Category: Districts

A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after stabbing his friend to death at Haripur in Kushtia sadar upazila on Sunday morning.The murder victim was Sujan Ali, 17, a first-year student of Amla Government College and son of…

A total of 19 candidates for the posts of mayor of three pourashavas in Narsingdi district submitted nomination papers to the respective election officers on Thursday.Of them, 8 mayoral candidates submitted nomination papers to returning officer for Narsingdi Pourashava, 4…

Awami Sechchasebak League (ASL) overnight constituted its new Faridpur Sadar upazila and the Town committees in a joint triennial conference at the Ambica Memorial Hall here.The delegates unanimously elected Emran Hossain Rimon and Golam Mostofa Khokon as president and general…

A young man reportedly committed suicide by taking pesticide following a family feud at Purba Bhadrakole village in Ullapara upazila on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Maruf Hossain, 25, son of Haji Sakhawat Hossain.

Police recovered the body of a teenage girl, whom miscreants reportedly strangled after rape, from Purbo Chandkhali area in Sadar upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased was identified as Rani Akter Nupur, 15, daughter of Siraj Mia, a resident…

Police recovered the body of a young man from Ragoi area of Shahrasti upazila of the district on Friday.The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.

Detectives arrested a man along with a shutter gun and one round of bullet from South Nangla village in Debhata upazila early Saturday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Gafur, son of late Kalu Haji of the village.

A Hindu priest was injured as some miscreants carried out an attack on a cremation ground at Chalibandar in the city on Friday morning.The injured was identified as Ruhun Chakraborty, a priest of Chalibandar Shashan (cremation ground).

An elderly man was killed and his son injured in a clash between two rival groups over a land-related dispute at Sinduria Boruria village at Aminpur in Sujanagar upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased was identified as Sohrab…

A young man was hacked to death by miscreants in Cemetery Road of the city on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Gouranga Biswas,26, a resident of Muripotti area of the city.Police and locals said one Shukur called Gouranga over…

A freedom fighter was killed as a bus ran over him at Ahsannagar on the Jhenidah-Kushtia road in Shailkupa upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Toazuddin, 65, son of late Gopal Mandol of Tripurakandi village of the upazila.Officer-in-Charge…

Two workers were killed and five others injured as some sacks of cement fell on them while they were working at a warehouse in Old Meghna Ferry Ghat area in Bhairab upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Milon Miah,…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 in a drive arrested a drug trader with 1,000 yaba tablets from Kaunia Housing area in the city on Wednesday night.The arrested person was identified as Sazzad Ahmed Sajib, 28, son of Harun-Ar-Rashid of the area.

The regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against selling of substandard and adulterated foods and other consumer items and fined owners of five confectioneries Taka 67,000 in the metropolis yesterday. According to the officials…

Police in a drive seized 600 bottles of phensidyl from a private car at Paharpur in Nachole upazila of the district on Tuesday.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Nachole thana Fasir Uddin said based on secret information, a team of police conducted a…

Police recovered slaughtered body of a man from a students mess in the district town on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, son of Gias Uddin, a resident of Ghughudanga village in Dinajpur Sadar upazila.

The World AIDS Day was observed on Tuesday in the port city as elsewhere in the division.The theme of this year’s World Aids Day was “Getting to Zero.”To mark the day, rallies and discussion meetings were organized by District Civil…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-12 in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers and recovered 300 pieces of yaba tablets from Dhamura Bus-stand area under Ujirpur upazila of the district on Tuesday night.The arrested were Sahin Hossain Talukder, 32,…

A minor boy was killed as a temporary flag stand fell on him at Khagrachhari Adhunik Sadar Hospital this morning.The deceased was Arafat Rahul, 4, son of Kabir Hossain, a resident of Ganjpara area of Sadar upazila.

More than 80 tonnes of fishes were harvested from 196 floating cages in Mohananda river in Chapainawabganj district this year making the fishermen and others concerned happy.Monosex tilapia fish farming in floating cage method is increasing day by day. By…

A homeopathic doctor sustained bullet injuries in an attack by miscreants at Ranibandar in Chirirbandar upazila on Monday night. The victim was identified as Birendra Roy, a resident of Ranipur village of the upazila.Locals said a gang of miscreants intercepted…

Police recovered hanging body of a young man from Hingarpara area in Sadullahpur upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, 38, son of Wazed Munsi, a resident of Nayanpur village of the upazila.

An electric-cable shop was gutted in Shitolpur area under Sitakunda upazila of the district in the early hours of Monday. Fire Service & Civil Defense sources said the fire originated from an electric short-circuit at an old electric-cable shop in…

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested one alleged terrorist with a foreign made pistol from Kuthibari Kamalapur area of the town on Monday.RAB sources said the arrested is identified as Ikbal Molla, 32, son of Chan Molla of the area.…

The triennial council of Chuadanga district Awami League will be held at the town football ground of the district on December 2. The preparation is complete now to hold the council of the party. Mohammad Nasim, presidium member of Bangladesh…

Barisal Metropolitan police recovered a couple bodies from a house of Kounia thana area yesterday.The deceased were identified as Khalek Dhali, 35 and his wife Mukuli Begum, 28.

A local leader of Meherpur BNP was killed in a “gunfight” with police at Bandar village in Shashan ghat area of Meherpur sadar uapzila in Meherpur early Monday.The deceased is Ramjan Sheikh, 42, son of late Amir Sheikh of Rajnagar…

Detectives arrested a young man along with 1,400 Yaba tablet from KDC area in the district town on Saturday night.The arrestee was identified as Ariful Islam, 24, son of Nurul Islam of Dakkin Para village in Madan upazila.

A madrasah student drowned in a pond at Jhumjhumpur in Jessore town on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Sonny Rahman, 10, a class V student of a local madrasah and son of Mosharraf Hossain, a resident of the area.

A priest of a church at Utholi in Shibalaya upazila filed a general diary (GD) with Shibalaya Police Station on Saturday afternoon out of fear for a possible attempt on his life.Officer-in-charge of the police station Rakibuzzaman said a group…