Rajshahi sees Tk 75b mango production this year
RAJSHAHI, July 20 (BSS): Around 1.15 million tonnes of mangoes worth Tk 75 billion were produced from around 93,000 hectares of land in the northern region consisting of Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore districts this year.In the last stage of around three-month brisk business of the seasonal fruit, Mangoes are...
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Drug trader killed in police firing while snatching accused
BRAHMANBARIA, July 20 (UNB): A drug trader was killed in police firing when his relatives were snatching his son from , also an accused in a narcotics case, from the custody of the law enforcers at Adampur village in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria in the early hours of Thursday.The dead,...
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Barishal varsity student found dead in her room
BARISHAL, July 20 (UNB): A first year student of Barishal University (BU) was found dead in her room at a mess on Wednesday night. The dead is Ribna Shahrin, first year student of Botany Department and resident of Molla Chhatri Nibas (Rokeya hall), near the university. She hailed from Pirojpur...
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Three arrested over rape of woman in Kushtia
KUSHTIA, July 20 (UNB): Three persons have been arrested in a case filed over the rape of a 29-yr-old woman in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district.The arrestees are Md Quddus. Robin (21), Masfikur (19) and Russell (20). All are the residents of the upazila.The incident happened around 8:30 pm on...
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Eight to die in Cox's Bazar for killing BD expatriate
COX'S BAZAR, July 20 (UNB): A Cox's Bazar court has sentenced eight people to death in a case over the killing of a Bangladeshi expatriate in Saudi Arabia in Sadar upazila of the district around 23 years back.Cox's Bazar Additional District and Sessions-4 judge Mosharraf Hossain pronounced the judgment in...
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11 fugitive criminals held in Panchagarh
PANCHAGARH July 20 (BSS): Police in a drive arrested eleven fugitive criminals on different charge from different area in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district on Wednesday night.The arrestees are Asgor Ali, Amit Kumar Roy, Ikbal Hossein, Hasan Ali of Peralbari village, Gokul Chandra , Lalu, Samer Ali of Dararhat village...
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