Dhaka, Feb 13 – A suspected terrorist was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Boikhor in Munshiganj district town early Monday.
Category: Districts
Bus-microbus collision leaves 13 dead in Narsingdi
Dhaka, Feb 12 – Thirteen people, including five women and two children, were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus at Darikandi on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Belabo upazila of Narsingdi on Sunday…
Road accident kills college girl in Ctg
Dhaka – A college girl was killed in a road accident in Komol Munshir Hat area on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway under Patiya upazila of the district today. The victim was identified as Popy Akter, 19, a-2nd-year (Humanities) student of Patiya…
One held with 75-kg hemp in Chandpur
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a drug trafficker with 70-kg smuggled hemp from Harina Ferry Ghat area under sadar upazila in the district today.The arrested was identified as Shimul Sheikh, 24, a resident of Rampal area in Bagerhat…
Six muggers held with weapons in Rangpur
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-13) arrested six members of an organised gang of muggers and seized huge sharp weapons and snatched valuable goods here in the small hours of today, RAB sources said. Battalion Commander of RAB-13…
College student killed ‘by rivals’ in Jessore
Dhaka – A college student was beaten to death reportedly by rivals at Navaran in Sharsha upazila in Jessore on Saturday night.The victim was identified as Biplob, 18, a student of Navaran Degree College and son of Nazrul Islam, a…
Landslide kills quarry worker in Sylhet
Dhaka – A stone quarry worker was killed and two others were injured when part of a hillock collapsed on them while lifting stones from Shah Arpin in Companiganj upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Anis, 36, son of…
Man ‘kills self’ after ‘killing’ wife in Gaibandha
Dhaka – A man reportedly committed suicide after killing his wife over a family feud at Birinchi village in Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Jalal Uddin and his wife Pakhi Begum, residents of Birinchi village.The…
11 dead in Narsingdi road crash
Dhaka, Feb 12 – At least 11 people, including two women and one child, were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus at Darikandi on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Belabo upazila on Sunday…
8 human skeletons recovered in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered eight human skeletons smuggled from India at Ghoshpara in the city early Saturday.A BGB patrol team of Majardia Border Outpost, led by Habildar M Nazrul Islam, recovered the…
Bus-truck collision leaves 13 dead in Faridpur
Dhaka, Feb 10 – At least 13 people were killed in a fatal road accident on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Nagarkanda in Faridpur on Friday night.
Shariatpur man hacked to death by son
Dhaka –A man was hacked to death allegedly by his son at Nagerpara Choto Kalinagar village in Gosairhat upazila on Friday morning.
2 bikers killed in Jessore road crash
Dhaka- Two young men were killed as a bus crashed into their motorcycle in Kanaitola area of Monirampur upazila in Jessore district on Friday afternoon.
16 BD wrestlers to train in India for 1 year
Dhaka – Sixteen Bangladeshi wrestlers will be given higher training at Nababganj Ganadar Nandini Nagar Sports Complex in Uttar Pradesh, India for one year from the first day of March this year.Indian Wrestling Federation confirmed it to Bangladesh Wresting Federation…
Tk 80 lakh seized from UPDF leader’s house
Dhaka – A team of joint forces in a drive seized Tk 80 lakh in cash and various documents, including subscription receipts, from the house of the military chief of United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) in Jamtoli area of Sadar…
‘Drug addict’ kills Imam of mosque in Chandpur
Dhaka, Feb 10 – The imam of a local mosque was killed in an attack by a ‘drug addict’ at Daspara in Matlab Dakkhin upazila of Chandpur on Thursday.
Landslide kills 3 stone quarry workers in Sylhet
Dhaka, Feb 10 – Three stone quarry workers were killed when part of a hillock collapsed on them while lifting stones from Bichanakandi in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet in northeast Bangladesh early Friday.
2 bodies recovered in Dinajpur
Dhaka –Police recovered bodies of an unidentified woman and a child from the Tangon river in Bongaon Farmpara Bagherghat area in Bochaganj upazila in Dinajpur on Thursday morning.
Huge haul of Yaba in Cox’s Bazar by unbnews
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized eight lakh pieces of Yaba tablet, worth about Tk 24 crore, from Shahparir Dwip and Jalia Dwip on the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar…
‘War criminal’ held in Jamalpur
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a suspected war criminal from Dameshwar Dakkhin Shekhpara village at Sadar upazila in Jamalpur on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Rustom Ali, 80, a resident of the village.
One gets life term for possessing phensidyl
Dhaka – A Chittagong court in a verdict today sentenced a drug trader to life term imprisonment for possessing 188 bottles of contraband phensidyl. Chittagong Divisional Special Judge Mir Ruhul Amin delivered the judgment convicting Mohammad Idris, 40, hailed from…
‘Ekushey Boi Mela’ draws huge crowd in Khulna
Dhaka- “Ekushey Boi Mela Khulna-2017” today, on the eighth day, drew a huge attraction of a large number of visitors on the Khulna Divisional Public Library premises in Boyra area here by exhibiting books of different genres of literature and…
Two suspected robbers killed in Bogra ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Two suspected robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Panchpir in Kahalu upazila of Bogra district in northern Bangladesh early Wednesday.
Two killed in Bagerhat road accident
Dhaka – Two motorbike riders were killed and another was injured as their bike collided head-on with a truck in Shambagat area under Fakirhat upazila of the district today.The victims are M. Osman Ali, 54, son of Ashraf Ali, resident…
One killed, arms and ammo recovered from Sundarbans
Dhaka – A leader of a robber gang was killed today in a shootout between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) at Mregomary Canal(khal) under Mongla upazila in the Sunderbans.The deceased was identified as Shamsu Sheikh alias Kopa…
‘Picked-up’ youth’s bullet-hit body found in B’baria
Dhaka – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man, who was allegedly picked-up by plainclothes police, from a field near Medda Sishu Paribar in the municipality area in Brahmanbaria early Tuesday.The deceased was Al Amin, 28, son of…
Jahanara laid to eternal rest in Rajshahi
Late Jahanara Zaman, wife of National Leader Shaheed AHM Quamaruzzaman, laid to eternal rest next to her husband at the family graveyard at Kadirgonj in the city this afternoon. Zahanara Zaman passed away at her son’s house in Gulshan in…
Withdraw Gaibandha SP, cops over Santal arson attack: HC
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to withdraw Gaibandha SP Ashraful Islam and other policemen involved in setting fire to the houses of the Santal community during an eviction drive in Gobindaganj upazila of the…
3 more held over Nasirnagar attack
Dhaka – Police arrested three more people in connection with the attacks on Hindu community in Nasirnagar upazila on Sunday night.The arrestees are Tabarak Hossain, Saddam Hossain and Ahammad Ali.Officer-in-charge of Nasirnagar Police Station Abu Zafar said they arrested the…
19 crocodiles found dead at Karamjal reproduction centre
Dhaka – Nineteen baby crocodiles have been found dead at Karamjal Wildlife Reproduction Centre in Bagerhat of the Sundarbans.M Saidul Islam, divisional forest officer (DFO) of the Sundarbans East, said the forest officials recovered the 19 dead babies that bore…