At least four activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a factional clash at Government Hazi Muhammad Mohsin College in Chittagong on Saturday noon. Officer-in-charge of Chawk Bazar Police Station Aziz Ahmed said the clash took place when a group of BCL activists led by its local leader Pavel went to the college…
A madrasah boy was sodomised allegedly by his teacher in Keraniganj on Friday. Abu Sahadat Mohammad Shahin, sub-inspector of Keraniganj Model Police Station, said Mahmudul Hasan, a teacher of East Charail Jamiul Quran Madrasah, sodomised the nine-year-old student of the madrasah on Wednesday. Victim’s mother filed a case in this connection on Thursday. -UNB
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized more than 150 tonnes of jatka (hilsa fry) from three fishing trawler on the Karnaphuli River on Friday. Tipped off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in the fishing trawlers nearby Karnaphuli Ferry Ghat and seized the jatka, said a press release. The seized fish…
Assistant Director of Health and former caretaker of Jessore sadar Hospital Dr.Hasan al Mamoon was killed in a road accident in front of BCMC College in the town on Saturday. He was seriously injured as an easy bike dashed him from behind while he was crossing the road in front of the College. He was…
Two people were killed when a private car overturned at Sonapahar in Mirsarai upazila on Saturday morning. Farid Uddin, in-charge of Joralganj police camp, said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound private car from Chittagong skidded off the road as its driver lost control over the steering in the morning, leaving two people dead on…
AP, Canoa Ecuadoreans slept outside and struggled to find food and water Friday in the wake of aftershocks that are still rocking coastal towns flattened by last weekend’s powerful earthquake. South America’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade destroyed virtually all of the simple one- and two-story buildings making up the beach town of…
AP, Bangkok Banharn Silpa-archa, a provincial political powerbroker who served a scandal-ridden 16 months as Thailand’s prime minister in 1995-96, has died at age 83. His death early Saturday morning was announced by Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital, where he was admitted Thursday after an asthma attack. Banharn was considered a master of pork barrel politics, making…
AP, Harrington Top aides spent the week gingerly courting Republican insiders at a seaside resort in Florida, but front-runner Donald Trump was busy railing against them. While it may seem counterproductive, Trump’s foot-stomping has served as a rallying cry to boost voter turnout and allowed him to continue to appeal to voters who feel disenfranchised….