A regional outlawed party leader was hacked to death by miscreants in Bhinnogram area of Santhia upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Al Amin Hossain, 35, son of Fazlal Miah, a resident of the area and a regional leader of Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML- Lal Pataka). Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Ataikula…
Police arrested a young man along with one foreign-made pistol, two magazines and three rounds of bullet from Benapole check post area on Saturday night. The arrestee was identified as Kawser, son of Nur Islam, a resident of Lautali village in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur district. Mafizur Rahman, sub-inspector of Benapole port police station, said…
Police arrested an alleged robber along with one rifle, one pistol and 101 rounds of bullet from Amirabad area in Lohagara upazila on Friday night. The arrestee was identified as Abdur Rashid, a resident of Paloanpara of Raozan upazila. Officer-in-charge of Raozan police station Kefayetullah said tipped off, a team of the police station conducted…
Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck crashed into their vehicle at Bailyachhari in Matiranga upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Joyonto Tripura,22, and Sukhendra Tripura,45. Police said a rod-laden truck hit the motorbike from the opposite direction in the area around 10:30am, leaving Joyonto and Sukhendra dead on the spot. Police…
An under-trial prisoner died at Pabna General Hospital on Sunday morning. The deceased identified as Shraban,6, son of Anwar Hossain, a resident of Sanra Gopalpur village in Ishwardi upazila, was an accused in a case under the Narcotics Control Act. Obaidur Rahman, jail superintendent, said Sraban complained of chest pain at about 8:am. He died…
Shakir Shakirul Islam Noted Rabindra Sangeet singer Anima Roy backs country recently after rocking Brisbane and Canberra—two Australia cities. She has performed there in two distinguished concerts organized by ATN Canberra and has enthralled thousands of audience by her mesmerizing Rabindra rendition. Anima has delved herself into Rabindra Sangeet over two decades with much austerity….
Samiul Bashar Samin “Bangladeshi musicians need to change their perspective on music in order to progress,” says Navid Imtiaz Chowdhury. He talked about the Bangladeshi music scene in general and his pedal company in a discussion with the Daily Our Time Team. He says that although Bangladesh’s music scene has the potential to thrive and…
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…