Parked bus set on fire in Siddhirganj, case filed against 18 named accused
A case has been filed against 18 people, including several leaders and activists of the local Awami League and its associate bodies, on charges of setting fire to a bus kept by the roadside in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj. Siddhirganj Police Station…
Programme to plant 5,000 palmyra palm seeds in Cumilla to reduce lightning risk
Voluntary organisation ‘Lal Sabuj Unnayan Sangha’ has taken an initiative to plant 5,000 palmyra palm seeds in different upazilas of the district with the aim of reducing the risk of lightning strikes and protecting the environment. As part…
Black stone idol recovered in Joypurhat before being smuggled to India, four detained
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Special Response Battalion (SRB) have recovered a black stone idol worth Tk 72.90 lakh in Akkelpur of the district during preparations to smuggle it to India. Four members of an idol-smuggling ring have been detained…
Aprotim murder: two arrested teenagers sent to Tongi child development centre
Of the four accused arrested in the case over the murder of schoolboy Ishayat Shahriar Aprotim, 13, in Cumilla, the two underage teenagers have been brought to the Tongi Child Development Centre (Boys) in Gazipur. The other two accused have been sent to…
202 arrested in 24-hour police drives in Rajshahi range
A total of 202 people have been arrested along with a huge quantity of narcotics in drives by Rajshahi range police over the past 24 hours. This information was given in a press release sent from the Rajshahi range office on Tuesday (22 September).…
Two peddlers arrested in Cox’s Bazar with 14,000 yaba pills hidden in motorcycle
Special Response Battalion (SRB)-15 has arrested two drug peddlers with 14,000 yaba pills in a raid in the Link Road area of Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila. A motorcycle used to transport the drugs, cash and two mobile phones were seized at the time.…
Dengue patients few, yet Aedes larvae at 60-70 percent of spots in some places: DNCC administrator
Although the number of dengue patients is comparatively low, Aedes mosquito larvae are being found at up to 60 to 70 percent in various areas, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Shafiqul Islam Khan Milton has said. He gave this information…
Meritorious students with GPA-5 accorded reception in Charfasson
Meritorious students of Charfasson upazila in Bhola who obtained GPA-5 in the SSC and equivalent examinations of 2026 have been accorded a reception. The event was held at Charfasson Brajagopal Town Hall on Saturday, organised by Charfasson Upazila…
Three including a woman die in separate road accidents in Bogura
Three people have been killed in two separate road accidents in the district. Six more have been injured in these incidents. The first accident took place on Monday morning in front of TMSS Medical College Hospital in the Thengamara area of Bogura Sadar…
Two workers electrocuted at under-construction building in Kishoreganj
Several workers were lifting rods to the top of an under-construction building. Suddenly, when the bundle of rods came into contact with the electric line of an AC outside the building, two workers were electrocuted and died instantly. The accident…