UNB, Brahmanbaria Miscreants hurled a crude bomb at the house of an Awami League rebel candidate at Araishidha village in Ashuganj upazila early Saturday, ahead of the upcoming Union Parishad election. Local people said 2/3 miscreants on a motorcycle arrived and hurled a crude bomb targeting the house of Quamrul Islam Mobarak, candidate of Araishidha…
UNB, Dhaka BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday alleged that Tk 800 crore was stolen from Bangladesh Bank’s account in the US Federal Reserve Bank with the help of government and central bank officials. ”The money from the Bangladesh Bank account was stolen right away, not hacked. There’s no scope of swindling out…
UNB A mobile court here on Saturday sentenced two people, including the matchmaker, to seven days’ jail term for arranging marriage of an underage girl at Shakharipota village in Sharsha upazila on Friday night. Police said being informed by local people, a mobile court led by Sharsha Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Abdus Salam with the…
UNB, Dhaka Pre-registration for online Hajj applications will begin from 20 March, according to Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman. He said this while speaking at the inauguration of the 9th annual Hajj and Umrah Fair on Saturday, which was organised by Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC). During…
UNB, Naogaon Local people blocked road and staged demonstrations on Dhamairhat-Joypurhat road at Chakmoyram in Dhamairhat upazila protesting the death of a schoolboy in a road accident here on Saturday morning. Yasir Arafat Swadhin, 12, son of Tuku Hossain of Pharshipara village of the upazila and a class VI student of Chakmoyram High School, was…
UNB An elderly man was beaten to death allegedly by his neighbour over a previous enmity at Laxmikathi village in Digholia upazila on Friday night. Quoting witnesses, police said Siraj Nikari, 65, of the village had an enmity with his neighbour Mazid Nikari over the ownership of a fish enclosure. As a sequel to the…
UNB An auto-rickshaw driver was killed when he was punched by a passerby over a trifling matter at Paduar Bazar in Sadar Dakkhin Upazila on Saturday. Prashanto Pal, officer-in-charge of Sadar Dakkhin Police Station, said Ariful Islam, 30, an auto-rickshaw driver and son of Abdul Khalek in Barura upazila, had an altercation with Abul Hossain,…
UNB, Dhaka A court on Saturday placed ASI of Bangshal Police Station Shamim Reza on a five-day remand in a a case filed over shooting an employee of a cable TV agency. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Pranab Kumar Bhuiya passed the order after officer in-charge of Khilgoan Police Station Anwar Hossain, also investigation officer (IO) of…
BSS Online With the aim to ensuring maximum utilization of gas and optimum generation of power, the government has launched a project for re-powering the fourth unit of Ghorashal power plant. “The fourth unit of Ghorashal power plant would be converted into combine-cycle technology from the existing single-cycle unit under the repowering project,” said Planning…
UNB A woman died and two others sustained injuries as a trawler capsized in Chunkuri river at Chalna Kheya ghat in Dakop upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Saleha Begum, 60, wife of Edu Sana, a resident of Joynagar village of the upazila. Quoting witness, police said the trawler carrying around 40…