Bangladesh
2 workers electrocuted in city
Dhaka, June 23 (UNB) – Two house painters died from electrocution in an under-construction building in the city’s Mohammadpur area on Sunday.
Gang rape ‘mastermind’ arrested in Mymensingh
Netrokona June 23 (UNB)— A man, suspected to have planned the gang rape of a young girl in Netrokona, was arrested in Mymensingh on Sunday.
Poverty rate to be brought down to a level less than US: PM
Dhaka, Jun 23 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government’s target is to bring down the country’s poverty rate to a level less than what the USA has.
HC seeks list of milk, curd producers in Dhaka
Dhaka, June 23 (UNB) – The High Court on Sunday sought a list of milk and curd producers in the capital.
Not more than 60 lakh affected by extreme poverty: Planning Minister
Dhaka, June 23 (UNB) - Planning Minister MA Mannan on Sunday said the number of people living in extreme poverty is now below 60 lakh in the country.
Jubo League leader hacked to death in Shariatpur
Shariatpur, June 23 (UNB)— A local Jubo League leader was hacked to death by miscreants at Sardarkandi village in Naria upazila on Saturday night.
AL taking Bangladesh forward: Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka, June 23 (UNB) – The ruling Awami League has been leading Bangladesh towards development and prosperity, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Sunday.
Two killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, June 23 (UNB) – Two people, including a Rohingya man accused of human trafficking, were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Katabunia in Teknaf upazila on early Sunday.
AL was formed to bring back Bangladesh’s independence: PM Hasina
Dhaka, Jun 23 (UNB)- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that Awami League was formed on this in 1949 to bring back the independence of Bangladesh which was lost in Amrakanon on June 23, 1757 through the defeat of the last independent Nawab of Bengal.
Two including cop caught accepting bribe outside Tangail SP’s office
Tangail, June 23 (UNB)- Two individuals, including a police Sub-Inspector, were arrested while taking bribe from a job seeker’s relative in front of the superintendent of police’s (SP) office in the city on Friday night.