Protest in song and poetry, ‘Rabindra-Nazrul in a hundred voices’ at Cox’s Bazar Shaheed Minar
It is in his creations that he remains eternally memorable, revered and enthroned in a seat of respect. His songs, poems and plays transcend the bounds of time and stay awake in the hearts of crores of Bengalis. That is why the protest against the…
Smartphone displays worth over Tk 12 crore seized at Bijoynagar border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) today seized Indian smartphone displays worth more than Tk 12 crore in a drive at the Bijoynagar border of the district, but no one could be detained. Battalion commander Lt Col Jabbar Ahmed disclosed the matter at a press…
Body of unidentified woman found in blanket-wrapped sack in Matlab
Police have recovered the body of an unidentified middle-aged woman, wrapped in a blanket and stuffed into a sack, from a beel in Matlab Municipality of Matlab Dakshin upazila in Chandpur. Her identity could not be established immediately as her face was…
Navy drive in Chandpur to protect mother hilsa, illegal nets worth nearly Tk 7 crore burnt
The Bangladesh Navy has seized 7,14,870 metres of illegal current nets and 22 other nets in a drive in Chandpur. The drive was carried out on Sunday at various river estuaries and canals in the district to protect the breeding and reproduction of mother…
Farmer electrocuted by rat trap while fetching grass in Senbagh
A farmer has lost his life after being electrocuted by an electric trap for killing rats laid in a paddy field while going to fetch grass for his cattle. The farmer killed in this incident in Senbagh, Noakhali, was named Sheikh Khaja Mainuddin (45). The…
252 more detained in Cumilla, total 2,598 in drive against teen gangs
The total number of people detained in several days of drives in Cumilla has risen to 2,598. In the district police’s special drive to curb teen gangs and juvenile crime, another 252 people have most recently been detained. The drive was conducted…
39kg of ganja and yaba recovered, four detained in two SRB drives in Feni
SRB has recovered 39kg of ganja, 895 yaba tablets and 10 bottles of Eskuf syrup and detained four people along with a pickup in separate drives in the district’s Sadar and Parshuram upazilas. SRB-7 sources said a drive was conducted in the…
Young man’s body found beside pond in Senbagh a day after he left home in a huff
Police have recovered the body of a young man named Md Maruf, 21, from the bank of a pond in Senbagh upazila of Noakhali, a day after he left home in a huff. The body was sent to the morgue of 250-bed Noakhali General Hospital for post-mortem examination…
Tk 50 lakh extortion demand and cigarette looting: Prime accused in Chattogram case held in Sarail
A joint team of Special Response Battalion (SRB)-9 and SRB-7 has arrested from Brahmanbaria the prime accused in a case filed over allegations of demanding Tk 50 lakh in extortion from a businessman in Chattogram, beating and looting a huge quantity of…
Teenage girl abducted from mother at court premises, accused arrested
In connection with the incident of a teenage girl being forcibly taken away from her mother at the court premises in Noakhali, a crack team of CPC-3 of the Special Response Battalion (SRB-11) has conducted a drive, rescued the girl and arrested accused…