A sub inspector (SI) of Faridpur Police Station was closed to Pabna Police Lines suspended yesterday for allegedly taking bribe from the families of two detained drug addicts on Sunday.

The collectorate assistants in Tangail continued their work abstention for the third consecutive day yesterday as part of their central programme demanding change of their official designation along with upgradation of salary.

Illegal tree felling poses threat to the forest on a government-owned khas land in Paschim Singur area of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila.

Near-freezing conditions in the first week of Magh, the last month of winter season according Bangla calendar, has brought everyday activities to almost a standstill in Lalmonirhat.

Each farmer, whose name was drawn in lottery, will get a chance to sell one tonne of paddy to the government at Tk 26 per kg rate. But it has been alleged that the growers cannot sell their paddy without paying bribes to warehouse officers and labourers.

Dear readers, a few days back I went to Chapatola in Jhenidah’s Maheshpur upazila. For the past few months, I had plans to visit this place and there was a special reason to do so.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that baul singer Shariat Sarkar was arrested for his involvement in crime, and that it had nothing to do with singing baul songs.

A forest official, his assistant and a local have been injured after a group of locals allegedly attacked them and torched their motorcycle in Gazipur.

Over 50 teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University bring out a procession on campus demanding removal of Vice Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam for her alleged involvement in corruption and irregularities.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal during the parliament session presents a list of individuals and corporations who defaulted on their loans.

Bangladesh advances eight notches on the latest Democracy Index 2019 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research and analysis division of The Economist Group.

The Criminal Investigation Department is going to launch a sophisticated forensic laboratory in Rajshahi for crimes committed in Rajshahi and Rangpur regions.

Indicating that migration is an integral path to development, both for the host as well as the country of origin, Bangladesh foreign minister yesterday said the country is a leader in adoption of the Global Compact on Migration (GCM).

Members of Organised Crime unit of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today claimed to have arrested a fraud from Jashore in connection with misappropriating Tk 15 crore.

Two Bangladeshi cattle traders have been shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Hatibandha border in Lalmonirhat.

The High Court orders the authorities concerned to immediately stop production and display of laminated election posters in order to save environment.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the electronic passport system (e-Passport), which she launched today, is a gift to Bangladeshis on the occasion of ‘Mujib Borsho’.

Police on Monday detained two people in connection with a case for torturing a boy, tying him to an electric pole, on theft charge on Saturday.

A schoolboy was killed allegedly by his stepmother for watching television with high volume.

The authorities of Barabari Shaheed Abul Kashem College in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila on Monday suspended a teacher on charge of nine crimes including sexual harassment of girl students.