Two people were killed after being struck by lightning at two separate areas at Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Nahid Ahmed, 13, son of Nurul Haque of Agfout village, and Abdul Mannan, 45, of Babarband village. According to locals, both of them were outside of their houses and returning to home amid a ...
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Former planning minister Mannan sent to jail
Sunamganj Correspondent : A Sunamganj court today sent former planning minister MA Mannan to jail in a case filed over the attack on students during the protests on August 4. Mannan was arrested by police yesterday evening from his village in Sunamganj. Sunamganj Judicial Magistrate Farhan Sadique passed the order after police produced him before the court, said Mashuk Alam, ...
Read More »Youth arrested for raping school girl in Moulvibazar
Police arrested a youth from his house over raping a school girl at Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday night. The arrested man is Jahangir Miah, 25, a residen of Kamasid village under Mirzapur union in the upazila. Police said that the victim, age around 14, a ninth-grader of a local school, was raped several times in her room ...
Read More »Former planning minister MA Mannan arrested in Sunamganj
Sunamganj Correspondent : Police arrested former Planning Minister MA Mannan from his home in Sunamganj’s Shatiganj upazila yesterday evening. AFM Anwar Hossain, superintendent of Sunamganj police, said, “He [MA Mannan] is accused in a case filed with a court. After being informed that he was at his village home, police conducted a drive and arrested him.” “We will produce him ...
Read More »Tarique Rahman acquitted from defamation case in Habiganj
A Habiganj court has acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case filed against him in the district. Habiganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Abdul Alim passed the order on Thursday. Asaduzzaman Khan Tuhin, a former vice-president of the Habiganj district Chhatra League in 2015, filed the case following comments made by Tarique Rahman about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ...
Read More »Policeman cut by train in Sylhet
A policeman was killed after being crushed under the wheels of a train in the Shibbari area at Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Zahirul Haque, hailed from Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj. He was a constable in the South Surma Police Station. The accident occurred in the Shibbari area of South Surma ...
Read More »Habiganj’s ex-Mayor Selim arrested in a muder cases
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained former Mayor of Habiganj Municipality and Organizing Secretary of the District Awami League Ataur Rahman Selim and later handed him to police. RAB-2 and RAB-9 conducted a joint operation in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka and picked up Selim on Tuesday afternoon. Dhanmondi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Anwar Hossain said on Wednesday Selim was ...
Read More »Ex-Justice Manik to remain in jail though gets bail
Former Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been granted bail in a case filed for attempting to illegally cross into India through the Kanaighat border in Sylhet. Around 9:30AM on Tuesday, Manik was produced before the court of Kanaighat Additional Chief Judicial Marigtrate Anjan Kanti Das. Then his lawyer applied for bail, which was later granted by the ...
Read More »Tea workers demand wage of Tk 500 a day
The tea workers on Sunday at separate protest rallies in Moulvibazar demanded the cancellation of the new gazette and the minimum daily wage of a worker Tk 500. They said that if the demands were not met, they would go for a strict movement. The Central Committee of the Bangladesh Tea Workers Federation held a rally at Choumuhana Square in ...
Read More »JCD leader among 2 killed in Habiganj road crash
Two motorcyclists, including a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), were killed in a road accident at Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district on Saturday night. The accident took place around 10 PM at Chandrichara Tea Garden area in the upazila. The deceased were identified as Hafiz Sarkar, son of Moulad Mia from Sudiakhala village under Shayestaganj upazila, and Mostafizur ...
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