Category: Districts

A housewife was found dead in Jhenaidah bus stand area of the district town early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Sima Khatun, wife of police constable Suman.

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate drives arrested two alleged drug peddler and recovered 1,000 yaba tablets from Kotwali Thana area in the city in the early hours of today.The arrested are Munjurul Islam, 45, of Bazarkhola…

At least 10 business establishments were gutted in a devastating fire Chourasta Bazaar under Pathorghata upazila of the district last night.The fire originated from a shop at about 1 am and soon engulfed the adjacent area.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members recovered 65,000 contraband Yaba tablets from an orange-laden covered van in Feni early Friday.They also detained two suspected drug dealers — Md Shohel alias Sohagh, 28, and Md Saiful Islam Nizam, 27 — from the covered van.

A suspected robber was killed and four others were injured in a lynch-mob attack at Beldangi in Sadar upazila early Friday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Police arrested three robbers following a gunfight in Lalargaon area of Sadar upazila early Friday, leaving six people, including four cops, injured. The injured policemen are assistant sub-inspectors Sadeque and Jamal and two constables Borhan and Muslim of Jalalabad Police Station.

A local leader of Krishak League was killed and 14 leaders and activists of Awami League were injured when a bus hit them at Bekutia ferry ghat in Bhandaria upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Habib Munshi, 70, president…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested an Indian citizen along with 530 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Moktarpur Padmar Char area of Charghat upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The arrestee was identified as General Sheikh, son of Mujibul Sheikh, hailing from…

Police in a drive seized four hand bombs from Bamondi village under Gangni upazila of the district this morning.Being informed, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bombs from a roadside at about 8am, said Akram Hossain, officer-in-charge of…

A mobile court of Chittagong Port in a drive in the estuary of Karnaphuli river today fined 15 vessels for plying in the river without legal documents, creating obstacles in port channels, Bay crossing permit and overloading.Authorized officer of Chittagong…

Two people were killed when a truck rammed into the motorcycle they were riding on the Rajbari-Kushtia Highway at Chandani in sadar upazila on Tuesday.The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Police recovered hanging body of a man, who had remained missing since Wednesday, from an abandoned house at Ghagra Sonarpara in Jhenigati upazila on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Chan Mia, 55, son of late Lal Mia of the…

woman was killed when a truck hit a human hauler (locally known as bhutbhuti) at Ranihati Bazar under Shibganj upazila of the district this morning.The victim was identified as Kochi Begum 35, daughter of Meser Ali of Nayalabhanga under Shibganj…

Police, in a drive, arrested an Islami Chhatra Shibir leader and recovered a gun, three cartridges and five petrol bombs from Chandraganj Thana area here early this morning.The arrestee Neamatullah is a central executive committee member of Islami Chhatra Shibir.…

Two bikers on Tuesday were killed when a truck rammed into their motorcycle on the Rajbari-Kushtia Highway at Chandani of sadar upazila of Rajbari.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Badiar Rahman, Sadar police sub-inspector, said a Kushtia-bound truck from Rajbari…

Police in a drive recovered 1.5 kg heroin from Dayingpara Graveyard area of Godagari upazila on Sunday night.SM Abu Farhad, officer-in-charge of Godagari Police Station, said police chased a motorcycle in the area around 7pm.

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the roof of her house at Sujapur village of Shikaripur union in Nawabganj upazila on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday night.

Two more departments, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE) and Chemical and Food Process Engineering (CFPI), started journey at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday.Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE) has been included in Electrical and Computer Engineering…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive rescued a boy, who was abducted from Narayanganj on November 20, from Sukrobari Bazar area of Jaintapur upazila on Sunday evening,The rescued was identified Mohammad Sohel Khan, 14, son of Alhed…

Police recovered the slaughtered body of a young man from the field of Chandganj College in Sadar upazila on Monday morning.The deceased could not be identified immediately. The age of victim was around 25.

RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, began distribution of clothes among 5,261 people of 1,398 extremely poor families of different villages under 10 unions in Dimla upazila of Nilphamari from Monday.The NGO will complete distribution of the clothes, including ‘genii’, T-shirts,…

Police recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified youth from a garden in Banglabazar area of Kathalbari union under Shibchar upazila of the district this morning.

At least 15 people were injured in a clash between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local people ‘centering seizure of smuggled goods’ in Kashipur border area of Sharsha upazila on Saturday night.The injured were identified as Abdul Mannan,…

Transport owners and workers went on an indefinite strike in the district on Sunday demanding that the government impose a ban on plying of human haulers on the highways.Apel Mahmud, general secretary of Panchagarh Transport Owners Association, said they have…

Notorious fugitive terrorist Shahin, 41, was found dead on Saturday night near Rajbari-Faridpur Bypass road.Additional Police Super Md. Quamruzzaman said that Shahin hailing from Kamalapur area had been sentenced to 54 years jail and also convicted in 18 cases of…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested five persons in separate drives in sadar and Shibganj upazilas during the last two days.RAB also recovered a pistol, two magazines, five bullets, 973 pieces of yaba tablets and 300 bottles of phensidyl…

A worker and a CNG-auto-rickshaw driver were killed in separate incidents in the city and district today.The deceased were identified as worker Monir Ahmed, 47, son of late Abul Hossain, hailed from Charlakkhya village under city’s Karnaphuli Thana and auto-rickshaw…

Police recovered the bodies of a mother and her two daughters from their house in Nilphamari’s Joldhaka upazila on Sunday.The deceased mother is indentified as Fancy Begum, 30, and the daughters are Aklima Begum, 8, and Khadiza Begum, 4.The locals…