Schedule of 5 trains from Chittagong cancelled
Railway authorities have cancelled the schedule of five trains from Chittagong following the derailment of Nasirabar Express in Mirsarai.
Chittagong Railway Station Manager Abul Kalam Azad confirmed this to the Dhaka Tribune.
Complaint against Khaleda over killings in arson
A complaint has been filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over countrywide killings by arson attacks during the ongoing blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Four other BNP leaders -- BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia, Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury and Khaleda's advisor Prof Emajuddin Ahmed -- were also named in the complaint.
Crude bombs blasted near Dhaka court
Six crude bombs have been exploded in front of Metropolitan Session's Judge's court in Dhaka.
A group of miscreants set the crude bombs off on the road in front of the court around 12pm.
Sabotage: Derailment snaps Chittagong rail links
Rail communication of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet has been cut off as a train derailed after miscreants removed fishplates from the railway tracks in Ambaria area of Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong.
Officer-in-Charge Himanshu Das Rana of Government Railway Police (GRP) in Chittagong said two compartments and engine of Nasirabar Express veered off the track around 3:30am on Monday.
Lakshmipur arson victim dies on way to Dhaka
A person who received burn injuries in Lakshmipur arson attack has succumbed to his injuries on way to a Dhaka hospital.
Liton, 35, sustained injuries after miscreants hurled petrol bomb on a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Lakshmipur on Sunday night.
15 houses torched in Brahmanbaria clash
Fifteen houses and shops have been torched in a clash between two groups of villagers over land dispute at Rajghar village under the sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria.
Thirty people have been injured in the clash.
19 BNP-Jamaat men held in Comilla
Police have arrested 19 members of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different areas of Comilla.
Seven BNP and 12 Jamaat-Shibir members were detained in a drive conducted from Sunday night till early Monday.
507 bottles Indian liquor seized in Sunamganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized 507 bottles of Indian liquor in separate drives at Sunamganj border area early Monday.
Sunamganj BGB 8 Commander Lieutenant Colonel Golam Mohiuddin said: “Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Nayek Nurul Islam conducted a drive in Shingpur Haor area and seized 415 bottles of liquor while the other 92 bottles were seized by Masimpur BGB members.”
National ICT Policy draft gets cabinet nod
The cabinet has approved a draft of the National Information and Communication Technology Policy 2015.
The draft was approved in the meeting on Monday afternoon, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters.
Committee to probe Chittagong train derailment
A four-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the derailment of a train in Ambaria area of Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong.
Divisional Transport Officer Firoz Iftekhar will head the committee, Chittagong Railway Station Manager Abul Kalam Azad said.
19 BNP-Jamaat men held in Comilla
Police have arrested 19 members of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different areas of Comilla.
Seven BNP and 12 Jamaat-Shibir members were detained in a drive conducted from Sunday night till early Monday.
18 held for sabotage in Sunamganj
Police have detained 18 people including five BNP activists for carrying out subversive activities in Sunamganj during the ongoing blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Police Super Md Harun-or-Rashid said they were held in drives from Sunday night till Monday morning.
