Body of dish businessman recovered in Hazaribagh
Police have recovered the body of a man named Md Salek Khan Babu, 35, in the capital’s Hazaribagh. The body was recovered yesterday, Thursday, afternoon from the tin shed over the garage in front of a 10-storey building in the Zafrabad area of West…
Drug trade under cover of private tutoring in Tongi, woman held with 15,000 yaba pills
The Department of Narcotics Control has detained a woman named Srabonti Akter in Tongi of Gazipur on charges of running a drug trade under the cover of private tutoring. The agency claims to have recovered 15,000 yaba tablets from her rented house. The…
Two detained with gold bars worth Tk 2 crore at Shahjalal airport
Officials of Dhaka Customs House have detained an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and a passenger with gold bars worth about Tk 2 crore from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport. A press release of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on…
10th Her e-Trade Exhibition begins in Dhanmondi
The 10th Her e-Trade Exhibition, ‘Sharadiya Abahon’, has begun at the Midas Centre on Dhanmondi-27 in the capital. Organised by the Her e-Trade Trust, the two-day exhibition will continue until tomorrow, Saturday. Dr Nazneen Ahmed, executive…
Bashundhara Welfare Society begins journey at new office
The new office of Bashundhara Welfare Society has been formally inaugurated with the aim of further improving the welfare of and the standard of services for the residents of Bashundhara Residential Area. The new office was inaugurated on Thursday…
‘Tk 5 lakh cannot be the value of a life’, says MP Monirul
Cumilla-6 lawmaker Monirul Haque Chowdhury has demanded that compensation for the families of those killed in road accidents be arranged by transport owners as well, alongside the government. He said countless people are losing their lives in road…
Bodies of two children missing in Turag river recovered in Tongi
The bodies of two children have been recovered 22 hours after they went missing while going to catch fish in the Turag river at Tongi in Gazipur. A Fire Service diving team recovered their bodies from under the railway bridge on the river on Thursday (1…
Police special drive in Sonargaon, 12 arrested including with yaba
Twelve people have been arrested in various cases, along with 48 yaba tablets, in a special police drive in Sonargaon, Narayanganj. They were arrested in separate drives conducted in the police station area on Wednesday (30 September). Sonargaon Police…
Tension over footpath eviction in Mirpur, three city corporation vehicles set on fire
Clashes, vandalism and arson have taken place centring a footpath eviction drive in the Mirpur-10 area of the capital. The incident took place on the footpath in front of Hope Market at around 10:30am on Wednesday. Mohammad Naser Rikabder, deputy…
Footpath recovery drive will go on, accomplices of fascism behind attack: DNCC administrator
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Md Shafiqul Islam Khan has announced that the drive to recover footpaths will continue even after the incidents of clashes, fire and vandalism during a footpath eviction drive at Mirpur-10 in the capital.…