BSS A view exchange meeting on ‘Anti-Corruption Movement at Local Level: Possibility and Challenge’ was held on Monday at a local hotel in the city. Organised by Sacheton Nagorik Committee (SANAC), the meeting was addressed as chief guest by Khulna divisional commissioner Md Abdus Samad while SANAC president Sheikh Abdul Quyaum was in the chair.
BSS Daring robbery committed at Khedmothpur market under Pirganj upazila of the district on Sunday night. A group of dacoits entered the market wearing mask and assaulted and stabbed night guard Khurshid Alam 40. The dacoits looted valuables from different shops worth about Taka two lakhs. Local people rescued night guard Khurshid Alam and admitted…
BSS The dead body of a medical student was recovered from the Boga lake at Ruma upazila in Bandarban district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ataul Imtiaz, 25, a final year student of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Imtiaz drowned in the Boga Lake while he was swimming with other friends in the…
BSS A minor girl was killed and her sister injured when a wall of their house collapsed on them at a slum of Lalchan area under Chunarughat upazila of the district early on Monday morning. The deceased was Sathi Sautal, 8, daughter of Kanu Sautal of the same area. Police said the wall fell on…
BSS Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive seized firearms and ammunition and arrested four armed terrorists from a house at East Aladadpur village in Sadar upazila on Sunday. The arrestees are Monir Hossain son of Abul Kalam Azad and Saiful Islam ,son of Shahab Uddin of East Aladadpur village, Fahad Bin Abdul…
AP, Kabul An Afghan official says at least six police officers have been killed in a Taliban ambush on their convoy in northern Balkh province. Abdul Manon Raoufi, operational commander for police in the region, said on Monday that insurgents attacked the convoy Sunday night in the Dawlat Abad district. The police were on their…
AP, Hanoi Vietnam’s coast guard in a rare move has seized a Chinese vessel for allegedly intruding in its waters, state media reported Monday. The Thanh Nien newspaper said that the vessel has been towed to the northern port city of Hai Phong, and that the ship, its captain and two sailors, all Chinese, are…
BBC, Middle East At least 25 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of bomb attacks across Iraq, reports say. As many as 10 suicide bombers carried out the attacks, according to media reports. The victims were said to be mostly members of the Iraqi security forces and allied Shia militias. The…
AP, Sanaa The Yemeni president has sacked the vice president and the head of the Cabinet, Khaled Bahah, citing shortcomings in the government’s performance. President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi appointed Ahmed Obaid bin Daghr to head the Cabinet and Maj. Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar as vice president, according to a statement aired Sunday on state-run…
AP, Damascus A week after taking back the historic town of Palmyra, Syrian troops and their allies on Sunday captured another town controlled by the Islamic State group in central Syria, state media reported. The push into the town of Qaryatain took place under the cover of Russian airstrikes and dealt another setback to the…