Riti returns to studies after 15 years of running a household, gets GPA-5 in HSC
Her studies had stopped after the SSC. Picking up her books again after 15 years, Riti Khatun, a housewife from Nashirpur village in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat, has achieved GPA-5 in the HSC under the Technical Education Board. The result, won through…
All refuelling fuel for Rooppur Unit-1 arrives, shipments for Unit-2 begin
All shipments of the new nuclear fuel needed for the first refuelling of Unit-1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant have arrived in Bangladesh. At the same time, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has also begun supplying fuel for the…
Tk 9.24 lakh embezzlement: former Grameen Bank centre manager jailed for 5 years, two acquitted
A Pabna special judge’s court has sentenced a former Grameen Bank official to five years’ imprisonment in a money embezzlement case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). He has also been ordered to return the embezzled Tk 9,24,008.…
Tk 1,500 each: 63 elderly people in Bogura receive allowances, 33 students scholarships from Moonlight Development Society
Sixty-three elderly people in Bogura have received financial allowances and 33 meritorious students have received scholarships. The initiative was taken by Moonlight Development Society. The allowances and scholarships were handed over at a programme at…
Pintu murder case: PBI questions three prison officials, including then DIG Prisons, for five hours
Questioning went on from 9am to 2pm on Tuesday at the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) office in Rajshahi, where investigators questioned two accused and one witness in the case over the murder of BNP leader Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu. The investigation…
Child was walking on rail bridge, killed by Padma Express
A child named Samiul Islam, 10, has died after being hit by a train in the Baral Bridge rail bridge area in Bhangura, Pabna. The accident happened at about 5:30pm on Tuesday (20 October). Samiul Islam, who was killed, was the son of Ashraf Islam of…
Relatives set upon police at Dattabari stand, accused in 28 cases arrested
An attempt was made in Bogura to snatch away a detained pickpocket by attacking a police patrol deployed for Durga Puja security. A sub-inspector (ASI) of police was injured. Additional police later went to the spot, brought the situation under control…
Trader jailed for a month as 27 sacks of fertiliser seized in Shibganj
A mobile court has sentenced a trader named Parvez Prince to one month in jail and fined him Tk 20,000 for illegally storing and selling fertiliser in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj. Twenty-seven sacks of fertiliser were seized from his business premises…
Rooppur gets first OISS at a Rosatom plant outside Russia, automated control systems installed in both units
For the first time among the nuclear power plants built by state nuclear energy corporation ‘Rosatom’ outside Russia, an ‘Operator Information Support System’ (OISS) is being implemented at Rooppur. At the same time, work on…
Tk 30 and a note at Bogura station counter: remorseful passenger pays fare for ticketless journey
A passenger named Mahi has left Tk 30 and a handwritten note at the ticket counter of Bogura railway station. He had travelled by train without a ticket and later felt remorse. Although he bought a ticket for the return trip, he did not forget to pay the…