Dinajpur – Police recovered bullet-injured bodies of three young men from Baran Shah Dighi in Ghoraghat upazila on Monday morning.
Category: Districts
Alleged ‘grug peddler’ held with heroine, pipe gun in Jessore
Benapole – Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with one kg heroine from Uposohor Park of Jessore district town on Sunday night.
Hindu houses torched in Dinajpur
Dhaka-Miscreants torched 10 houses of the Hindu community at Horijonpalli at Bonomalipara area in Bochaganj upazila early Saturday.
‘Arm trader’ held with 2 pistols in Jessore
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged arms trader along with two pistols, two magazines and five rounds of bullets from Terghor in Benapole border area on Friday night.The arrestee was identified as Mukul, 42, son…
1.35 lakh Yaba tablets recovered in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka – Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 1.35 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets from Keruntali area at Teknaf upazila in in Cox’s Bazar early Saturday.
One held with arms in Jessore
Dhaka – Police arrested a young man along with arms and ammunition from Dihi in Sharsha upazila in One held with arms in Jessore on Thursday night.The arrestee was identified as Shahidul Islam, 24, son of Ibrahim Khalim of Bahadurpur…
3 Jamaat men among 55 held in BD’s Satkhira
Dhaka – Police arrested 55 people, including three activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different parts of Satkhira district on various charges.
Bus strike on Dhaka-Rajshahi route hits commuters hard
Rajshahi – Movement of buses on Dhaka-Rajshahi route remained suspended since Thursday night as Rajshahi District Motor Workers’ Union enforced a strike on the route, protesting an attack on the workers of a bus by truckers.
Bangladesh-Icimod int’l seminar on dev of CHT Dec 4
Dhaka – With the vision of promoting sustainable development in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (MoCHTA) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) are jointly organizing a seminar during Bangladesh-ICMIOD Partnership on…
Cop’s wife ‘commits suicide’ in Jessore
Dhaka – The wife of a police sub-inspector reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Choto Anchra in Benapole port area on Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Tripti, 30, wife of sub-inspector Rakib, a resident of the area.Rakib said…
Making bird nests gives Bangladesh families livelihood, self-reliance
Benapole – Weaving decorative bird nests has turned out to be a life changing endeavour for some women in several areas of Jessore Sadar upazila in Southwest Bangladesh as they have become self-dependent by selling the handicraft product. In Kachua,…
2 to walk gallows for killing Saudi expatriate in Chandpur
Chandpur – A court here on Monday sentenced two people to death for killing a Saudi Arabia expatriate in Sadar upazila in 2013. The condemned convicts are Shilpi Begum, 32, wife of the victim, Kalamtar Gazi, of Bishnapur village, and…
One held with firearm in Joypurhat
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 in a drive arrested a man with a foreign-made pistol, three magazines and ten bullets from Debipur area under Sadar upazila in Joypurhat last night.The arrested person is Budu Islam, son of Abdus…
Youth’s body recovered in Barguna
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a youth from Balaibunia village under Betagi upazila of the district this noon.The deceased was identified as Yusuf, 22, son of Yunus, a resident of Ayla-Chandkhali village of the upazila.
12 robbers surrender in Barisal
Dhaka – Twelve members of infamous robber gang ‘Khokababu Bahini’, including its ringleader, surrendered to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in presence of Home Minister Asaduzzamna Khan at Rab headquarters in the district on Monday.All the robbers formally surrendered with 22…
Section 144: meetings, rallies prohibited in Phulbaria
Mymensingh – The upazila administration on Monday imposed section 144 in the municipal area following the death of two people, including a teacher of Phulbaria Degree College, allegedly after police came down hard on a demonstrations for nationalisation of the…
8 candidates found valid for Narayanganj mayoral election
Dhaka – The nomination papers of eight mayoral candidates out of nine were declared valid on Sunday for the upcoming second Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) on the eastern fringe of Bangladesh capital Dhaka election.
College teacher among 2 killed in Phulbaria fight with cops
Dhaka – Two people, including a teacher of Phulbaria Degree College, were killed and 20 others injured as police allegedly charged baton on teachers and students during their demonstrations seeking nationalisation of the college in the upazila in Mymensingh on…
33 Gaibandha Santal men get HC bail
Dhaka – The High Court on Sunday granted bail to 33 Santal men for eight weeks in a case filed over attacking police during a clash with the law enforcers and workers of Rangpur Sugar Mill in Gobindaganj upazila on…
Suspected ‘JMB man’ killed in Bagerhat ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A suspected member of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives at Rakhalgachhi in Sadar upazila of Bagerhat early Sunday. Identity of the deceased could not be confirmed yet.
2 workers killed in Rangpur road accident
Dhaka – Two workers were killed in a head-on collision between two trucks at Boirigonj in Mithapakur upazila of Rangpur early Saturday.
Jamaat leader held in Bagerhat
Dhaka – Police arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Srifaltala village in Rampal upazila early Saturday on charge of subversive activity.The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Asaduzzaman, 45, a member of Rampal upazila unit of Jamaat,UNB news agency reported.
Youth stabbed dead in Mymensingh
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death at Mymensingh Homeopathy Medical College near Trishal bus stand of the district town in Mymensingh on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan Robin, a resident of Chamragudam area of the…
Barber beaten to death in Bagerhat
Dhaka – A barber was beaten and poisoned to death by some miscreants at Basabati in Bagerhat district town on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Tapan Kumar Sheel, 52, son of Bimol Sheel.
One held with firearms in Jessore
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a man along with three firearms and one bullet from Mahishakura village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night.
College student found dead at Kurigram dormitory
Dhaka – A college student was found dead at a dormitory in Krishnapur College area of Kurigram district town on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Kajal Mia, 22, a first-year honours student of Kurigram Government College and son of…
4 suspected ‘robbers’ killed in Faridpur, Pabna ‘gunfights’
Dhaka – Four suspected robbers were killed in ‘gunfights’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Pabna and Faridpur early Friday. In Pabna, two alleged robbers were killed and three others injured in a reported gunfight between their cohorts…
Another Ashulia match factory fire victim dies at DMCH
Dhaka – Another woman who sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a match factory in Ashulia of Savar upazila on Tuesday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as…
15 shops gutted in Laxmipur fire
Dhaka – Fifteen shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Poddar Bazar in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur on Wednesday. Fire brigade officials said the fire originated from a gas cylinder at a shop and it soon engulfed…
Suspected robber’ killed in Barguna ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – An alleged ringleader of an inter-district robber gang was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Kalagachhia village in Amtoli upazila of Barguna early Thursday.