Thursday, 16 Jan, 2025

National

Mother, daughter commit ‘suicide’ in Mymensingh

MYMENSINGH: A woman allegedly committed suicide along with her four-year-old daughter by hanging from a tree with ropes in Mirka village under Bhaluka upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Sheuli Akhtar, 35, wife of Jahangir Alam of the village and her

Assam CM opposes easy BD visa

DHAKA: India’s Assam Chief Minister (CM) Tarun Gogoi said that his government is going to oppose the move of the BJP government at the Centre to relax the visa norms for Bangladesh. Informing that the external affairs minister had sought his opinion on a proposal allowing free entry

New gas field found in N’ganj

DHAKA: Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration Company (BAPEX) has discovered a new gas field at Purbachal Project of Rupganj in Narayanganj. Managing Director of Bapex, Abdul Baqi confirmed about the 26th gas reservoir of the country on Saturday. Around 50 billion cubic feet gas might be

2 killed in Nilphamari accident

NILPHAMARI: At least two persons were killed and five others injured in a road accident in Kishoreganj upazila of the district on Saturday noon. One of the deceased was identified as Akbar Ali, 55.  Locals said that a rashly driven bus rammed an ambulance, which was carrying patient

Man held with 848gm gold at Shahjalal

DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion (APBn) personnel detained a man with 848 gram gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday morning. The detainee is- Saiful Islam, 41.  Confirming the matter Armed Police Battalion Senior Assistant Police Super (ASP) Alamgir Hossain Shimul

Loading-unloading at Ctg port halted

CHITTAGONG: The loading and unloading of goods at the outer anchorage of Chittagong sea port halted Sunday due to heavy downpour on Saturday morning. Radio Control Room of Port sources said that four ships were scheduled to anchor and two other ships could not leave the port due to the

Dhk-North Bengal rail link halted

TANGAIL: The rail communication of North Bengal with Dhaka and other parts of the country was halted as rail track misplaced due to heavy rain in Kalihati Upazila on Saturday noon. Sources said that torrential rain misplaced rail lines near Analia Bridge No. 9 in the upazila at 11:45am.

Joy exchanges view in city

FROM AGARGAON: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, joined in a view-exchange meeting at city’s Agargaon on Saturday morning. ICT Division and Access to Information (a2i) Programme of Prime Minister's Office organized the programme at Bangladesh Computer Council

Wall collapse kills one in Ctg

CHITTAGONG: A man was killed and three others were injured as a wall collapsed during massive rainfall in Rahmatnagar residential area under Panchlaish Thana in the district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Aslam, 30.  Fire services sources said that a brick made

Dacoit killed in Gazipur clash

GAZIPUR: A dacoit was killed and five others were injured in a clash with locals in Dumni village of Prahaladpur union under Sreepur Upazila of the district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Sohel, 25.  Locals said that a gang of robbers went to the house of Dr Rebuti

2 die falling from running bus

NAOGAON: two people were killed after falling from a running bus in Dhamoirhat upazila of the district early Saturday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Sources said that the victims fell down from a bus carrying bridal party around 12:30am, leaving the duo

6 sustain burn injuries in N’ganj fire

NARAYANGANJ: Six members of a family were injured as a fire broke out at a house in Baroibhog area under Fatulla Thana of the district on Saturday morning. The injured are- Tariran Begum, 60, her husband Azizar, 65, daughters Tania, 16, Tanni, 12, son Takiron, 9, and grand daughter

EC to compensate 135 victims

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) has approved a compensation proposal of Tk 48 lakhs approximately to some 135 people who became victims of violence during observing their duties of the 10th general elections. The commission on Thursday ordered to issue an allowance letter in this

Fire at Savar RMG factory

SAVAR: A fire broke out at the ZA Apparels, a readymade garment factory, in Kuturia area of the upazila, outskirt of the capital, on Friday evening. On information, six units of EPZ Fire Services and Dhamrai Fire Services rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control after two

Road crash kills 2 bikers in Rajbari

RAJBARI: Two motorcyclists were killed and another person was injured in a road accident at Kalukhali upazila of the district here on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Abul Kalam, son of a Keyamuddin, and Tayeb Ali, son of Rajab Ali of Arkandi village of the upazila.

Siblings electrocuted in Tangail

TANGAIL: Two brothers were electrocuted in Sakhipur upazila of the district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Bahez, 45 and Azmot, 40, sons of one Ismail Hossain, resident of Ramkha village of the upazila. Locals said that the siblings were electrocuted while repairing the

2 electrocuted in Ctg

CHITTAGONG: Two persons, including a teenager, were electrocuted in Bayezid Thana and Patia Upazila of the port city on Friday. The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 20, son of a Sher Ahmed, resident of Kelishahar Adarsha Gram in Patia upazila and Abu Siddique, 16, son of a Jamal

Joy arrives with his family

DHAKA: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and also her Advisor on IT Affairs, arrived in Dhaka with his family on Friday morning. Sources said Joy alongside his wife Christine Overmeyer and daughter Sophia landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Qatar

Secretary Ranjit Biswas at BSMMU

NATORE: Cultural Affairs Secretary Ranjit Kumar Biswas has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Friday night. Earlier in the day, a special helicopter brought the Secretary Ranjit along with his bodyguard and driver to Hazrat Shahjalal International

BD embassy in Riyadh fails to provide MRP

RIYADH: Bangladesh embassy in Riyadh has been consistently failing to provide the machine readable passport (MRP) to the Bangladeshi expatriates due to shortages of manpower and machineries. The embassy published an urgent advertisement on May 27 asking all the expatriates in KSA to