Category: Districts

A young housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws for dowry at Binsara village in Tarash upazila on Sunday.

A regional leader of an outlawed party was chopped to death allegedly by his rival party in Jugni village in Sadar upazila early Monday.

Police arrested three young men in connection with subversive activities from Umednagar area in Sadar upazila early Monday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh in a drive arrested four people, including a human trafficker, from Koikhali Beribandh area in Shyamnagar upazila on Monday for entering Bangladesh territory illegally.

Two passengers of a bus sustained injuries in a petrol bomb attack on their vehicle at Sukhia in Pakundia upazila on Saturday night.

A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced a suspected member of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to one year’s imprisonment for carrying out sabotage in Sadar upazila.

Islamic Foundation has been implementing a number of socio economic development programmes in the district to alleviate poverty of the people.

Police recovered the slaughtered body of a farmer from Paturia village under Sadar upazila last night.

A four-month pregnant woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband and in-laws at Charmonsha in Sadar upazila on Saturday.

The driver of a truck and another person riding it were burnt as miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at the vehicle at Gazir Beel in the district town early Sunday.

The migratory birds, popularly known as “avian guests of winter”, have started coming from different countries to the down-stream areas in Khaliajury upazila of the district for the last few days.

Hundreds of minority people have started enjoying arsenic-free safe drinking water in Kalna village under Tanore Upazila of the district for the first time as two hand- driven tube-wells have been set up there around one month ago.

Students of Gangachara Degree College and Gangachara B M College at separate rallies have vowed for launching social movement to eradicate child marriage and repression on women and children.

Speakers at a conference here have said the Rural Medical Practitioners (RMPs) have been serving the suffering humanity by reaching primary health and medicare services to the rural people.

Barisal Metropolitan Police authourity on Saturday distributed fire-extinguisher for long route vehicles at Nathullabad central bus terminal of Barisal city to face arson attacks.

Two persons were injured by explosion of gas-cylinder while pouring that into balloons for selling at Joyoshri under Wazirpur upazila of Barisal on Saturday morning.

Participant journalists at the half-annual general meeting of Barisal Reporters Unity on Saturday demanded end of political violence, restoration of democratic norms.

With over 60,000 metric tones of imported goods at a total of 36 warehouses, five transshipment yards and two terminals, the Benapole land port, country’s biggest ever such port is facing biggest ever traffic and goods congestions due to BNP…

Sahela Bibi (70), met a tragic end and properties worth Tk.3 lakh were gutted when the house of her son-in-law Sultan Howladar of village Gazalia under Morrelganj Upazila in the district caught fire in the early hours of Friday.

Jewell Rana (32), helper of a truck (Dhaka Metro Ta-13-0310) was killed on the spot when his truck met an accident on Khulna-Mongla Highway near at Chulkathi bus stand under Bagerhat Sadar Upazila on Friday in the early in the…

A mobile court in a drive seized 63 maunds of jatka (small hilsa) from two trucks on the Dhaka-Mawa highway at Chanbari in Srinagar upazila of the district on Thursday.

An extended meeting of Awami League (AL) Netrakona district unit on Friday vehemently criticized the nonstop blockade programme enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance across the country.

Experts at a views-sharing meeting on Saturday called upon the media workers for playing their due role in preventing the infectious disease of leprosy through creating adequate social awareness.

There should be more motivational programme for the farmers towards cultivating lentil, chickpea and grasspea on more lands in the region including the vast Barind tract to meet up the gradually increasing demands of pulses, agriculturists and scientists concerned here…

A primary school headmaster was shot to death by miscreants at Mahendrapur village in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Munsi Rabiul Islam,45, headmaster of Mahendrapur Government Primary School. Officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali Police Station…

Police seized 20 kilogram ganja along with a pick-up van and arrested three persons red-handed from the Girls’ School turning point at Kawnia upazila town in the district yesterday, police sources said.

Police arrested five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, and recovered two LG-guns, five petrol bombs and six cocktails in Khrisnarampur area in the district town this morning.

A truck helper was killed and its driver injured in a road accident in Sukdara area on the Mongla-Khulna highway here this morning.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 352 bottles of Indian wine from Karimpur village under Chatak upazila of the district this morning.