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…
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…