Category: Districts

An old man was beaten to death allegedly by his grandson over a land-related dispute at Baro Dharmapur village in Sadar (South) upazila on Monday.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man along with 96 bottles of Indian Phensidyl Syrup in Bashbari Government Primary School area in Saidpur upazila on Monday.

Police recovered the body of a battery-run three-wheeler Easy-bike driver from a water body (baor) in Dashpakia area of Chowgacha upazila Monday afternoon.

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling of her room at Gazirchar in Wazirpur upazila on Monday The deceased was identified as Sharmin Aktar, a class-VII student of Gazirchar High School and daughter of Abul Hossain…

A new passport office was opened at district Collectorate Building here on Sunday amid much enthusiasm of the people.

The Barguna district administration has stepped up efforts to release 35 Bangladeshi fishermen from Indian jails with the help of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A student was killed and another critically injured in a road accident at Defola crossing on Melandah-Islampur road under Melandah upazila of the district this morning.

Speakers said at a fair-cum-discussion that the women representatives in the local government institutions should acquire competence and leadership for their active participation to the peoples welfare activities.

A youth was killed and five others were injured in a road accident at Jagla village on Jessore-Magura highway under Sadar upazila this morning.

The battle of Chandhat in the War of Liberation in 1971 in Nagarkanda thana of the district between the Mukti Bahini and the Pakistani occupation army is a glorious event in the annals of our great liberation history.

A motorcyclist was crushed to death under a truck on the Jamalpur-Dewanganj highway in Melandah upazila on Monday morning.

Police in a drive arrested a young man from City Gate area on Monday morning.

Eleven days into her marriage, a woman was beaten to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws over a dowry-related feud in Kharki area of Jessore town on Sunday night.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from Joksin Bazar area in Sadar upazila on Monday morning.  Local people spotted the blood-stained body lying along the side of a road in the area and informed police.

Police recovered the body of an elderly man from a crop field at Gogar-Majhtola village in Ranishangkail upazila on Saturday.

A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself failing to bear slander of stealing money at Biswanathpur village of Jafrannagar union in Juri upazila on Saturday afternoon.

A restaurant employee was found dead beside a road in Chandganj College area in the district town on Saturday morning.

Police rescued a schoolgirl from a house at Baroanchra village in Benapole municipality area on Saturday, two days after she had been abducted.

Police arrested a union parishad (UP) chairman from Traffic Point area in the district town in connection with a graft case on Saturday night.

A jute mill worker was killed as a bus rammed his bicycle in Rajghat Industrial area at Noapara in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Saturday night.

A young man was shot to death by a gang of robbers at Purba Goakhali village in Pekua upazila early Sunday.

Speakers at a function stressed the need for creating awareness among the common people to check child marriage to build a better society.

In addition to creating mass awareness about reasonable use of both surface and underground water, emphasis should be given on integrated water resource management for reducing the pressure on groundwater table in the drought-prone area.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in several anti-smuggling drives, seized a huge quantity of smuggled Indian goods worth about Taka 1.4 crore from different frontier areas of the district last night.

Speakers at the inaugural session of a daylong interschool science fair have said substantial and sustainable boosting the number of science-minded students has become indispensable for flourishing the sector of information and communication technology.

A housewife was tortured and her two legs were broken allegedly by her husband over dowry at Bhaina Rajapur village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.

Police recovered hanging body of a housewife from her residence at Uttar Kharia village in Sribordi upazila on Friday.

Low and middle-income group peoples are flocking to roadside shops and hawkers markets of the town to buy warms clothes with advent of winter in the district.

Police recovered three firearms in an abandoned condition from a canal of Daulatkhan Upazila of the district on Friday.