Category: Districts

The overall law and order situation of the district was reviewed at a meeting held here on Monday.

Police arrested listed top terror Fazle Rabbi, 30, accused in 22 criminal cases, including three murder cases, in injured condition from Rampura area here early today, police sources said.

Rotary Club of Rangpur (RCR) extended financial assistance to twenty arson victim patients, now undergoing treatments at the burn unit of Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH), on Monday afternoon.

Police in a drive recovered 10 petrol bombs and bomb-making elements from Machherdari village in Sadar upazila early Monday.

A court here on Sunday sentenced a young man to life imprisonment for killing his step mother over a trifling matter in 2013.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two men along with two pistols, 14 rounds of bullets and four magazines from Kanshat Pukuria area of Shibganj upazila on Sunday.

Police arrested two alleged robbers along with firearms while they were taking preparation for robbery in College Bazaar area of Birampur upazila on Sunday.

A minor girl was killed in a road in Sopura area of the city on Sunday afternoon.

Detectives in a drive arrested a local Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist while he was reportedly trying to carry out sabotage in Baghbari area of the district town on Sunday night.

Miscreants set afire a bus in Telipara area of the district early Monday.

Five shops were gutted as a fire broke out in Choukidari area of the city early Monday.

Eight fishermen were wounded by gunfire in a pirate attack in the Bay of Bengal at Sonarchar area, about 120km offthe coast of Pathorghata upazila, early Monday .

Police in a drive arrested two persons and recovered a pistol; a USA made revolver, a magazine and five bullets from Birampur College crossing area here on Sunday evening.

Health experts at a views-sharing meeting here have said that the teachers could play vital role in creating awareness through motivating their students to eradicate the curable disease of tuberculosis (TB) permanently.

Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus in Rauli-Koutuk area of Chhatak upazila on Saturday night.

At least seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir were injured in a clash with police in Miar Rastar Matha area of the district town on Sunday morning.

Two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the ruling Awami League, exchanged gunfire during a clash at Chittagong University (CU) on Sunday morning following a feud over establishing supremacy on the campus.

A mobile court on Saturday convicted four drug addicts and sentenced them to 15 days of imprisonment each on charge of taking hemp (ganja).

Robbers injured a woman and looted valuables from the house of an Awami League leader at Sultanpur in the district town early Sunday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 197 bottles of Indian wine from Laxmibazar area in Jakiganj upazila early Sunday.

A suspected mugger was killed in a fight between his cohorts and police in Padri Mission Road area of the district town early Sunday.

Ansar members arrested a young man from Matikata area in Kaliakoir upazila on Saturday night while he along with his associates was allegedly trying to remove fishplates from rail tracks.

Police arrested at least 10 leaders and activists of BNP for ‘sabotage plan’ from different places of the city during a drive continuing for 24 hours till this (Sunday) morning.

A young man was killed in a clash between twogroups of villagers over holding winter village fair at Bhatara village in Mohammadpur upazila on Saturday night.

Four people, including a police official, were injured in a clash between police and BNP-Jamaat activists on the Magura-Jessore highway in Shimakhali area of Shalikha upazila on Sunday afternoon.

A suspected criminal was killed and his four associates received bullet wounds in police firing at Nunachhara in Sitakunda upazila on Saturday night.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a young man along with 2,27,800 Indian rupees from Sonamasjid frontier in Shibganj upazila on Saturday afternoon.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two alleged terrorists and recovered a foreign made revolver and 26 round of bullets from Chanpara bazaar area under Panchbibi upazila of the district early this morning.

Police conducted separate raids in different areas of Trishal and Iswarganj on Friday night and early today and arrested seven BNP-Jammat activists.

Prospects of Dragon fruit, a delicious but non-conventional fruit in Bangladesh, is very bright in the region as it has started gaining popularity among both farmers and consumers level for its high commercial and nutritional values.