The body of a Brac official was recovered from Tongi in Gazipur yesterday morning. Abu Zahid Sarker, 55, an official of Brac’s cold storage in Daudkandi of Comilla, was found
A bomb ripped through a military vehicle yesterday killing two Pakistani soldiers in a village in the restive northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan. The remote-controlled bomb planted on a roadside
A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash over a disputed land at Uttar Palashtola village in Bakshiganj upazila of the district yesterday morning. The deceased
The yearly Dhaka International Trade Fair kicks off today, in which 47 foreign companies from 12 countries are participating. Organised by the Export Promotion Bureau and the commerce ministry, the
A woman was killed by her husband allegedly for dowry in Satkhira while a man killed by his wife’s paramour in Jessore yesterday and the day before. In Satkhira, a
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that opposition BNP has resorted to killings and kidnapping across the country to fulfil its political mission. All the incidents of secret killings and
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel recovered four bombs from Balunda village under Benapole Police Station on Friday afternoon. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-6 raided the village at
Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddique yesterday came down heavily on a moderator of a workshop for not mentioning him as a freedom fighter. The minister expressed his resentment
Despite a government warning of stringent action against price-hike of essential food items like sugar, lentils and gram, wholesale prices of gram have soared to Tk 90 a kilogramme. Prices
Senegal’s Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, a United Nations veteran, has become the first woman to be named as secretary general of soccer’s world governing body FIFA. The 52-year-old, currently the
