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Osmaninagar Correspondent: It has been reported that the relatives of the Upazila Awami League Legal Affairs Secretary Advocate Sajjadur Rahman were kidnapped from the police in Osmaninagar. The incident took place at around 11:30 pm on Sunday at Sajjadur Rahman's house in Rautkhai village of Usmanpur union of the upazila. It is learnt that a team led by Osmaninagar Police Station SI Bishnu Pad Roy searched Sajjadur Rahman's house at night and tried to arrest the accused named in the complaint and bring him to the police station, but the people of the area, including the woman of the house, gathered and blocked them. At one stage, Sajjadur Rahman's people scuffled with the police and kidnapped him. The plaintiff in the case, Maulana Dilal Ahmed, said, "The accused in the attack case on me…

Satkhira Correspondent: A fruit trader named Kamrul Islam from Satkhira city has been missing for almost two years. His family members have searched in various places but have not found any trace of him. His family is worried and disappointed about the matter of his disappearance. Rahmat Ali, the elderly father of the missing Kamrul Islam from Munjitpur village of Satkhira city, said in a tearful voice, "My son was an established fruit trader in the city. One morning in November 2023, he told me to get into a Dhaka car and go to Dhaka to buy fruits. He has been missing since then. Despite hundreds of attempts, no trace of him has been found yet. The mobile number he used (01925181934, 01734175488) is switched off. There is no trace of him alive or dead. I…

Barisal Correspondent. Mobile court raids in Bakerganj for operating brick kilns illegally. The mobile court has imposed a total fine of two lakh taka on three brick kilns for operating brick kilns without following government rules. On Monday, 17/2/2025, the Executive Magistrate of the Upazila Administration's Mobile Court, Assistant Commissioner Bhumi Tanmoy Halder, fined three brick kilns named Seven Star Bricks, MAB Bricks and S.T.2 Bricks in Faridpur Union of the upazila according to the Brick Manufacturing and Kiln Establishment (Control) Act, 2013. And the chimneys of the other two illegal brick kilns were thrown up. In this regard, Executive Magistrate Tanmoy Halder said that as per the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Md. Delwar Hossain, the unlicensed and brick kilns…

Masum Parvez Rangpur: Surbhi, a ninth-grade student, committed suicide out of pride after her father was unable to pay her. The tragic incident took place on Monday afternoon in Chatua village of Tukuria union in Pirganj upazila. The deceased Surbhi was a student of Chatua Madrasa. Family members said that she had been arranged to go on a picnic to Rajshahi from the madrasa. She asked her father for money to participate in the picnic. But due to financial difficulties, her father Ranju Mia expressed his inability to pay. Out of pride, Surbhi committed suicide by hanging herself in her bedroom on Monday afternoon. The family's cries became heavy. A shadow of grief fell among her classmates and the local people. Upon receiving the news, Pirganj police station…

A plane crash occurred while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday (February 17, 2025) involving Delta Airlines Flight 4819, resulting in 19 injuries out of a total of 80 passengers and crew, 3 of whom are in critical condition (two adults and one child).<div class="”circle”"></div> Accident details and immediate response: The flight, operated by Endeavor Air under Delta, from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Toronto, encountered an accident while landing at Toronto Pearson Airport at approximately 2:15 p.m. (local time). Due to snowfall and strong winds, the aircraft did not land properly, but quickly flipped over and landed on its roof.…

UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer recently said in an interview that providing a permanent security guarantee or “backstop” from the United States is essential for the success of the Ukraine peace process. According to him, this role of the United States will create a reliable framework for the ongoing negotiations between Ukraine and Russia that will help ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of the peace agreement. The need for a US backstop in the Ukraine peace process Starmer said that the United States has been playing an important role in international politics. He believes that having a US security guarantee will increase the level of trust and confidence between the two sides and it will be possible to find a comprehensive and stable solution in the negotiations. This…

BAU Representative - Researchers of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) have presented more than six hundred agricultural research posters and oral presentations. More than a hundred teachers and students from six faculties of BAU participated in the presentation. On Monday (February 17), the posters and oral presentations were taken at several places of the university, including the Syed Nazrul Islam Conference Room of BAU. Oral poster presentations were also held yesterday in this three-day workshop. The presentations were completed in 23 technical sessions at the annual workshop on research progress of Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURS). BAURS Director Professor Dr. Md. Hammadur Rahman said, BAURS was established in 1984, since then it has completed a total of 4537 research projects and 674 research projects are underway…

Special Correspondent: The godfather of bribery and corruption, Sunamganj's Superintendent of Police A.F.M. Anwar Hossain Khan, has finally been withdrawn from his post. On Sunday, after a national daily published news in its print and online versions about his involvement in bribery and corruption in various sectors including Balu Mahal and border smuggling, posting trade, which are controlled by fascist Awami League leaders, the police headquarters in Narchar. On Monday (February 17), an order signed by Police Headquarters DIG (Administration) Kazi Md. Fazlul Karim assigned the responsibility to the next senior officer of the district police and asked SP A.F.M. Anwar Hossain Khan to report to the headquarters on February 18. Arrests are being made for business, mass harassment of innocent people not associated with political parties,…

Monir Hossain, Benapole Correspondent:- On February 18, a campaign procession was held after the discussion meeting organized by Sharsha Upazila Volunteer Party and Benapole Municipal Volunteer Party to make the district BNP rally at the Toul Hall ground in Jessore city a success. On Monday, February 17 afternoon, the discussion meeting held at the Sharsha Upazila BNP office was addressed as the chief guest by Mofiqul Hasan Tripti, former office secretary of the central BNP and former MP of Jessore-1 (Sharsha) constituency. The main speaker was addressed by the president of Sharsha Upazila Volunteer Party, Rakibul Hasan Ripon, and the president of Jessore District Volunteer Party, Rabiul Islam. The joint general secretaries of Sharsha Upazila BNP, Mostafa Kamal Mintu and Abdul Quddus Biswas, organizing secretary Ashraful Alam Babu,…

Utfal Barua, Advisor to the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Interim Government, Dr. A. F. M. Khalid Hossain, visited the historic Rangkut Banashram Buddhist Monastery in Ramu, Cox's Bazar. On Monday, February 17, Mr. A. F. M. Khalid Hossain, Honorable Advisor to the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, visited the historic Rangkut Banashram Buddhist pilgrimage site in Ramu. At this time, the Chief Director of the pilgrimage site, K. Sri Jyotisen Mahather, explained the history and importance of the historic Rangkut Buddhist pilgrimage site to the Religious Advisor. The Religious Advisor said that he had come to visit this Rangkut Buddhist Banashram Monastery in 1983/84 during his Masters studies at Chittagong University and had also written 3 articles on the history of this Rangkut Banashram in the Bangladesh Times newspaper.…