sadar upazila. His …
The body of an 8-year-old child was recovered Monday from the Daudkhali river in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat.The deceased was identified as Ahad Ali, son of Md. Omar Ali of Pargobindpur Ashrayan Project.Ahad along with his cousin Jannat had gone missing…
Three people have been arrested in connection with the murder of an eight-year-old boy in Barishal’s Ujirpur upazila, police said on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Dipto Mandal, son of Dipak Mandal from Harta union. His body was found stuffed i…
A 63-year-old man from Gomastapur upazila of C’nawabganj district committed suicide by shooting himself on Tuesday morning, police said.The victim was identified as Sharif Hossain, son of late Yahia of Deopura village of the upazila.Officer-in-charge (…
The High Court on Monday granted six weeks’ anticipatory bail to four pro-BNP lawyers in a case filed over attacking pro-Awami League lawyers and vandalising the nameplate of Supreme Court Bar Association Secretary Abdun Noor.It also directed two other…
An accused in a rape and kidnapping case has fled from police custody in front of Gobindaganj Police Station in Gaibandha, police said on Tuesday.The accused was identified as Samiul Islam, 22, of the upazila.Police arrested Samiul in a rape and kidnap…
The government has promoted 43 Superintendents of Police (SP) to the rank of Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG).The Public Security Division of the Home Ministry on Tuesday issued a gazette notification signed by deputy secretary Dhananjay Kumar…
The High Court on Tuesday stayed for three months the notice issued by the Information Ministry asking the authorities concerned to set up digital set-top boxes in Dhaka and Chattogram cities.The HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice K…
In one year, UNICEF has delivered over 190 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh through COVAX while a COVID-19 booster dose campaign is planned for June.To date, Bangladesh remains the top recipient of doses under COVAX, the global initiati…
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