Our Correspondent :A court in Madaripur on Wednesday convicted two people and sentenced them to death for killing a man in 2012.The condemned convicts are Salim Munshi and Pabel Shikder, residents of Kalibari village under Haridasdi-Mahendradi union in Rajoir upazila. Madaripur District Sessions Court Judge Laylatul Ferdaous pronounced the verdict in absentia. The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each.According to the case statement, Shahed Beg, 40, of the same area, went to collect money to go to Libya on...
UNB, Brahmanbaria :A newly married housewife was found hanging at Hirapur village in Akhaura upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Jonaki Akhter, 20, wife of Kazi Palash, a resident of the village in Dakhshin union.Md Arifur Amin, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Akhaura Police Station, said that Polash married off Jonaki a month ago.Family members spotted the hanging body of Jonaki from a fan of her room at night and informed police.On information, police recovered the body and sent it...
UNB, Bagerhat :Incessant rain for the past two days has marooned around 38,000 people in different areas of Bagerhat district imposing huge sufferings to the locals on Friday.Large numbers of shrimp enclosures have been swept away in the rainwater, triggering commercial losses alongside hazards on public life.The District Fisheries Department has been preparing a list of affected fishermen, said District Fisheries Officer Dr Khaled Kanak.Local authorities distributed 2000 packets of dry food among the affected people, said Deputy Commissioner Md...
Dildar Hossain, Panchbibi (Joypurhat) Our Correspondent :Local Awami League leader Mohammad Manik Akand, a member of the district council, on Saturday donated Tk one lakh for the renovation and development of Panchbibi Press Club in Joypurhat.He said if the renovation work is strafed with this money, more allocation would be given later if necessary. Manik Akand, a member of the district council, was thanked on behalf of the Panchbibi Press Club for giving a grant to the press club. Abdul...
Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) in Karimganj Manzur Hossain has been withdrawn.UNO Manzur was accused of raping a college student while he was at UNO in Basail upazila of Tangail. In this case, according to the letter of the Ministry of Public Administration, he has been assigned for the next post, said the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shamim Alam. “We have already released him from Kishoreganj,” DC added.Earlier, the student sent a legal notice to UNO Manzur Hossain along...