A BNP-backed mayoral candidate of Birampur municipality was injured as some unidentified miscreants hacked him at Ansar Math in Birampur upazila on Tuesday night.The injured mayoral aspirant was identified as Azadul Islam, also incumbent mayor of the municipality.
A Bangladeshi youth was killed by BSF firing on Bashalgaon border under Haripur upazila of the district early this morning.The deceased was identified as Hemanta Kumar, 32, son of Jitesh Chandra Barman of Kholra village of the upazila.
A total of 250 cold affected people of Madnerpara and Balashighat area under Fulchhari upazila of the district got blankets to mitigate their sufferings from severe cold.Rotary Club of Dhaka Phoenix distributed the blankets as part of social corporate responsibility…
An auto rickshaw driver and a female passenger were killed and a teenage girl was injured when a running train hit a battery-run auto rickshaw in which they were travelling at Hemnagar-Bholarpara under Gopalpur upazila of Tangail this noon.Officer-in-Charge (OC)…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a man along with 284 Yaba tablets from Amrakhali area here on Sunday night.The arrestee was identified as Shariful Islam, son of Sirajul Islam, a resident of Bhaberber village.
Police arrested two young men in possession of 1,80,000 Yaba tablets from Oxygen More area in the city on Sunday night.The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Arafat, 32, a resident of Satkania upazila of Chittagong, and Sirajuddin, 35, Ukhiya upazila…
Police arrested two miscreants from Banagram market under Ataikhula Thana of the district on Saturday night and recovered arms and drugs from their possession.The arrested miscreants are Rafiqul Islam alias Murgi Kalu 32 and his accomplice Yusuf Sheikh 20. Both…
A man was beaten to death allegedly by his father-in-law and brother-in-law over family feud at Farmpara in Sadar upazila early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Tutul Hossain, son of late Abdul Khalek of the area.
Police recovered the body of an employee of Family Planning Department from her residence in the town this morning.The victim was identified as Aleya Begum, 45, an employee of Family Planning office and wife of Sarwar Hossain, Branch Manager of…
During separate drives, local office of Department of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) fined three consumers shops Taka 13,000 in different markets of the city today, a DNCRP press release here said.A team led by Apurba Adhikary, Assistant Director of…
Detective Branch (DB) police and RAB arrested four persons and recovered 477 bottles of phensidyl and 10-kg of hemp in two separate raids in the past 12 hours.The arrested persons are identified as Shafiqul Islam, 35, of Borobongram under Shahmakhdum…
Two women allegedly committed suicide in two different villages under Pirganj upazila of the district on Saturday. They are HSC examinee Ripa Rani, 19, and newly married Brishti Rani Roy, 22.
A former BNP leader was killed and two people were injured in an attack by some miscreants following previous enmity at Paida village in Sadar upazila on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Mirza Makbul Hossain alias Dulal Master, 52, former…
Police, in special drives in 24 hours till yesterday morning, arrested 26 people on different charges from different areas of the district.Police sources said, among the arrested persons, eight were held from Sadar upazila, 10 from Lohagara upazila, four from…
Unidentified miscreants on Friday evening shot dead a local Awami League leader and injured another person in Sharishabari upazila of the district.The dead was identified as Abdul Hanif, 45, President, Ward No-2, of Doail Union Awami League and son of…
A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in Chandra area under Kaliakair upazila of the district yesterday.The deceased was identified as Rana Ahmed, 35, son of Ahsanul Haque of Abdulpur village under Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia district.
Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Hemayetpur bus stand area of the upazila on Saturday morning.The deceased would be 30/35 years old, said police.
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling of her room at Mehedibag in Chwakbazar area of the port city early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Monwara Khatun Liza, 26, wife of Nazir Ahmed, a resident of…
At least 24 people were killed and 58 others injured in road accidents in the capital, and Sirajganj, Rajshahi, Jessore, Rangpur and Bagerhat districts.
Special Correspondent Kurigram-After implementing the Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh, people of the now-defunct Indian enclaves Dashiarchhara and Basposai Vitorkuti in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts freely observed the 45th victory day of Bangladesh with much enthusiasm yesterday.
Police recovered the bodies of a housewife and a man from two different places of Sirajganj district on Monday noon.In Ullahpara upazila, police recovered the body of Rubia, 49, a housewife, from Charuimuri village.
Police arrested three class IX students of Ataikula High School in Ataikula upazila on Sunday for allegedly killing a classmate.The arrestees are Tutul, Shaon and Belal.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested two men along with 500 bottles of Phensidyl from Bidirpur intersection area of Godagari upazila on Sunday night.The arrestees were identified as Enamul Haque, 40, son of Ismail Hossain, and Swapan Miah, 29, son…
Police in a drive arrested two drug peddlers and recovered 150 yaba tablets from Reserve Bazaar area of the district town last night.The arrested were Saiful Islam, 22, son of Shafiq and Anto Biswas, 25, son of Biswanath, residents of…
At least 30 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Panchhari Bazaar here early hours yesterday.Fire Service sources said that the fire originated from an electric short circuit in a shop of Noakhali Market of the area at…
Five people, including a woman, were injured in two separate incidents in Hatkaluganj area of Borobazar area of the district on Saturday night. The injured were identified as Jamira Begum, Selim, Rafiqul, Ariful and Sohel Biswas.Police said two local groups…
Joint forces in separate drives from Saturday night to early Sunday arrested 23 people, including seven Jamaat activists, in different places of the district on various charges.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said a team comprising members of police,…
Police arrested a fake member of Detective Branch (DB) of police from a restaurant at College Road in the town on Friday.The deceased was identified as Tuhin Biswash, 27, son of late Intaj Ali Biswash of Dariapur village in Sreepur…
Four members of a family, including a policeman, suffered burn injuries as a gas pipeline exploded at Mojgani in the city on Saturday morning.One of the injured was identified as Atiur Rahman, constable of Khalishpur police station.
Police in an overnight drives arrested 25 people, including five activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of the district on Friday night till Saturday morning.Enamul Haq, sub-inspector of Satkhira special branch of police, said police conducted separate drives in the…