RAJBARI: One person was killed and at least 20 others were injured as hordes of villagers fought a fierce harpoon fight over a trifling matter at Naduria village in Coshbamajail union of Pangsa upazila in the district on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Gafur alias

SAVAR: Local livestock authority asked people not to take beef following deaths of birds and domestic fowls after drinking the blood of a slaughtered cow at Dhamrai, as a precautionary prescription against a possible cattle disease.In view of the situation, the Livestock Office in Savar

DHAKA: An elderly man was stabbed to death allegedly by his insolent son in the city’s Mohammadpur area Sunday following a feud over  money-extortion by the latter.The deceased was identified as Abdul Karim, 76, a resident of Sir Syed Ahmed Road area. Police arrested the suspected

MANIKGANJ: An 11-year-old boy was crushed under the wheels of a pick-up van near Aricha ghat here Sunday morning.The deceased was named as Al-Amin, hailed from Satghar Teota village at Shibaloy upazila.Sources said that the pick-up van ran over Amin at around 10 am, leaving him seriously

CHITTAGONG: A temple was vandalized by a gang of drunks at Gosaildanga in the port city on Saturday night. Witnesses said some 5/6 drunken youths attacked Gosaildanga Shwashan Kalibari Temple at around 11 pm and damaged idols and other valuables. Following the incident, Bandar thana OC

SAVAR: A few birds like domestic ducks, hens and pigeons died drinking the blood of a slaughtered cow at Dhamrai on Saturday morning, locals said, prompting veterinarians to arrange lab tests.As a result, tension spread among the commoners in the areas, they said, as the mysterious

COMILLA: Two road mishaps left two people, one a child, dead and five others injured in Comilla district Saturday. The deceased were identified as Jui, 6, hailed from Kabila under Burichang, and Mosarraf Hossain, 25, from Daulatpur in Nangalcoat.Police and witnesses said a Feni-bound bus

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday sought assistance from all sections of people in building up a ‘poverty-free Digital Golden Bangla’ to materialize the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.She made the plea at a post-eid greetings programme at Ganabhaban with Cabinet

DHAKA: Another earthquake shook different parts of the country at around 1pm Saturday just hours after two moderate tremors rattled central Bangladesh on Friday midnight.The tremor, one of two stronger-than-moderate aftershocks on the trail of a weaker first quake, was felt in Dinajpur,

PABNA: An outlaw was killed in a gunfight between two outfits over supremacy in Chatmohor upazila of Pabna district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Rakibullah, 25, also an alleged cadre of Gaffar Group, hailed from Keshabpur village.Chatmohor thana SI Siraj Uddin and

DHAKA: A young man was killed in a road accident in the city’s Mirpur area just after eid prayer on Saturday morning, which triggered a protest by agitated people, who torched the killer bus.Road communications remained suspended on the route for an hour following the accident and the

RANGPUR: Five people were killed and 40 injured as a bus overturned on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway at Pirganj Bazar in the northern Rangpur district early Saturday, ending their long journey for eid celebration into a grim tragedy. Witnesses said a Panchagar-bound bus of Rupali Paribahan

DHAKA: Clad in punjabi and paijamas, people said prayer, embraced one another and exchanged broad-hearted greetings as Eid-ul Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country Saturday.  The Muslim devotees streamed into Eid jamaats at mosques,

DHAK: A strong earthquake shook the country, including the capital, at about midnight Friday, panicking many people. Met office said it was a "moderate" tremor, measuring 4.7 on Richter scale.  The quake occurred at around 11:25pm across the country and lasted a few seconds, reports

ASHUGANJ: At least 30 people were injured in a clash between two villages centering supremacy here in Brahmanbaria Friday.The injured were admitted into local clinics and district sadar hospital.Locals and police sources said an altercation started between Mohsin Miah of Kamaura village

RAJSHAHI: A top leader of the banned Ilamist outfit JMB and main aide to Bangla Bhai, Mostafizur Rahman, locally known as ‘killer Mostak’, was arrested again while coming out of Rajshahi Central Jail on bail on Thursday night. A competent source said plainclothes police picked him up

MADARIPUR: At least three people, including a businessman and a schoolgirl, were killed and 20 injured in separate road mishaps here Friday.The deceased were identified as Nurul Islam, 50, Supria, 8, and Siraj Hossain, 25. The injured were rushed to Rajair, Tekerhat and Bhanga upazila

DHAKA: Eid-ul Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country Saturday amid a festive mood. Preparations are complete for holding Eid-ul-Fitr jamaats in the capital and other districts across the country. Muslims across the world will seek divine

CHITTAGONG: Muslim festival Eid-ul-Fitr was observed Friday at 30 villages under seven upazilas in South Chittagong a day early, to keep in with the Saudi Arabians.Hundreds of people from more than 2000 families, including followers of Satkania’s Silsilia Aleya Jahagir Pir Darbar

DHAKA: Some more convicts were set free from different jails on government mercy on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, being celebrated Saturday in the country.Eleven inmates, convicted to various terms, were released from Khulna jail Friday.The convicts are Dulal Sheikh, 25, Kamal Sikdar, 41,