District
Road Transport Act: Bus drives go on indefinite strike in Kishoreganj
Bus drivers went on an indefinite strike on Thursday demanding cancellation of some sections of the Road Transport Act which came into effect on Friday last.
Class-II student thrashed by teacher dies in Madaripur
A madrasa student, who was injured after being beaten by his teacher, died at the Sadar hospital on Wednesday evening.
Students block road to protect school from grabbers
Chandpur, Nov 6 (UNB) – Students and guardians of a school here on Wednesday blockaded the Chandpur-Cumilla regional highway in a bid to protect the property of Ashikati Government School of Ashikati union under Sadar upazila from local grabbers.
Huge catch of poa turns fisherman into overnight millionaire
The lot of a fisherman in Kutubdia upazila has changed overnight as he sold 81 giant poa fish for Tk 40 lakh (4 million).
Mobile courts active to prevent profiteering off onions
Chattogram, Nov 6 (UNB) – A mobile court here on Wednesday fined a seller Tk 20,000 for selling onions at excessively high price after imprisonment of two importers on charge of conspiracy to sell onions at high price.
Two more held over Borhanuddin clash
Police arrested two persons in cases filed over the recent clash between police and demonstrating locals in Borhanuddin upazila that claimed four lives and left 200 injured.
Dinajpur youth gets life term for rape
A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to life term imprisonment as he raped a girl of South Baluadanga area of the district.
Section 144 imposed in Thakurgaon’s Haripur upazila
The local administration imposed section 144 in Haripur Upazila on Wednesday as two groups of ruling Awami League called meetings at the same venue.
7 Bangladeshis detained by BSF along Naogaon border
Naogaon, Nov 5 (UNB) – Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detained seven Bangladeshi nationals along Hapania border in Porsha upazila early Tuesday.
2 warehouse owners jailed for selling onion at high prices
Chattogram, Nov 5 (UNB) – A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced two warehouse owners to 15-day imprisonment for selling onion at a high price at Station Road in the Port City.