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Boat capsizes in Padma; 4 bodies recovered after 48 hours

Rajshahi City Correspondent

The bodies of four people, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Padma River near Char Majardia at Paba upazila in Rajshahi district, have been recovered by locals. The bodies surfaced last night (2 September) and were found in the Padma river near Char Khanpur.Humayon Kabir, local UP member, confirmed the recovery."At around 10pm ...

Anti-quota movement:

RU, RUET students protest demanding quota reinstatement

Rajshahi City Correspondent

The students of Rajshahi University (RU) and Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) protested the quota reinstatement in government jobs on Monday.Approximately one thousand students from various halls participated staged a sit-in on the Paris Road area at RU campus, demanding quota reforms where the students chanted slogans such as "Who are you? Who ...

RU celebrates 10th Int’l Yoga Day

Rajshahi City Correspondent

The 10th International Day of Yoga (IDY)-2024 was celebrated in Rajshahi University (RU) on Friday with a large number of people of different ages practising yoga together.Marking the day, the Assistant High Commission of India in Rajshahi and Indian Council for Cultural Relations jointly organised a session of Common Yoga Protocol at RU Gymnasium in ...

World Meditation Day celebrated in Rajshahi

Rajshahi City Correspondent

World Meditation Day was celebrated in Rajshahi city on Tuesday with the theme of 'Bhalo Manshu Bhalo Desh, Swargbhoomi Bangladesh' (Good people, good country, heaven, Bangladesh).The day was celebrated on Lalon Shah Mukta Manch in the metropolis around 6 am under the initiative of voluntary organization Quantum Foundation Rajshahi Center.Journalists, media personalities, doctors, teachers, students, ...

Two to be hanged for killing shop employee in Rajshahi

Rajshahi City Correspondent

A Rajshahi court has sentenced two persons to death for killing an employee of a mobile phone shop in the district in 2021. Judge of Speedy Trial Tribunal Muhammad Mohiduzzaman handed down the verdict in presence of the convicts on Wednesday. The court also sentenced another accused in the case to three years imprisonment. The ...

Man killed in Rajshahi road accident

Rajshahi City Correspondent

A man was killed and his friend sustained injuries after their motorbike collided head-on with a micro-bus on the Bagha-Baneshwar highway in Rajshahi city early Friday.The accident took place around 4.30am at Binodpur Bazaar in the city.The deceased were identified as Shahid Hossain, 35, son of Mosharaf Hossain, a resident of Durlobhpur village under Patiya ...

RU student dies from snakebite

Rajshahi City Correspondent

A student of Rajshahi University (RU) died after being bitten by a highly venomous Russell's viper snake in Rajshahi city on Tuesday.The deceased Shakinur Rahman Sabbir was a student of the 2016-17 academic year of Psychology Department of the university and hailed from Charghat upazila of the district.According to the deceased friends, the snake, Russell's ...

3 boys drown while taking bath in Padma

Rajshahi City Correspondent

Three teenage boys drowned in the Padma river in Rajshahi's Paba upazila while they were taking bath on Tuesday.The accident happened in the afternoon at Shyampur Balurghat under the upazila. Then their bodies were recovered by fire service personnel around 3 pm.The dead were Jubaraj, 14, son Md Rentu, Nuruzzaman, 15, son of Noor Islam, ...

Youth jailed for life in child raping case

Rajshahi City Correspondent

A court in Rajshahi on Sunday sentenced a youth to life term imprisonment for raping first-grader at Durgapur upazila in the district in 2022.Rajshahi Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 judge Md Hasanuazzaman delivered the verdict against Nadim Islam, 21, of Deluabari village in the same upazila.The court also fined him Tk 20,000.According to the ...

Andrew Kishore gets posthumous award from Rajshahi Rotary Club

Rajshahi City Correspondent

Rotary Club of Rajshahi Metropolitan arranged memorial and posthumous award program for renowned vocalist of the subcontinent Andrew Kishore. Andrew Kishore's sister Past President of Rotary Club of Metropolitan Shikha Biswas accepted the award on behalf of Andrew Kishore.Andrew Kishore, who passed away on July 6 in 2020 at the age of 64, is considered ...