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TANGAIL : Four people were killed as a cement-laden truck fell into a roadside ditch at Dhala Tengor in Kalihati upazila Friday morning. Police said the northern region-bound truck from Dhaka tumbled into the ditch as its driver lost his control over steering after one of its tyres
CHITTAGONG: A youth was killed when a bus hit him at Chandgaon in port city on Friday morning.The deceased identified as Abu Syed Kala Mian, 20, son of Late Munshi Mian of Soadagarbari area, was an employee of a furniture shop, said Chittagong Medical College Hospital police.Victim’s
BRAHMANBARIA: The national power grid will get 22 million cubic feet of gas in fresh intake from Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Ltd to feed a growing demand for the fuel. Meanwhile, 10 million cft has been added to the national grid from different fields, said officials.Unwilling to be
MYMENSINGH: The International Crimes Tribunal prosecution Thursday claimed enough evidences were found to prove “crimes against humanity” committed in Sherpur and Mymensingh during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.“We have got strong evidences of mass killings, rape and looting
DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Thursday called upon all concerned not to go abroad illegally, as unauthorized immigration created crisis on occasion.Replying to a question on the return of Bangladeshi immigrants from Spain, she said those whose immigration process has started legally
DHAKA: The flood situation in the country deteriorated in last 24 hours with new areas of Madaripur, Faridpur and Rajbari getting flooded, as the major rivers remained in spate. Food and drinking water were found in short supply in the affected areas, reports from the areas said. On the
DHAKA: State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud urged people to be careful about causing hole into the ozone layer that prevents radiation of harmful ultra-violate ray from the sun into the earth, as calamitous climate change is a big concern for humanity. “We should
DHAKA: Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain Thursday said the government is planning to build a separate rail-bridge for reducing pressure on the Bangabandhu Bridge, which recently developed cracks. Another bridge over the Jamuna would be built at Fuljhuri-Bahadurabad ghat point, he
DHAKA: Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed claimed the government is progressing in its move to bring back the condemned fugitives from the Bangabandhu murder case to execute the court verdict. “The court verdict will be executed within the tenure of the present government,” he
DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would clear Bangladesh’s position as an anti-terrorism and anti-militancy country at the 65th general assembly of the United Nations, the Foreign Ministry announced ahead of the PM’s trip to the UN headquarters.Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Thursday
SYLHET: Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim Thursday asked judges and lawyers to be workaholic to get over the logjam of cases.“You should work together to discard complexity of the cases,” said the justice at a reception organized by Sylhet District Bar Association.“Everyone needs
DHAKA: A community policeman in Sutrapur thana area of Old Dhaka in the capital was killed.Police recovered the body in city’s Sutrapur colony early Thursday.The dead was identified as Abdul Barek, 45, a resident of the colony and hailed from Baufal upazila of Patuakhali.Sutrapur thana
DHAKA: Ruling-party lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon, quizzed over the murder of his party colleague Ibrahim Ahmed, said he had left his licensed pistol in his car “by mistake”.Shaon, however, denied his involvement in Ibrahim killing during the interrogation on Wednesday night,
DHAKA: Linguists and academics at a colloquium Thursday suggested close ties among the Bengali language researchers working worldwide for the development of the language as well as Bengali grammar.They made the observation at a colloquium on New Bengali Grammar at the Modern Language
MYMENSINGH: A roving investigation team of the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday morning started their spot probe into the crimes committed in Mymensingh during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.Meanwhile, the investigators talked to local people during their spot visit, part of
DHAKA: Three terrorists including two outlaws were killed in separate ‘shootouts’ with the law enforcers in Kushtia and Chittagong early Thursday.In Kushtia, two members of outlawed Gono Mukti Fouz were killed in a ‘gunfight’ between their cohorts and members of Rapid Action
SHERPUR: Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Jeyad Al Malum Wednesday said they got enough evidences through spot investigation against Jamaat leader Md Kamaruzzaman to prove his involvement in wartime crimes. “We have already detained identified war criminals, including
SUNAMGANJ: A head-on collision between a passenger minibus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chhatak left 3 people dead and two injured on Wednesday noon.The deceased were identified as Delwar, 35, and his niece Ruhela Begum, 22, hailed from Jolsi village in Doarbazar upazila.Witnesses and
DHAKA: Society is developing with the dynamics of faster development of the globe. Crimes, too, are getting globalized concomitant with the fast-moving world. The various offences now happening in society like cyber and email crimes, pornography on phone and Internet, eve-teasing, illicit
PABNA: State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku Wednesday alleged that the leaders of the main opposition BNP and war criminals are trying to destabilize the country in a planned way being envious of development in every sector. The state minister came up with the comment at a