BSS A young man who suffered bullet injuries during a clash between two groups over a friendly cricket match at Anantapur village in Begumganj upazila died early Tuesday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The deceased was identified as Wasim, 24, a resident of the village. Family sources said Wasim died at the DMCH around 4:30am.
BSS A rickshaw van driver was killed in a road accident at Ampathari on Ranisankail-Baliadangi road on Monday at about 10.30 pm. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 40, son of Late Abed Ali of Kalamdah village under Baliadangi upazila of the district. Officer in charge of Baliadangi thana Aminul Islam said the accident…
BSS A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to suffer life imprisonment for killing his wife at Atpara village under Nagarpur upazila of the district in 2013. The court also fined him Taka 10,000 each, in default to suffer more three months of rigorous imprisonment. Judge of Children and Women Repression and Prevention Tribunal…
UNB Police recovered the body of newborn baby from a carton in Keshabpur upazila headquarters on Tuesday morning. Police said locals spotted the newborn’s body stashed in a carton kept at a place near ‘Muslim Hotel’ adjacent to Keshabpur Police Station in the morning and informed them. Later police recovered the body.
UNB Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered seven detonators (bomb making device) from Kanaighat border point of Kanaighat upazila on Monday evening. BGB sources said a patrol team led by Habildar Montu Miah of Suraighat BOP under BGB 41 battalion searched a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the evening and recovered the devices packed with cloths…
Nazrul Islam Mukul, Kushtia The Union Council polls of 11 Unions of Mirpur Upazila, Kushtia has ended in chaos. Ballot boxes were ransacked, voting centers were taken over and ballot papers were marked in front of public eyes. The candidates nominated by BNP, JSD and other political parties made complaints to the Presiding Officer, but…
AP, Moscow Russia on Monday warned the United States that it will start responding unilaterally to cease-fire violations in Syria if the U.S. refuses to coordinate rules of engagement against violators. The U.S. State Department insisted that Moscow and Washington were working constructively to monitor the truce and warned Russia against taking unilateral action. …
AP, Islamabad A Pakistani police officer says at least 17 Hindus have died after consuming illegally-made alcohol during religious celebrations in southern Pakistan. Niaz Shah said Tuesday that 37 people from the Hindu community in Tando Muhammad Khan district were rushed to hospital on Monday. He says they consumed the hooch during preparations for Holi…
AP, Kunduz The new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan apologized Tuesday to the people of Kunduz for the deadly attack on a hospital in the city last year that killed 42 people. U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson traveled to the northern city to meet local leaders and relatives of those who died…
AP, Bamako Gunmen launched an attack Monday evening on the European Union military training mission’s headquarters in the Malian capital, Bamako, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks on Western interests in the region. Armed forces killed at least one man, who lay outside the hotel in jeans and a…