UNB, Beanibazar Two siblings, Samia, 5, and Hanif, 4, have been forced to go begging at Arizkha village in Beanibazar upazila as their parents have left them over family feud. Nearly a month back, the father, Oliur Rahman, 35, disappeared leaving the family in the lurch and later the mother, Rina Begum, 27, went away…
BSS, Dhaka The United Kingdom (UK) assured Bangladesh of lifting of its ban imposed on Dhaka-London direct cargo flights soon. A statement of foreign ministry said today British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond gave the assurance to his Bangladesh counterpart AH Mahmood Ali during a telephonic conversation last night. Bangladesh foreign minister received the phone call…
BSS, Rajshahi Speakers at a workshop here have stressed for practicing personal and institutional integrity to establish good governance and prevent corruptions in every spheres in the society. Commissioner’s office of Rajshahi division and Access to Information (a2i) project of Prime Minister’s Office jointly organized the workshop titled “Awareness Raising on Integrity Strategy” at Circuit…
BSS, Nilphamari Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor has described War Liberation as most significant and glorious chapter of Bangali nation and has called for upholding its spirit to build a prosperous Bangladesh. “War of Liberation is our pride as we achieved an independent Bangladesh through nine-month long bloody war,” he said on Friday afternoon while…
UNB Members of Chittagong district police in a raid arrested three drug traders with 50 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Bazalia area under Satkania thana on Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Emran Hossain, Abul Hashem and Omar Faruk. All of them hail from Bazalia area under Satkania thana in the district.
UNB A mobile court on Friday sentenced three fishermen to one year’s rigorous imprisonment each for marketing jatka (hilsha fry less than 10 inches in length) in Sadar upazila. The convicts are MD Shahin Hossain, 24, Md Taher and Abdur Rahim, 25. However, there was no arrest in this connection.
UNB A furniture shop was gutted by fire which broke out at Dhalagaon Bazar in Sadar upazila on Friday night. Mantu Biswas, warehouse inspector of Munshiganj fire service, said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at the furniture shop around 10 pm and spread soon.
UNB A septuagenarian man was killed in an attack allegedly by a young man over a trifling matter at Baruikhali village in Morelganj upazila on Friday night. Tarek Biswas, officer-in-charge of Morelganj Police Station, said Jabed Ali Mallik, 70, of the village, had an altercation with Razib Khalifa, 18, brother-in-law of Jabed’s son over a…
UNB A retired Sonali Bank official was found dead at a hospital in the city after family brought him there citing stroke early Saturday. Family members brought Gias Uddin Khan, 62, a retired official of Sonali Bank Ltd, to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital around 1 am saying he had suffered a stroke, said…
NUSRAT JAHAN PROGGA “Short Term 12” brings to the table a collision of emotions, with its tear jerking story of deprived and lost children hoping to be found. These kids are not like the typical runaway, cocaine-sniffer rebels you see in other movies. No, these kids represent us and people around us. The young and…