Police recovered three bodies in Dumki, Kalapara and Mirzaganj upazilas on Friday.
Category: Districts
900gm gold seized at Dhaka Airport
Dhaka – Members of Customs Intelligence arrested a along with 900gm gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Abu Bakar.
Lightning kills one in Gaibandha
Gaibandha -A sexagenarian man was killed by a lightning strike at Khord Malibari Purbapara in Sadar upazila on Friday morning.Witnesses said a streak of thunderbolt struck Sirajul Islam, 60, while he was working in his crop filed around 11 am…
Robbers gun down Ansar commander at Teknaf barrack
Cox’s Bazar -An Ansar member was gunned down by robbers while looting a barrack of the force inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Teknaf upazila early Friday.The deceased was identified Ali Hossain, 55, son of Shukkur Ali, a resident of…
Jubo League leader stabbed dead in Comilla
Comilla – A Jubo League leader was stabbed to death allegedly by a neighbour in Batabaria area of Manoharganj upazila on Friday afternoon over a trifling matter.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam, 30, a leader of Sarashpur union unit…
Lightning shows no respite; 11 more killed in 9 dists
Dhaka – Eleven more people were killed by lightning strikes in Chittagong, Gaibandha, Joypurhat, Habiganj, Sunamganj, Rajbari, Chandpur, Jessore and Dhaka districts as rain accompanied by thunderstorms swept the districts on Friday.The death toll from the lightning incidents across the…
UN lauds BD’s success in combating natural calamities
UN Under-Secretary General Stephen O’Brien has observed that Bangladesh’s success in combating natural calamities is an example for many countries. The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs said this at a video press conference organized by UN Headquarters in New…
Youth stabbed dead in city
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death in the city’s Moghazar area on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Arif, 20. Further details about him could not be known immediately.
1 held with 700 Yaba pills in Manikganj
Manikganj – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 700 pieces of Yaba tablet from Proshika More area in Singair upazila on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Wahab,35, son of late Sona Miah…
7 Shibir men held in Satkhira
Satkhira – Police in a drive arrested seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, while they were holding a ‘clandestine meeting’ in Kamalnagar area of the district town on Wednesday.Emdadul Haque Sheikh, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station,…
23 vehicles looted in Chuadanga
Chuadanga – In a mass robbery, bandits looted at least 23 vehicles placing barricade on the Sontoshpur-Andulbaria road in Jibannagar upazila early Thursday.At least 25 people were injured by the bandits during the incident.Of the injured, Jakir Hossain,44, Liton,35, Saidur…
Lightning kills 3 in Rajshahi
Rajshahi – Three people were killed and four others injured by a lightning strike in Mohonpur upazila here on Thursday afternoon.Abdur Razzak, 28, son of Shamsuddin of Ata Narayanpur village, Abdul Aziz, 50 of Hattoir village and Sri Soito Chandra,…
AL man hacked dead in Kushtia
Dhaka – A local Awami League activist was hacked to death in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia on Wednesday night, unb news agency reported. The deceased was identified as Akkas Ali, 38, son of late Rahmat Sarder of Daulatkhan Godown Bazar…
BGB-BSF chiefs’ conference starts Thursday
Dhaka – A 5-day Director General-level conference between the Bangladesh and India border security agencies kicks off Thursday in Dhaka.A 21-member Indian delegation, led by the Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) of India Shri KK Sharma,…
3 killed in Satkhira road crash
Satkhira – Three women, including a mother and her daughter, were killed and two others injured as a bus hit a human hauler (locally known as Nasimon) on Satkhira-Jessore highway in Chhagoria area of Sadar upazila on Monday morning.
50,000 Yaba tablets seized in Ctg
Chittagong – Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard recovered 50,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Gohira coastal area in Anowara upazila early Monday.
5 to die for murder in Habiganj
Habiganj – A court here on Monday sentenced five people to death for killing a teenage boy in Baniachong upazila 22 years ago.The condemned convicted are Ali Haider, Habib Miah, Renu Miah and Ranju Miah of Agua village and Abdul…
Schoolgirl ‘kills self’ being stalked in Rajshahi
Rajshahi – A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house after being stalked by a youth at Char Shyampur Balurghat Shantinagar in Motihar area of the city on Monday.
Four robbers held in Manikganj
Manikganj – Police arrested four suspected robbers following an aborted robbery attempt in Gongadhorpatti area of the district town early Monday.The arrestees were identified as Piar Ali Shikder of Joymontop village, Iman Ali of Sonatengra village of Singair upazila; Liakot…
Grocer hacked dead in Gazipur
Gazipur -A grocery shop owner was hacked to death by miscreants at Khalpara village in Kaliganj upazila on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Sharif Hossain.
3 killed as storm hits Narail
Narail – Three people, including two siblings, were killed and 30 others injured as nor’wester swept through the district on Saturday night.Sources said Alfaz, 6 and Piari Khanam, a class VIII student– daughter and son of Nabi Uddin of Bagdanga…
SUST student found dead
Sylhet – Police recovered the hanging body of a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) from a mess in Borgul area adjacent to the campus on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Biswajit Mallik, a 2nd year…
Lightning kills couple in Chandpur
A couple was killed by a lightning strike at Sikirchar in Chhengarchar municipality of Matlab Uttar upazila here on Friday evening.
6 election staff receive death threat in Natore
Three officers and three employees of the election offices here reportedly received death threat from Purba Banglar Communist Party on Friday. The threat was issued in separate calls over the mobile phones of the victims.
BGB seized Indian clothes worth 1.7 crore
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized Indian clothes worth around Tk 1.7 crore from Kolaroa frontier of Satkhiras district on early Thursday. The also seized a truck carrying the contraband Indian cloths.
‘Man’ kills wife for dowry in Jessore
Benapole -A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over a dowry-related feud at Garibpur village in Bagharpara upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Jannati Khatun,25, wife of Abdur Rahim, a resident of…
225 bottles of Phensidyl seized in C’nawabganj
Chapainawabganj -Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 225 bottes of Indian Pensidyl surup from a bus at Rahampur bus stand in Gomostapur upazila on Wednesday night.
1 labourer killed, 5 hurt as truck overturns in Sylhet
Sylhet – A day labourer was killed and five others were injured as a truck turned turtle at Kadamkhal on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintapur upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Jahir Uddin,32, son of late Abdul…
Clash over land leaves 2 dead in Patuakhali
Patuakhali – Two people, including a woman, were killed and five others injured during a clash over land dispute at Protabpur village in Sadar upazila on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Rustom Ali, 45, and his sister-in-law (brother’s wife) Maleka…
3 children drown in Lalmonirhat
Lalmonirhat – Three minor children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond at Taluk Mrittika village in Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were Mim, 11, Kusum, 8, daughters of Mintu Mandal and Nayem, 9, son of Iqbal Mandal of…