Chattogram

Chattogram

Cox’s bazar int’l airport: Launch blows past deadline

The upgrade of Cox’s Bazar airfield to an international airport has been delayed by about a week as it awaits government approval.

Khagrachhari girl: Doctors find ‘no signs of rape’

A report prepared by a government medical board in Khagrachhari says that doctors found “no evidence of rape” in tests on a 12-year-old schoolgirl, whose alleged assault triggered deadly protests...

Shot dead weeks before fatherhood

Wife due next month as family pleads for peace only, not a case

Road blockade continues in Khagrachhari amid protests over rape

Section 144 still in force in Sadar, Guimara

Khagrachhari violence: Police identify three killed yesterday

Uneasy calm with Section 144 in force and roads under blockade

ISPR says UPDF incited violence in Khagrachhari

Says army personnel, BGB members injured; UPDF behind arson

Protest over 'rape': 3 shot dead in Khagrachhari

Three people were shot dead and four others injured yesterday afternoon in Khagrachhari’s Guimara upazila during protests by indigenous people over the rape of a schoolgirl.

Four Cuet teachers named among world’s top 2% scientists

Recognition for research in renewable energy, smart textiles, materials science and more

Rangpur

Rangpur

‘I’m going to guard the border where my sister Felani was murdered’

Arfan Hossain, who lost his sister to BSF gunfire in 2011, joins BGB

Derailment at Rangpur: Train services resume after 14 hours

The services were restored around 2:30am today

Female teacher’s body recovered from river in Gaibandha

Police say cause of death yet to be determined

Thakurgaon district BNP conference underway

Fakhrul inaugurates council; Tarique Rahman to address virtually

Santals protest ‘false’ extortion case in Gaibandha

Indigenous community accuses union chairman and his family of land grabbing, demands police action

Nilphamari EPZ: One killed as workers clash with law enforcers

A worker was killed, and at least seven others were injured in a clash with law enforcers at the Uttara Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nilphamari yesterday.

Beloved Kurigram teacher honoured with grand farewell after 32 years of service

Teachers, current and former students, guardians, colleagues, and locals joined the procession

Two cousins drown in Thakurgaon pond

Two minors drowned in a pond in Krishnapur village of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila yesterday.

Rajshahi

Rajshahi

Pust teacher sacked over sexual harassment

Assistant professor Subrata Kumar Biswas penalised after probe finds allegations true

Onion farmers demonstrate over fertiliser price hike

Onion farmers in Pabna Sadar upazila yesterday staged a demonstration over rising prices of fertilisers.

Bus workers of 3 northern districts go on strike

Workers of Dhaka-bound buses from Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi and Natore went on an indefinite strike yesterday, demanding a rise in wages and allowances, causing suffering to passengers.

BNP factions clash in Pabna, 10 injured

Local BNP office vandalised as village turns into a battlefield

Ex-UP chairman and AL leader dies in Gaibandha jail

The 68-year-old, facing charges under Explosives Act, was declared dead at hospital

Russian employee of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant found dead in Pabna

Police suspect 26-year-old suffered a stroke; body sent for autopsy

Rucsu polls: 990 booths to be set up, CCTV to monitor counting for transparency

Vice-chancellor opens press corner for media coverage

Daylong hartal in Pabna’s Bera cuts road, river links with Dhaka

Agitators put up barricades at different points of Bera Bus Stand area, halting vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Pabna highway

Sylhet

Sylhet

Panchgaon’s ‘Lal Durga’: A 300-year-old tradition of faith and colour

Unique red idol continues to draw thousands of devotees during Durga Puja

Protesters block Kulaura tracks over Sylhet's ‘poor’ rail condition

They halted Chattogram-bound Paharika Express from Sylhet near Kulaura station

Dhak, dhol makers struggle to keep tradition alive

In the bustling lanes of Notunbazar in Sreemangal, while shoppers crowd clothing stores, a different scene unfolds at a small shop. Upside-down dhols of various sizes are neatly arranged as...

