Two killed in Jhenaidah road accident

    BSS Two people including a woman were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Hatgopalpur-Chagolbandha crossing in Sadar upazila on Monday. The deceased were Robiul Islam Latu, 50,  and Saira Khatun, 51, a resident of Dhananjoypur.

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      4 food shops fined in Rajshahi

      UNB Four food shops were fined Taka 10,000 on charge of selling unhygienic and substandard foods to the customers in the city yesterday afternoon, officials concerned here said Monday. A team of Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) conducted raid in Railway Station Market and Vadra Crossing areas of the city.

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        Daring dacoity committed in Moulvibazar

        UNB A daring dacoity was committed in the residence of former commissioner of Moulvibazar Pourashava and businessman Md. Yusuf Ali in the early hours of Monday. Dacoits took the inmates of the house hostage at gun-point and looted 45 tolas of gold ornaments, one motorcycle, one bicycle and other valuables worth about taka 28 lakhs.

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          Youth hacked dead in Shariatpur

          UNB A young man was hacked to death allegedly by miscreants at Dingamanik in Naria upazila early Monday. Quoting locals, officer-in-charge of Naria Police Station Ikram Ali said a gang of miscreants entered the house of Rigan, 28, in the dead of night and beat him. Later, the gang members hacked him indiscriminately with sharp…

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            Youth jailed for stalking in Sherpur

            UNB A mobile court here on Sunday night sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for eve-teasing a schoolgirl in Jhenaigati upazila. Police sources said Monir Hossain, son of Abdul Haque, a resident of Gandhigaon Purbapara village, used to stalk a class-IX student of Bakakura High School on her way to and from school…

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              4 get life term for murder in Savar

              UNB A court here on Monday convicted four people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a young man in 2004 in Savar. The lifers-Selam Uddin, Abdur Rauf, Waz Uddin and Kujrat Ali of Ghashirdia village in Savar, were also fined Tk 10,000 each. According to the prosecution, the convicts had killed Mohammad…

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                CTTC ready to help BB crack cyber heist

                UNB, Dhaka Newly formed Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police is ready to help Bangladesh Bank (BB) investigate the cyber heist where the central bank lost US$101. The hackers swindled out the amount from the BB account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last month. The sensational heist…

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                  Decision made to prevent highway toll extortion: Obaidul Quader

                  UNB, Dhaka Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that a decision has been reached by several ministries to stop illegal extortion in the name of highway toll collections. While speaking to reporters after an inter-ministerial meeting, he said that the Home Ministry was also looking into the matter and Home Minister…

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                    KL yet to inform Dhaka about recruitment halt: Secretary

                    UNB, Dhaka Acting secretary at the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Begum Shamsun Nahar on Sunday said the Malaysian government has not yet officially informed the Bangladeshi government about its suspension order on recruiting foreign workers, including Bangladesh. While speaking to reporters at the ministry, Shamsun Nahar also said Malaysia even did not…

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