Category: Districts

Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 950 grams of heroin at Fajilpur in Godagari upazila early Saturday.

A sexagenarian man who sustained injuries in a clash between two factions of Awami League over establishing supremacy at Taraujial village in Sripur upazila died at Faridpur Medical College Hospital on Saturday.

A postman was chopped to death by some unidentified miscreants at Gopalpur under Enayetpur thana in Chouhali upazila on Sunday.

Police arrested two local leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami along with 10 crude bombs in Bojratek area in Bholahat upazila on Saturday night.

In the School Secondary Certificate (SSC) examination Jhenidah Cadet College captures the first place in inter Jessore board this year, 2014. Jhenidah Cadet College sources said Jhenidah Cadet College achieves the first position in Jessore board. The college body, guardians…

Police in their overnight drives have arrested 30 people, including 18 Jamaat-Shibir men, from Satkania and Lohagarah upazilas.  

A teenage boy was found hanging at Boalia Model Police Station in the city early Saturday.  

Police rescued a boy from Surui in Sadar upazila of Bagerhat early Saturday 12 hours after his kidnap from Pirojpur on Friday evening.

Crops on several thousand bighas of land as well as a number of fish farms under Bhubanbaria union in Sathia upazila were inundated as a cross dam on the Ichamati River fell apart after some influential people tried to bore…

Local people set a police vehicle afire and put barricade on Dhaka-Maowa road protesting the death of an auto-rickshaw driver in a road crash on Friday morning.  

Once export-oriented, the clay-made terracotta tiles industry in Satkhira has plummeted to a dreary state of business from its past glory for various reasons, including lack of government patronisation.

Police in a drive recovered five hand bombs in an abandoned condition at Mamunshia village in sadar upazila on Thursday. 

A man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land dispute at Charporagachha village in Ramgati upazila on Tuesday night.

A man was beaten to death allegedly by his second wife and his step sons at Ramchandrapur village in Parbotipur upazila on Tuesday night.

The upazila administration last night demolished a Jatra pandal in Bala Ata area under Sadar upazila in the district for holding obscene dance and gambling.

A sand trader was reportedly abducted by unidentified miscreants from the Lalon Shah Bridge (West side) in Bheramara upazila early Tuesday.

Miscreants looted valuables, including gold ornaments and cash, worth Tk 10 lakh from a house at Mokterpara in the district town early Tuesday.

A local BNP leader was chopped to death by unknown miscreants in Nimtala bridge area at Chapali village in Kaliganj upazila on Tuesday morning.

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a union parishad chairman at Paikasha village in Kamarkhand upazila early Tuesday in connection with a case filed earlier.

Police rescued a businessman from the forest in Ranipur area of Sadar upazila on Sunday evening, after hours of his abduction.

A court here on Sunday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for selling heroin in South Surma upazila in 2012.

A woman was killed in an attack allegedly by her son at Bhringaraj in Kaliakoir upazila on Monday morning.