Day: February 3, 2024
Shahariar Islam Sovon : Street hawkers and vendors have occupied footpaths in different areas of the capital. From dawn to...
Nilphamari Correspondent : A businessman named Ashikul Molla Babu tried to commit suicide after strangling his wife and two children at a place called Mollapara of Charikhola Union of Sadar Upazila of Nilphamari. The incident took place in Darwani Bandarbazar Mollapara village area of the upazila on Friday morning. The deceased are Ashiqul Molla Babu’s wife Tahura Begum (30), her elder daughter Tanya Akhter (11) and younger daughter Zareen Akhter (6). Ashikul Molla Babu’s younger brother Zakir Hossain Molla said...
UNB, Manikganj : A Manikganj court on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing his ex-wife after hurling acid in 2022. Manikganj District and Sessions Judge Joyosree Samaddar handed down the punishment. The court also fined convict Naim Mallik, 31, son of Nizam Mollik of Sadar upazila, Tk 20,000....
Staff Reporter : The main opposition party-BNP on Friday called upon Russia to show due honour to sacrifices of Bangladeshi people’s democratic struggles. Responding to Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy’ recent comments on the 12th parliamentary election, the BNP said that is unexpected. The BNP said that it thinks it has hurt the democratic sentiment of the people of Bangladesh. In a statement, signed by BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the party called upon Russia to show...
UNB : Aiming to rein in the runaway price of potatoes, the government has approved the import of 34,000 metric tons of potatoes through the Hili land port from India. Yusuf Ali, deputy assistant officer of the plant contamination control centre at Hili land port, said the government has decided to import potatoes to control the soaring price of the vegetable. 49 traders, who received prior approval, will be able to start importing the potatoes from Saturday or Sunday, Yusuf...
City Desk : Veteran journalist Abdul Wahed Khan has passed away in Sylhet. He breathed his last at a private...
UNB : The first phase of the 57th Biswa Ijtema began on Friday after the Fazr prayer along the banks...
Agency : Manchester United (MU) striker Marcus Rashford scored the opening goal and Kobbie Mainoo netted a superb late winner as they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 in a thrilling Premier League game at Molineux on Thursday. Left out of United’s 4-2 Cup win over Newport County on Sunday by manager Erik ten Hag, Rashford rattled home the opening goal after five minutes against Wolves and helped Luke Shaw tee up Rasmus Hojlund for the second in the 22nd minute. United...