Category: Districts

The district unit of Sushashoner Janno Nagorik (SHUJAN) organised a human chain here on Saturday demanding peace and harmony in the society immediately ending violence and killing of innocent people.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) foiled an attempt of petrol bomb attack through capturing three workers of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal with two petrol bombs here last night.

A youth committed suicide under a speedy train after quarreling with his wife at Teliapara in Madhabpur Upazila in the district this afternoon.

One was killed and another injured in a road accident on Jamalpur-Tangail road in sadar upazila this morning.

Seven shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Chhati Patti in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.

Two people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a launch and an engine-run boat in the Meghna River near Srinagar village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.

At least ten Bangladeshi people including two children returned home through Benapole check post on Friday after serving nine months in an Indian jail.

A man was beaten to death allegedly by his stepbrother over a land-related dispute at Tilon village in Mohadevpur upazila on Friday night.

Leaders of district unit of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad (BPUP) at a human chain here have called for stopping all sorts of violence, anarchy, terrorism, killing of innocent people and communalism.

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has planned to conserve 53 natural water-bodies in the city in order to retain its surface water resources for protecting the environment from further degradation.

Chittagong district police in a series of drives detained eight activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from different upazilas of the district on Thursday night.

Saber Ahmed, 29, was shot dead and 30 others injured in a clash between two local rival groups at Charkhagaria area under Satkania upazila of the district on Friday morning.

An alleged mugger was killed and another injured by angry mob beating at Bandherhat-Paschim Bazar area under Sadar upazila this morning.

Sharankhola Police arrested 5 persons along with 50 tiny bags of Ganja from the village Rajapur under Sharankjhola Upazila in the district on Wednesday.

Two Jatiyabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) men of Jahangirnagar University was held yesterday by Ashulia police for their alleged involvement to assault an assistant proctor of university and blasting a crude bomb at Vice-Chancellor’s residence.

An unidentified woman (50) met her tragic end when she was dashed violently by a speeding Nasiman on Bagearhat-Rupsa old Road near at Singati under Fakirhat Upazila in the district on Tuesday, according to a delayed report received here.

A team of divers of fire fighting unit from Khulna has recovered a body of a youth from Nabaganga river in Jhenidah.

A female crocodile named Dhala Pahar of the historic Khanjali Dighi (lake), situated on the south of the holy shrine of the great saint Hazrat Peer Khaja Khan Jahan Ali (peace be on him), 5 kilometres away from here died…

A Dearing dacoity was committed in a village of Moniarmpur Upazial on Tuesday mid night.

A trial court in Jhalakathi on Wednesday sentenced five cadres of Jamiatul Mujahidine Bangladesh (JMB) accused for killing Jhalakathi district public prosecutor Haidar Hossain 8-year ago.

Jessore wore festive look marking the district unit conference of the ruling party Awami League. The conference is scheduled to be held today, Thursday at Jessore Eidgah. The last conference of the AL was held in 2003.

A minor boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Kazipara village in Shailkupa upazila on Tuesday.

Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir in possession of six crude bombs from Ghoshpara in the city on Tuesday night.

A court here on Wednesday sentenced five members of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death in a case filed for killing a public prosecutor eight years ago.

Two policemen were injured and a picket sustained bullet wounds in a clash between the law enforcers and blockaders in Gauripur upazila on early Wednesday.

Boro farming is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season amid much enthusiasm.

Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu on Tuesday launched road carpeting works at a ceremony in Bahar Kachhna area of the city.

Police arrested an alleged terrorist in possession of a foreign-made pistol, four rounds of bullet and some sharp weapons from his house at Dakkhin Chakjadu village in Dhamoirhat upazila on Wednesday morning.

Police recovered five Molotov cocktails from Western Para Reserve Pukur Par area in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.

Police arrested five local activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from a procession in the district town on Tuesday.