Durga Puja celebrations begin at centuries-old Sreemangal temple

Devotees worship nine forms of Goddess Durga

Train engine failure in Habiganj snaps Dhaka-Sylhet-Ctg rail link

Engine of Parabat Intercity Express broke down in Shayestaganj upazila

India’s BSF pushes 12 Rohingyas through Moulvibazar border

BGB members detained them, interrogated and took them into custody

Where humans and birds share a home

Villagers of Ajmer protect a thriving bird colony in Moulvibazar

Khulna

Khulna

BGB-BSF flag meeting allows Bangladeshi relatives to see body of Indian national

75-year-old from North 24 Parganas died of old-age complications

Thousands of Bangladeshis travelling to India during Durga Puja

Over 9,427 travelled via Benapole in 6 days

Man killed by mob over theft charges

A man was allegedly killed by a mob in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore early yesterday on suspicion of "stealing fish".

Khulna eviction clash: 2 cases filed, 500 accused

Charges include blocking govt activities, attacking police officials

Khulna eviction drive turns violent; police and locals injured

Police say they were following court orders

Lightning strikes kill 2 in Kushtia

Two people, including a schoolboy, were killed in separate lightning strikes in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia yesterday afternoon.

Delimitation row: Protesters besiege election office in Bagerhat for third day

They also blocked the main gate of the office staging a sit-in there

Mymensingh

Mymensingh

Two held over rape of girl

Police have arrested two persons on charges of raping a schoolgirl in Mymensingh's Haluaghat upazila on Monday.

Two held for shaving fakir’s hair in M’singh

Police on Tuesday arrested two men in Mymensingh city for their involvement in forcibly shaving the hair and beard of 70-year-old Halim Uddin Akand just before Eid-ul-Azha this year.

Netrakona locals trapped between outages, ghost bills

Frequent load-shedding and “ghost bills” have left Netrakona residents struggling to cope in the sweltering heat. From sleepless nights to sick livestock, the crisis has hit the district’s rural...

Jamalpur journo’s body recovered from home

Police recovered the body of a journalist in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur early yesterday.

One held for vandalising idols in Jamalpur temple

The incident took place late last night at Taryapara temple in the municipality.

Woman found hanging at in-laws’ home in Jamalpur

Police detain her in-laws; husband is on the run

Locals hand over Netrokona UP chairman to police

Shown arrested in sabotage case, sent to jail by court

Two killed as two buses collide in Mymensingh

The identity of the two male victims could not be known immediately

Barisal

Barisal

Two children tortured over alleged hilsa theft

Two children were allegedly tied up and tortured on charges of stealing hilsa in Patuakhali's Galachipa upazila on Monday.

Two to die for rape, murder in Barishal

A Barishal tribunal has sentenced two men to death for raping and murdering a woman and later dumping her body in a canal in Hizla upazila in 2013.

Couple's bodies recovered from house in Barguna

Police recovered bodies of a couple from their house in Barguna's Sadar upazila yesterday.

Two bodies recovered from Patuakhali’s Lohalia river

Police have recovered bodies of two men from the Lohalia river in Patuakhali

BCL leader ‘beaten, hacked’ to death

Police recovered body of a leader of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League yesterday morning near his home in Bhola town.

‘Allah, heal my father’: A child’s last prayer and a family’s plea for justice

Tanvir, 8, died at DMCH after losing all four limbs; parents allege a misdiagnosis in Bhola

One killed in mob beating in Patuakhali

One person was killed and another injured after being beaten by locals on allegations of robbery in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali early yesterday.

Jamaat suspends party membership of Patuakhali prosecutor over bribery allegation

Advocate Ruhul Amin accused of offering Tk 50,000 bribe to judge in gang-rape case

Dhaka

Dhaka

200 birds burnt in Kapasia bazar fire

A fire at Kapasia Bazar in Gazipur has gutted at least five businesses and killed more than 200 birds, around 10:00am yesterday.

Man beaten to death on suspicion of robbery

A man was beaten to death on suspicion of being a robber in Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila early yesterday.

CID confiscates Tk 10cr properties linked to gold smuggling

Shyam Ghosh accused of laundering money through illegal gold trade

To us, PR means public relations

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said conspiracies by both local and foreign forces are visibly afoot to obstruct Bangladesh's democratic transition, but the people are...

US human trafficking report: Bangladesh stuck in Tier 2 for 6yrs

Bangladesh has retained its position on Tier 2 of the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the sixth year in a row.

41 citizens demand justice after rape, deadly clashes in Khagrachhari

Joint statement calls for transparent probe, protection for victim, and accountability

Police capable of ensuring neutral election amid challenges: IGP

Baharul Alam says over 1,300 firearms recovered after July uprising, special training underway

49 untoward incidents reported at puja mandaps: IGP

15 cases filed, 19 arrested; police say no major communal unrest so far