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Child missing as river in Koira devours homesteads

Staff Correspondent, Khulna

A five-year-old child went missing and five others received injuries as the Shakbaria river devoured their homesteads in Koira upazila of Khulna district at midnight on Wednesday.

Charge framing in graft case against Ilyas Ali deferred

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

Sylhet divisional special judge Md. Golam Hossain on Tuesday deferred the charge framing against former lawmaker and district BNP chief M Ilyas Ali and his wife Tahsina Rushdi in the ACC case filed during the caretaker rule.

Sylhet bank official gets 9 years' RI

Still 'missing' with Tk 66 lakh

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

A court here yesterday sentenced a female bank official to 9 years' rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating Tk 66.1 lakh bank money.

Deposition of 15 PWs recorded

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

Sylhet divisional speedy trial tribunal yesterday recorded the deposition of 15 more prosecution witnesses (PWs) in the cases filed after the grenade attack on a rally of the AL leader Suranjit Sengupta in Sunamganj six years ago.

AL, BCL men lead protests, attacks on power offices

Star National Desk

Power hungry people attacked and vandalised power offices in several districts yesterday and the day before, protesting frequent outages.

Child missing as river in Koira devours homesteads

Staff Correspondent, Khulna

A five-year-old child went missing and five others received injuries as the Shakbaria river devoured their homesteads in Koira upazila of Khulna district at midnight on Wednesday.