Mother and two children die in Chirirbandar, husband and in-laws in police custody
Police have recovered the body of a housewife along with those of her two young children from a room of a house in Mostafapur Balupara village of Amarpur union in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur at about 7pm on Sunday night. The dead are Swarna Akter…
Younger brother dies under treatment in Rangpur after row over cowshed
An allegation has been raised that Azizul Mia, 54, was killed in Sadullapur of Gaibandha after being beaten by his elder brother following a dispute over the boundary of their homestead. Police have detained a woman for questioning in connection with the…
Boda temples get Tk 1.65 crore in donation cheques from state minister
State Minister for Water Resources Farhad Hossain Azad has said 10,000 workers of the BNP and its affiliated organisations will serve as volunteers to ensure that Durga Puja in Panchagarh is celebrated in a peaceful and festive atmosphere. He also said…
Court sends father-in-law to jail in attempted rape case at Bhullee
Police have arrested father-in-law Lalu Das, 45, at Bhullee in Thakurgaon in a case filed over the allegation of attempting to rape his son’s wife. He was sent to jail through the court on Friday. Earlier, he was arrested from the Board Office…
Interns in Nilphamari go on work abstention over assault on doctor, ambulance driver jailed
Police have arrested an ambulance driver named Naim Islam, 25, on charges of harassing and beating a doctor. The incident took place at Nilphamari 250-bed General Hospital. In protest, doctors, officials and staff of the hospital brought out a procession…
Children drawn to school by tiffin of eggs, milk and bananas: school feeding programme in 138 Baliadangi schools
A school feeding programme has been launched at government primary schools in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon, and students, teachers and guardians are voicing hope over it. Little Kashfia packs her books and notebooks in the morning and sets off for…
Touchstone idol weighing 24.5kg seized in BGB drive on Thakurgaon border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a touchstone idol weighing 24 kilograms 450 grams in a drive in Thakurgaon. The Thakurgaon Battalion (50 BGB) conducted the drive late on Wednesday night. According to BGB, acting on its own intelligence last…
Murder in the trap of friendship: teenager Rakib’s body taken to Nilphamari in a carton
Md Rakibul Islam, 17, had come to Dhaka from Tangail a month ago to prepare for university admission and moved into a mess in East Shewrapara. After getting a phone call from Abdullah Al Mamun, whom he had known earlier through Facebook, he went in front…
Husband sentenced to death for beating wife to death in Lalmonirhat
A court has sentenced husband Md Atikul Islam to death in a case over brutally beating his wife to death in Lalmonirhat. At the same time, he has been fined Tk 20,000, in default of which he will have to serve six more months of simple imprisonment. In…
Kurigram’s ‘Mayer Doa’ boat now at Manikganj’s Beutha ghat
A boat race will be held tomorrow, Saturday, on the Kaliganga river in the traditional Beutha area of Manikganj. On this occasion, competitors have begun arriving with boats from different areas of the country. Already the khella boat named ‘Mayer…