Fishing with permanent dam on Kumar river: illegal structure removed in administration drive in Kashiani
The administration has removed a structure for catching fish illegally by building a permanent dam on the Kumar river. The drive was conducted on Friday (9 October) afternoon in that part of the river at Balugram Dakshinpara village in Maheshkhali union…
Farmer cutting grass injured by BSF pellet fire at Daulatpur border, BGB fires back
A Bangladeshi farmer was injured in firing by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) at the Jamalpur border in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia at around 9:30am on Saturday (10 October). His name is Sazul Hossain (30). The incident took place in the area…
Tax Lawyers Association gets new 31-member committee led by Ramizuddin Ahmed and Mazam Ali Khan
A new executive committee of the Bangladesh Tax Lawyers Association (BTLA) has been formed with Ramizuddin Ahmed elected president and Md Mazam Ali Khan secretary general. The committee’s term is 2026-29. The 39th general meeting of the BTLA was…
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…
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…
528 arrested in capital in DMP’s one-day drive, 53 cases filed
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 528 people in drives in the capital in the last 24 hours. During this time, 53 cases were filed. Md Aktar Hossain, deputy commissioner of DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division, gave this information…
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…
Thursday today: Which areas and markets in the capital are closed
Markets and shops in different areas of the capital remain closed on different days of the week. Often, after reaching the destination, one finds that the shops and markets of that area are closed that day. So, before going out, find out which…
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…