Category: Districts

A college student was stabbed to death while a local Awami League leader shot and wounded by unidentified miscreants at Bashpatti in the district on Monday night.

A father was killed by his drug addicted son at Rola village under Rajapur upazila of the district this morning.

A court here today sentenced one person to death for killing his wife at Naluapara area of the town in 2010.

A case was filed against 439 BNP leaders and activists, including Gazipur City Corporation mayor and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s advisor M A Mannan, in connection with Sunday’s clash with police in front of BNP office here.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth in a sack from a paddy field at Balunda village in Benapole port thana on Sunday.

A court here on Sunday sent 37 local leaders and activists of Swechchhasebak League to jail in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act with Bianibazar police station.

Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Jindabazar area in the city Sunday night.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified old woman from a paddy field at Kapashia village in Nalitabari upazila on Sunday afternoon.

Police arrested a man along with six crude bombs from a madrasah in the district town on Sunday night.

A young man allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the path of a speeding train in Dashpukur area in the city on Sunday afternoon.

Police recovered the body of a female union parishad (UP) member, who was chopped to death, at Jamalpur village in Singair upazila of the district on Sunday morning.

A police constable was killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.

A minor boy drowned in a pond at Ayra village in Tanor upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.

A man was killed in a road accident in Ansar area of Bagha union in Golapganj upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler and recovered 555 pieces of Yaba tablet from his possession in Charghat upazila of the district on Saturday.

A female UP member was allegedly killed by some unidentified miscreants in Bayra- Baimail area under Singair upazila of the district last night.

At least thirty people were injured in a road accident at Chinapara on the Dhaka-Pabna highway under Sujanagar upazila of the district this morning.

Prospect of aromatic and fine quality rice production in vast Barind tract is very bright as it is endowed with many native fine and aromatic rice varieties, which have enormous demands both at home and abroad.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested four drug traders and recovered 136 bottles of phensidyl from their possession at Tartipur Swashanghat area in Shibganj upazila of the district on Friday.

About 1,000 patients of different diseases were provided medicare services at a daylong camp arranged at Charsita village under Ramgati upazila of the district on Friday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized a huge quantity of smuggled goods and drugs from different frontier areas of the district last night.The goods are— cumin seed, still goods, shares, three piece, spices, imitation ornaments, cosmetics…

District Relief and Rehabilitation Department (DRRO) has allocated 3,000 tonnes food grains to implement various development projects in the district during 2014-15 fiscal.

A local leader of BNP was injured by stabbing in an attack by some miscreants on the Abdul Hamid Road in the town on Friday night.

A young man was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Kachubari Bhata village on the Panchagarh-Thakurgaon highway in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon.

A minor boy drowned in the Lachhi river in Pirganj upazila on Friday evening.

Two people, including a minor girl, were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in the city and Godagari upazila on Friday.

A case has been filed against 464 people, 64 among the members of notorious gang ‘Jisan Bahini’, in connection with the Thursday’s gunfight with police at Chandraganj in sadar upazila.

A man was killed when a branch of a tree fell on him at Munshirgaon village in Biswanath upazila on Friday.

An autorickshaw driver was killed when a truck rammed his autorickshaw at Goalondo Bazaar bus stand in Goalondo upazila on Saturday morning.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from the Surma River at Southern Surma area of the town on Saturday.