A man was killed in a clash between two rival groups over a land dispute at Bahubol upazila of Habiganj district on Tuesday. The clash broke out around 9 AM on Tuesday at Babnakandi village in the upazila. The victim was Wahid Mia, 32, son of Ishaque Molla and a resident of the same village. Citing locals, police said there ...

Members of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) in a drive seized 10,000 kilograms of Indian sugar from Madhabpur border area in Habiganj district on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the force conducted a raid in Jagadishpur Muktijoddha Chattar area and seized the sugar in an abandoned condition, BGB Habiganj 55 Battalion Captain Lieutenant Colonel Imdadul Bari Khan said, ...

Police have arrested a man on charges of raping a teenager at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district. The accused was shown arrested in a case filed by the victim and then sent to jail on Monday afternoon. The arrested is Jamshed Mia, 38, a resident of Lalpur village under Tilagaon union of the upazila. According to the case statement, Jamshed ...

A court in Dhaka on Monday rejected the bail petition of former planning minister MA Mannan in a case filed over an attack on the students and mass people on August 4 in Sunamganj. Judge Nirjan Kumar Mitra of the Speedy Trial Court rejected the bail in absense of Mannan after hearing the statements of plaitiffs and defense. The courtroom ...

More than 50 people were injured in a clash over a football match at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday. According to locals, a tension arose between the supporters of current East Birgaon Union Parishad chairman Riazul Islam Raizul and former chairman Noor Kalam at Birgaon Bazar area on Sunday afternoon over a football match. At one stage it ...

Sylhet city will enforce a ban on battery-run rickshaws and unregistered CNG-powered auto-rickshaws from Monday (September 23), following the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued by the Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP). The ban, announced on September 16, prohibits the operation of illegal vehicles on major roads within Sylhet city. According to Mohammad Saiful Islam, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of SMP, ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says she does not believe she has broken parliamentary rules over declaring a stay in a New York flat owned by a Labour donor. She told the BBC that Lord Waheed Alli was a friend and the trip had been a “personal holiday” but she had been “transparent” by disclosing her use of the apartment ...

Two children drowned in a pond while taking bath at Lakhai upazila in Habiganj district on Friday evening. The incident happened at Noaggao village under Bamoi union in the upazila. The deceased were identified as Sushi Akhter, 5, daughter of Sohag Miah, and Sohag’s sister’s daughter Barsha Akhtar, 4, residents of the area. It was learnt the two children went ...

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 ...

Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, “was a monster” enabled by a system that “pervaded” the London store, a lawyer for his accusers has said. The late Harrods owner was described as a “sexual predator” who assaulted staff and threatened them over a 25-year-period, barristers representing dozens of women told a press conference in London on Friday. Dean ...