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Four Indians among six held with arms, ammo

BRAHMANBARIA, May 11 (UNB): Police arrested six people, including four Indian nationals, along with illegal firearms and ammunition in Kasba Upazila here on Saturday.The arrested Indian citizens are Swarnajit Debnath, 23, son of Shyamal Chandra Debnath of Vishalgad district, Nirmalendu Chowdhury, 32, son of Ranjan Chowdhury of South Tripura district,...

Road crashes claim 1,552 lives in four months: NCPSRR

At least 1,552 people were killed in road accidents across the country between January and April this year, reports UNB.As many as 1,495 accidents on various highways, national, inter-district and regional roads left 3,039 others injured, said the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), a non-government organisation,...

Members of Bangladesh Nurses’ Association of Mitford Medical College and Hospital formed a human

Members of Bangladesh Nurses’ Association of Mitford Medical College and Hospital formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city on Saturday demanding capital punishment to the killers of Ibne Sina Hospital nurse Shahinur Akhter Tania, who was raped and killed allegedly by driver of...

Savar road crash kills one

SAVAR, May 11 (UNB): A man was killed and four others were injured as a staff minibus of a furniture company plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Boliarpur here on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Himu, 25, an accounts officer of Hatil Complex.AFM Sayed, officer-in-charge of...

Workers of Latif Bawany Jute Mills Limited and Karim Jute Mills Limited who are on an indefinite

Workers of Latif Bawany Jute Mills Limited and Karim Jute Mills Limited who are on an indefinite strike demonstrating on Saturday in the Demra area to press home their nine-point demand — Focus Bangla

CJFD gets new committee

Shahed Siddique, chief reporter of The Independent, has unanimously been elected president of Chittagong Journalists Forum Dhaka (CJFD), reports UNB.Morshed Noman, senior reporter of the daily Prothom Alo, has been elected as the general secretary for the next one year.Other office bearers of CJFD are: Vice-President Shibu Kanti Das (daily...

Ten of injured in Biman accident in Yangon flown back to Dhaka

As many as 10 of those injured in the Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane accident at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar returned to Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com.A special flight carrying them arrived at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 10:45pm on Friday.They included four of the passengers, two pilots, two cabin crew...

ACC summons six DGHS officials for quizzing

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) launched probe into the allegation of purchasing furniture at abnormal price for the Cox's Bazar Medical College and Hospital.As part of the investigation, the ACC will interrogate six officials of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today (Sunday) at the DGHS office in city's Mohakhali,...

Dev projects implemented violating HRs, environmental guidelines

The government implements various development projects by violating human rights and environmental guidelines and through limitless irregularities and corruption, speakers told a programme in the city on Saturday. In setting up the Matarbari coal-fired power plant, the government is not considering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) like health and welfare,...

Two drug peddler suspects killed in Cox's Bazar

Two people have been killed in Cox's Bazar during an anti-narcotics drive, reports bdnews24.com.Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of an unidentified man killed in an alleged predawn gunfight between two rival gangs of drug peddlers in Cox's Bazar town on Saturday, according to Khandakar Farid Uddin, chief of Sadar Police...

Hospital vandalised in Laxmipur over death of patient

LAXMIPUR, May 11 (UNB): Relatives went on a rampage at Adhunik Hospital in the district town on Saturday morning following death of a patient due to 'wrong treatment'.Quoting relatives, Lokman Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Rezia Begum was admitted to the hospital at around 02:00 am with her...

WEATHER-12-05-2019

Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Sunday), reports UNB.Weather may remain mainly dry elsewhere over the country, the Met Office said.Mild to moderate...

Major General SM Safiuddin Ahmed, GOC and Area Commander

Major General SM Safiuddin Ahmed, GOC and Area Commander, Logistics Area handing over champion trophy of the Bangladesh Army Azan and Qirat competition -- 2019 to the Bogura team at Dhaka Cantonment Central Mosque in the capital on Friday — ISPR