DHAKA: Miscreants abducted husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan in Fatulla area of Narayanganj district.Rizwana’s husband Abu Bakar Siddique, a lawyer-entrepreneur, was abducted in front of the Bhuiyan Filling Station while he

Although a sexual assault is never the fault of the victim, there are some steps you can take to safeguard yourself from an attack.According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), there are nearly 238,000 sexual assaults in America each year.Of the victims, 80 percent are

COX’S BAZAR: Navy and Coast Guard personnel on Wednesday confirmed the recovery of two bodies out four missing students of Ahsanullah University from the Bay.The rescue operation is underway to find out the bodies of other two missing students--Sabbir Hassan and Uday Mahmud.The

COX’SBAZAR: Navy and Coast Guard members on Wednesday morning recovered bodies of four missing student of Ahsanullah University from the Bay. They are—Shahriar Islam Noman, Sabbir Hassan, Uday Mahmud and Golam Rahim bappy.Saint Martin’s Coast Guard commander Lieutenant Shahid Al

DHAKA: After completion of taking submissions of both parties, Supreme Court Appellate Division decided to pass the verdict any day on Delwar Hossain Sayedee appeal against death penalty. Besides, the court also rejected two petitions of the prosecution and the defense both in regarding

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of Jamaaat-e-Islami and its students’ wing Chhtra Shibir were locked into clash with police at Nabisco Intersection at Tejgaon area of the capital on Wednesday morning.The clash took place when Jamaat-Shibir men brought out their pre-announced protest

DHAKA: A case was filed against 7-8 people including three Gonojagoron Mancha activists on charge of attacking on another Mancha activist.Mancha activist Hasibi Shahidi Shisir filed the case with       Shahbagh Thana on Tuesday night against Nabendu Saha Joy, Arifur Rahman Sani,

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: At least three people were killed and nine others injured in a head-on-collision between a truck and a human hauler in Boiltola area of the district on Tuesday night.One of the deceased was identified as Hridoy, hailed from Nakhrajpara under Sadar upazila of the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said a natural historical museum and another most modern museum would be set up in the country.The premier, also ruling Awami League president, made disclosure when a 4-member delegation of Bangladesh National Museum led by Cultural Affairs

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why directives should not be given to protect country’s agricultural land.An HC bench comprising Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Habibul Gani passed the order after holding a primary

RAJSHAHI: A schoolgirl was electrocuted at Charghat upazila in the district on Tuesday.The deceased, Marufa Khatun, 14, student of class-VII of Holidagachhi Girls High School, was identified as a daughter of one Sadek Ali.Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman, In-charge of Rajshahi Medical College

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday issued a contempt of court rule against 14 people, including industries secretary, for not complying with its order over relocation of Hazaribagh tanneries.     An HC bench comprising Justice Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Ashraful Kalam issued the rule

DHAKA: The hearing on appeals challenging International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 verdict, which sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee to death, ended on Tuesday.          The court will also pass order on Wednesday of the petitions filed by both

GAZIPUR: Six people were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Kaliakoir and Tongi upazilas of the district on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Sobhan, 35, Jahangir Alam, 35, Abdul Khaleq, 35, Abdul Hakim, 40, and Khadija Begum, 20.Sources said that a truck

BAGERHAT: At least 35 prisoners of Bagerhat jail fallen sick due to food poisoning on Tuesday morning.  Of them, 19 were admitted to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital.  District Jail Superintendent M Amanullah said that 35 inmates of the jail fallen sick after taking regular meal in the morning.

GAZIPUR: The Mini-Bus Workers’ Union blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways on Tuesday protesting additional toll collection.The blockade left 30-kilomiter long traffic congestion on the both highways.Protesting workers have parked their vehicles randomly on the at Chandana

DHAKA: Four female construction workers were injured when a buried cocktail went off on Tilpapara road in Khilgaon area in city on Tuesday.The explosion occurred at 10:00am.The injured were identified as Ambia Akter, 35, Ratna, 30, Hironbasee, 35, and Selina, 52.The victims told

RAJBARI: Two teenage girls drowned in Padma River in Sadarchar area under Pangsha upazila of the district Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Swapna, 13, a class VII student of Habashpur Secondary Girls School, daughter of Kalam Matabbar, and Shahana, 14, a class VIII student of the

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a man with huge arms and ammunitions from Raozan of the district early Tuesday.Sources said that the law enforcers detained the man with four locally made guns, 24-round bullets from the area during a night-long drive.Mafijul Islam,

THAKURGAON: Some 80 houses of 24 families were burnt to ashes in separate fires at Rampur and Shaslapiyala villages under Sadar upazila of the district from late Monday to early Tuesday.Thakurgaon Fire Service and Civil Service station officer Azizul Haque told banglanews, “A fire