Category: Districts

A man was beaten to death over a land related dispute at Sahapur village in Faridganj upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Hannan Sheikh, 55, son of Adam Ali Sheikh, a resident of the village.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 40,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from the Naf River at Jaliapara Ghat in Teknaf upazila early Saturday.Lieutenant Colonel Abu Jar Al Zahid, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-42, said tipped off that a boat…

A schoolgirl, who had been abducted from Parla village in Sadar upazila two days ago, was rescued from a house at the village on Friday night.The rescued girl was identified as Dipa Biswas, 15, daughter of Debashish Biswas of the…

In two separate anti-crime operations, law-enforcing agencies arrested three alleged drug-traders with 1,165 yaba tablets from separate places in the district, sources said here today.The detained persons were identified as Abdur Rahim, 38, Jahangir Alam, 26, and Babul Hossain, 38.

A minor girl was killed as a rashly-driven truck ran over her at Beltali in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Asha, daughter of Alal Uddin of the village.

A student at a madrasa in Rajshahi city was grievously injured as his teacher allegedly beat him on Friday night, as he wanted to go to bathroom.The injured was identified as Asadullah Al Galib, a class VIII student of Terkhadia…

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from a brick kiln at Mahajanpur village under Mujibnagar upazila of the district yesterday morning.Being informed, a team of police from Mujibnagar Thana rushed to the spot, recovered the body, aged about…

An alleged dacoit, who was injured in a ‘gunfight’ between dacoits and police at Komorgram village in Sadar upazila on Friday night, died at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra this morning.The injured was identified as Rezaul, 37.…

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard recovered 35,000 Yaba tablet from the outer anchorage of Chittagong port early Thursday.Tipped off, a patrol team of the Coast Guard seized a boat in the area early in the morning, said Captain Shahidul Islam,…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained three alleged drug traders with heroin in Kasiadanga area under Rajpara Police Station in the city last night, RAB sources here said today.The arrested persons were identified as Shuklal, 26, Sentu, 50, and…

An unidentified man was killed when he was hit by a speeding train in Ambikapur rail station area of the district town on Wednesday morning.Ambikapur union parishad chairman Shamsul Bari Siddique said a Rajbari-bound train from Faridpur hit the man…

Police arrested a woman and her husband for allegedly killing a minor girl at Beltola in Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as Asia Begum and her husband Shohan.

Police recovered slaughtered body of an unidentified young man from Subhadda Shashanghat area in South Keraniganj upazila on Wednesday morning.Local people found the body of the young man, aged about 30, lying in the area at about 9:00 am and…

Two groups of Awami Juba League and Bangladesh Chhatra League have clashed again at the Central Railway Building (CRB) area in Chittagong City.Police said they opened fire on Monday to disperse the warring supporters of Juba League central committee’s Deputy…

Chittagong Bureau: Police and the members of the Narcotics Control Department (NCD) in separate drives arrested three persons and seized 1800 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from city’s Bakalia and Sadarghat areas on Friday night.

Chittagong Bureau: A mobile court of Chittagong District Administration on Saturday seized huge quantities of government medicines, contraband Indian medicines and physicians’ samples from 10 pharmacies from city’s Bakalia area and fined five pharmacies with Tk. 82 thousand.

Police arrested a bus driver along with 400 grams of heroin worth Tk 40 lakh from Harishpur Bypass area in the district town early Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Baharul Islam.

Police recovered the body of a man from a pond at Boalia village in Moheshpur upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Abul Hossain, 35, son of Lal Miah, a resident of the village.

As per the confessional statement of detained Abul Kalam, 34, police recovered one foreign made pistol with two rounds of ammunitions and one country made LG shooter gun with two rounds of ammunitions from underground of his shop at Taluch…

A minor schoolgirl was rapped allegedly by a young man at Majuchowdhuryhat in Sadar upazila on Friday.Quoting family members, police said Delwar, son of Safu Mia of nearby Chararmoni Mohon village, took the class II student of a local school…

Police arrested a suspected human trafficker from Sonarpar Bazar area in Ukhyia upazila on Saturday morning. The arrestee was identified as Rustom Ali Majhi, a resident of Sonaichari village of the upazila.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 arrested a man with 507 yaba tablets, a cell phone from the Rothkhola area of the district last night.The arrested was identified as Jatin Mondol, 47.

A woman was killed allegedly by her drug addict son at Keshabpur village in Titash upazila on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Minara Begum, 50, wife of Dhan Mia of the village.Manirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Titash Police Station, said Mintu…

Two deaf people were killed and their two other fellows injured when a train knocked down them near a railway bridge in Bhurulia area of the city on Friday.The deceased were identified as Ramzan Ali, 30, and Pervez, 29. All…

Detective Branch (DB) of police recovered 100 kilograms of hemp from a house at Archa village in Badalgachhi upazila on Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a raid on the house of drug peddler Mabud Ali in…

Muggers snatched away Tk three lakh from a Grameen Phone (GP) official after stabbing him at Pachmaria in Puthia upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The victim was identified as Shitanath Banik, 36, son of Shushil Banik, a resident of Raninagar upazila of…

Police recovered the body of a college girl from a ditch at Khalishakuri village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday, 15 days after she had gone missing.The deceased was identified as Rikta Akter, 17, first year student of Pathraj College in…

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged female member of the banned Islamic outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from Jail Road area in Jessore town on Wednesday night.The arrestee was identified as Tanjila Tamanna Asha, 22, wife of Ibrahim Khalil,…