Two alleged robbers, one of them woman, were arrested after a gunfight with police in Bhanga upazila on Wednesday night. Nazmul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station, said a gang of robbers numbering four in the guise of Detective Branch…
The 40-day second-phase of special Employment Generation Project for the Poorest (EGPP) at Taka 28.83 crore will begin here from April 26 next to create jobs for the ultra poor people, official sources said.
A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his neighbour over a land-related dispute at Ujan Gangpar village in Nalitabari upazila on Wednesday morning.
Police arrested a local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student front of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, from his house at Nimgachhi village in Bholahat upazila early Wednesday.
Police in a drive arrested two young men in possession of a pistol from Sagorpur village in Jhikorgachha upozila of Jessore.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered an Indian-made pistol from Mohanpur border area in Shibganj upazila on Tuesday night.
Two suspected muggers received bullet wounds in a ‘shootout’ with police at Dattadanga in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.
Miscreants chopped a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and cut off the tendons of his legs and hands in Nababganj Government College gate area of the district town on Tuesday night.
An outlawed party leader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district early Wednesday.
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of a house at Dudhbakshi village in Bianibazar upazila on Monday.
Two people, including a policeman, were injured in a gunfight between police and Jamaat-Shibir men at Jhumjhumpur Moylakhana area in sadar upazila early Tuesday.
Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives arrested three people along with arms and ammunition in Rajbari and Faridpur districts on Monday.
Two schoolboys were killed and another 10 people injured in a clash between two rival political groups at Chandraganj Bazar in Sadar upazila on Monday night.
Newly elected chairmen, vice-chairmen and women vice-chairmen of 25 Upazila parishads of different districts under Rajshahi division took oath here today.
More than 3,000 distressed women in five upazilas of the district have become self-reliant economically by receiving training on various income-generating programmes and loans from Women Affairs Department (WAD).
More than 200 families of some remote villages in the district are engaged in weaving hogla mat and they are now better off with their own efforts.
Muggers looted Tk one lakh shooting two staff of a Grameenphone distributor office on the Park Road in the district town on Monday.
At least 20 people, including five policemen, were injured in a clash between Jamaat-Shibir activists and police in Harishpur Bypass area of the district town on Monday morning.
At least five people were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Jubo League at Basurhat in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.
An alleged robber was killed and three policemen were injured in a ‘gunfight’ with police on the Ramu-Naikhongchhari Road in Ramu upazila on Sunday night. Identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet. Appela Raju Naha, officer-in-charge of Ramu Police…
A district court on Sunday sent to jail 36 BNP leaders and activists in a violence case in Sadar upazila in November last year. Judge of the Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Benapole, Maruf Ahmed passed the order when the BNP…
A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband over family feud at Bhoishobher village in Sadar upazila on Saturday.
Six members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were injured in a road accident at Kanabil crossing on the Kushtia-Bheramara road in the district town Sunday morning.
Six business establishments were gutted by a fire in Post Office area of the district town early Sunday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday rescued three boys from Poladanga border in Bholahat upazila while they were being trafficked to India.
Police on Saturday night arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 100 pieces of Yaba tablets from Shashthitala Bunopara area in Jessore town.
A youth was chopped to death by some miscreants on the premises of City College in the town last night.
At least 100 houses were gutted by a devastating fire that broke out at Gitalganj in Tentulia upazila early Saturday.
Police rescued a schoolgirl from Barolekha upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday afternoon three months after her abduction from Jakiganj upazila in Sylhet.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 29 people, including women and children, while they were being trafficked to India through Putkhali border here on Friday night.