Incessant downpour for the past 24 hours till 12:00 pm on Tuesday inundated many parts of Feni town, causing immense suffering to residents. The district recorded this season’s highest 347 millimetres of rainfall during the period, triggering fears of flooding, according to a UNB report. Ma
An indefinite strike, enforced by transport owners and workers over a six-point demand including the removal of the Sylhet Deputy Commissioner and the reopening of all stone quarries, began on Tuesday morning, causing widespread suffering to commuters and passengers across the city. The strike was
A Chittagong University student has been found dead while two others have gone missing at a beach in Cox’s Bazar. The incident occurred at the beach next to the Himchari Museum on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as KM Sadman Rahman Sabab, a first-year student at the Department
Traffic congestion has turned into a perennial problem in Pabna town, wasting valuable time of the commuters and also negatively impacting the economy and environment. District's residents find themselves ensnared in traffic snarl-up almost all day on the main road of the town. Behind the traffic
Continuous rainfall has caused flooding in at least 30 villages under Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district leaving more than 3,000 families stranded. Although it has been raining for a few days, rainfall has increased since Monday (July 7) morning. As a result, low-lying areas have gone under wa
A Narayangaj court on Monday placed former city mayor Selina Hayat Ivy on a two-day remand in a murder case involving last year’s July Uprising. Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Moinudding Kadir passed the order after hearing a remand prayer, said the court’ Police Inspector M
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested a man from Konabari flyover area in Gazipur for his suspected involvement in the killing of his son in Hazaribagh area in the capital. The arrestee is Mustafizur Rahman Jewel, 44, according to a UNB report. RAB-10 Assistant Director (Media) ASP Shamim
A man and his son were killed in a lightning strike in Nandail Upazila of Mymensingh. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in Abdullahpur village of Kharua Union of the Upazila. The deceased were expatriate Golam Mostafa, 45, and his son Abdullah, 9. Mohammad Anwar Hossain, officer-in-cha
A mobile court in Kushtia’s Kumarkhali upazila has sentenced two people to one month in jail for illegally extracting sand from the Padma River. The mobile court, led by Kumarkhali Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Bijoy Kumar Joarder, conducted the drive in the Majgram and Kalyanpur are
Police have so far detained 14 accused, including two convicts, in connection with the recent attack, vandalism and clash at Patgram Police Station of Lalmonirhat district to snatch away the convicts from the police custody. Among those arrested are Belal Hossain and Sohel Rana, two stone quarry w
Two minor boys drowned while bathing in a pond in Deoliabari area of Gazipur City Corporation on Sunday. The deceased Junayed, 10, Abdul Momen, 11, were students of a local madrasa and lived with their parents at rented houses in the area. Locals said the boys went to the pond at around 11:00 am
Due to the rapid development of modern science and technology, mobile paddy grinding machines or rice mills, that used to be available in the rural haats and bazars on weekly haat days, are now available reaching the rural people's homes and yards in Chandpur district. Getting the service at hand,
The Forest Department has recovered the carcass of a wild elephant, apparently died from electrocution, near Katabari border area of Nalitabari upazila in Sherpur. Acting on information from locals, forest officials from the Madhutila Range under Sherpur Forest Division recovered the dead elephant
