Category: Districts

A man and his minor son were killed in a road accident on the Brahmanbaria-Comilla highway in Suhilpur area of Ashuganj upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Rony, 35, and his son Imran Khan, 7.

Students of the Department of Women and Gender Studies of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) distributed blankets among cold-stricken poor and distressed people in the second phase here on Saturday.Head of the Department of Women and Gender Studies of the…

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested two people and recovered two foreign made pistols, eight bullets and arms making materials from a local newspaper office in Maskanda BSCIC Industrial area of the district town this…

A woman was killed when an auto-rickshaw hit her on Magura-Jhenaidah Road in the district this noon.The deceased was identified as Rupban Begum, 55, wife of Phul Miah of Stadium Para in the town.

A jhut (garment rags) godown was gutted by a fire that broke out at Khailkoir in the city on Saturday.Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the godown around 7 am and spread soon.On…

Police during an overnight drive on Friday arrested 31 people, including four activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of the district.The drive continued from Friday night to Saturday morning.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 550 bottles of Phensidyl from the Padma River at Rautha in Charghat upazila on Friday.Tipped off, a team of BGB led by Mirganj camp Nayeb Subedar Abul Taleb conducted a drive in the…

A day-long traditional fish fair was held at Poli village of the Sadar upazila of the district on Friday.Hundreds of fish sellers and buyers and curious people from Habiganj ,Moulvibazar, Sylhet, Sunamgang, Kishoreganj and Brahmanbaria districts joined the 100-year old…

About 1,000 blankets were distributed among the primary students of Tetulia upazila in the district yesterday.Darjipara Shishu Sargo organization distributed the blankets among the students. The organization also distributed education stipend among 14 meritorious students.

Detectives in a drive arrested 14 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Habiganj district unit ameer Mukhlesur Rahmanon, from Bhadai village in Sadar upazila on Friday morning on charges of sabotage plan.The other arrested are:  district Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer Muhammad…

Robbers looted 15 tonnes of pulses from a mill in Bagerhat BSCIC Industrial Area here early Friday.Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, said a gang of bandits stormed into ‘Messrs Shakti Mills’ owned by Swapan Basu breaking open…

Detectives arrested two newly elected BNP-backed councillors of Bogra municipality on sabotage charges on Friday, immediately after they took oath.The arrestees were identified as Tawhidul Alam Bitu, a councillor from ward No 2 and a member of district BNP, and…

Six shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Mollahhat Bazar in Borhanuddin upazila early Friday.Locals said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in a shop around 4am and soon engulfed five other adjoining shops.

The triennial council of Jhalakathi District Awami League will be held at Old Stadium here tomorrow (Saturday) after nine years of its schedule.Its last council was held in June in 2006 and the committee constituted at the council has so…

Chittagong district police in separate drives arrested 83 people from different upazilas of the district last night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 83 persons from different upazilas of the district for their…

Over 1,500 leaders and workers of BNP today joined formally the ruling Awami League (AL) being imbued with the ideologies of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.They joined the Awami League by handing over flower bouquets to Industries…

A mobile court here sentenced three gamblers to three month’s jail each at Kishoreganj upazila of the district on Wednesday.The arrested are identified as Toru Ahmed, 25, Rejaul Hoque, 24 and Roni Miah, 18 of the upazila.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in two separate drives arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 1,080 pieces of Yaba tablets and seven grams of heroin from Motihar and Bagmara upazilas on Wednesday.In Motihar, members of Rab conducted a…

Seven people were injured as miscreants attacked house of a local Jubo League (JL) leader at Shikda village in Sharsha upazila on Wednesday night.The injured were identified Sharsha union unit Jubo League general secretary Rezaul Islam, 38, his wife Aziman…

Six dwelling houses were gutted in a fire at municipal area of the district on Wednesday.Sources said, being informed a unit of fire fighters rushed to the spot near old railway station and extinguished the blaze after one hour of…

An old man was killed in a road accident at Sonarai Bazar area under Domar upazila of the district on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Oziuddin, 70, a native of Harinchara union under same upazila and son of…

Police in a series of overnight drives arrested 69 people including a Jamaat activist from different Upazilas of the district on Monday night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 69 people including a…

At least seven different kinds of shops were gutted in a fire in the city’s Agrabad commercial area and Kamal Bazar of Patiya Pourshava of the district on Tuesday morning.The fire gutted five shops at Kamal Bazar of station road…

A two-year-old boy drowned in a pond in East Ghomdondi area under Boalkhali upazila of the district this morning.The deceased was identified as Arman Hossain, son of Mohammad Forkan, hailed from Hazirhat area under Boalkhali upazila of the district.

A three-day 6th digital innovation fair styled “Divisional Digital Innovation Fair-2016” will begin in the city from February 25 aiming to develop digital technology in the country and reducing the gap between the government and people through digital technology.Deputy Commissioner…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested an alleged smuggler along with 12 gold bars from Bhomra land port area in sadar upazila on Monday morning.The arrested was identified as Joydeb Gosh, son of Nil Ratan Ghosh,…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized illegal drugs worth Tk10.71 crore from different points of the district in the outgoing year.According to sources in the BGB 46 battalion, over 727 cases were filed in connection with incidents of drug…

At least 20 people were injured as a mad dog bit them in Chowgacha upazila of Jessore district on Sunday.The injured were admitted to the upazila health complex.

The government has taken a programme to distribute khas land among the landless and freedom fighters of the district during the current year.To this end, a total of 322-landless people including freedom fighters of the district have been listed for…