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…
Durga Puja at 543 mandaps in Narail, final brush strokes under way on idols
Sharadiya Durga Puja is at the doorstep, so the idol makers of the district now have no time to breathe as they put the final strokes of paint and brush. Work is going on day and night in shifts, giving the idols an aesthetic look. The decoration of most…
Hawkers and auto-rickshaws choke Bhatara’s Madani Avenue
The road running along Madani Avenue in Bhatara was built 100 feet wide for smooth movement. Today, in places, barely 10 feet of it is left for vehicles to use. Local residents allege that roughly 90 feet of the road has been taken over by encroachers. A…
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…
Sweet shop fined Tk 5,000, fruit shop Tk 1,000 in Sirajdikhan
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined two establishments a total of Tk 6,000 in a drive at Sirajdikhan Bazar in Munshiganj. The drive ran from 12 noon to 1:30pm on Tuesday (13 October). During the drive, evidence was found that…
Husband accused of killing wife, then calls 999 himself to report it
A man in Bandar, Narayanganj, has himself called the national emergency service number 999 to report killing his wife. The husband is accused of killing the housewife, Sufia Akter Nishi (24), over suspicion of an extramarital affair and family discord.…
DMP files 2,799 cases for traffic violations in a day, highest 814 in Gulshan
The traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed 2,799 cases in drives in various areas of the capital to catch traffic law violators. The drive was carried out on Monday (12 October), a DMP press release said on Tuesday. According…
Housewife Rojoni Khatun’s body found hanging in mango orchard in Mujibnagar
The hanging body of a housewife named Rojoni Khatun (25) has been found in a mango orchard in Babupur village of Mujibnagar upazila in Meherpur; police recovered the body. She was the daughter of Roidul Sheikh of Roshikpur village under Mujibnagar Police…
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…
Fear of robbery and mugging persists on branch and link roads, Sonargaon residents demand more patrols
Local residents say fear of robbery on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, has eased considerably thanks to police activity and regular patrols. However, although the security situation on the highway has improved, complaints of…