DHAKA: A traffic sergeant in city died at Apollo Hospital sustaining bullet injuries from his own service pistol early Saturday, confirmed airport thana police.The deceased was identified as Oajed Mahmud, hailed from Habiganj.Airport thana OC Samsuddin Saleh Chowdhury said that Oajed

DHAKA: A housewife at Bangshal in the city set fire to her body over a trifling family dispute on Friday evening.The victim is Afrina Akhter, 27, of Abul Hasnat road under Bangshal thana. Afrina’s husband Nur Mohammad Rony, 32, was also burnt severely while trying to save her.The both

DHAKA: A group of students of Dhaka University formed a human chain on Saturday on the campus at the foot of Aparajeyo Bangla to protest the occupation and damage of a temple in the old Dhaka. They also brought out a procession that marched through the campus.   Some local people on

SAVAR: A college teacher was beaten to death allegedly by his in-laws in Savar on the outskirts of the capital Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Shah Alam Shaheen, a teacher of Computer Science at Jahangirnagar University School and college. Quoting victim’s family members,

BENAPOLE: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni said India, Nepal and Bhutan can use Mongla and Chittagong seaports as transit in the future, as regional connectivity is being tossed as a forward-looking concept of the day. “Economic advances of the country are possible letting neighboring

DHAKA: A leader of the ruling Awami League and probable councilor candidate for Dhaka City Ward No 56 was shot dead on Friday evening in the capital’s Segunbagicha area, police and locals said. Shahbagh police officer-in-charge Rezaul Karim said Ibrahim Ahmed, 40, an Awami League leader

DHAKA: A team of Rapid Action Battalion on early Friday arrested five drug peddlers alongwith a firearm and Yaba tablets from different areas in the capital.The arrested were identified as Sahadat Hossain Munna alias Joy, 29, Manjur Hossain, 25, Salimuddin Salim, 24, Jamal Hossain Ripon,

THAKURGAON: A bus hit a parked van and killed the van puller on the spot in Baliadangi town of Thakurgaon Friday morning.Witnesses said that a Dhaka bound bus of Babul Enterprise from Ranisangkoil hit the parked van, killing its puller Rafiqul on the spot at around 9 am.Boliadangi thana

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested two activists of banned Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir while pasting posters at Badsha Mia road in the city Friday.Arrested Anwar Parvez Shikdar, 22, and Mohammad Habibullah alias Habib alias Hafiz, 22, are the third year students of Electrical Engineering dept

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Friday granted a 4-day remand for the stand-in chief of the banned militant outfit JMB, Anwar Alam alias ‘Bhagne’ Shahid, in a case filed for the attempt to murder Dr Humayun Azad.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate AKM Emdadul Haque issued the order after CID

CHITTAGONG: The laid-off Raozan and Shikalbaha thermal power plants resumed operation generating 200 megawatts of electricity with the gas diverted from Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (KAFCO) Friday.On Thursday, the government suspended gas supply to KAFCO, the last

DHAKA: Veteran leader of the ruling Awami League Suranjit Sengupta MP stood against the government decisions on closing car-refueling stations, mill-factories and educational institutions during the month of Ramadan as remedies for gas crunch and traffic tailback.“The government should

DHAKA: A group of young professionals on Friday demanded the government to stop oppression on garments workers.They also demanded immediate release of garment workers arrested during the recent unrest in the garment industries and fix the minimum wage at Tk 5000 for workers.Without any

GAZIPUR: A mobile court led by an executive magistrate conducted raids in Gazipur Thursday and  fined 11 offenders, including hospitals and clinics, to pay Tk 2.9 lakh  and arrested two persons on different allegations.The mobile court led by executive magistrate of Gazipur District,

CHITTAGONG: The government Friday suspended gas supply to Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (KAFCO), the last fertilizer-manufacturing factory to lie down under a gas-rationing plan prepared to gear up power plants to tackle electricity shortages in the country.With this, officials said,

BOGRA: Eight people including a ward councilor have been sued here in BNP leader Shahin Ali murder case.Dulal Hossain, brother of slain BNP leader Shahin Ali, filed the case with Sadar thana on Thursday midnight against pourashava ward councilor and Jubo Dal leader Delwar Hossain Poshari

DHAKA: Paribortan Foundation (PF) Friday demanded trial of militant Moulana Tajuddin and his so-called mentor Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman for allegedly planning the grenade attack on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while she was in the opposition on August 21, 2004.The PF leaders formed

KUSHTIA: A contractor was shot at Sheikhpara Bazar near Islami University on Thursday night as he refused to pay toll.Victim Raju Ahmed, 45, of Sheikhpara village in Jhenidah district, was admitted to Kushtia Genaral Hospital in a critical condition.Kushtia Islami University thana OC

DHAKA: Armed assailants shot a man to death and wounded another at Nayatola in city’s Moghbazar area Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Swapan Talukder, 35, a brick and sand trader.Victim’s family members said Sawpan left home for a pharmacy to buy medicine at

DHAKA: Planning Ramadan vacation for educational institutions across the country laid bare a lack of coordination between ministries with the holiday beginning next week on different dates. The Ministery of Education and the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education lacked the coordination