Category: Districts

Coast Guard members in separate drives seized 80 maunds of Jatka ((hilsa fry less than ten inches in length) and 30,000 meters of current net from Harina ferry ghat in the Megha river here on Saturday.

A man was shot to death by robbers at a house where marriage ceremony of his younger brother was being held at Kagojikhola village in Naikhangchhari upazila early Saturday.

Two members of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) were shot to death by miscreants at Boroitoli village in Sadar upazila on Saturday.

Police in a drive arrested two criminals along with three hand bombs in Dighirpara area of the district town on Friday night.

Two children drowned in the Padma River at Hasail village in Tongibari upazila on Friday.

A mobile court in Rajshahi on Friday sent three construction workers to jail awarding them six months’ imprisonment each for sexually harassing a girl of ethnic community at Kadma village in Godagari upazila.

Police in separate drives arrested three people along with a pistol, four rounds of bullet and 44 pieces of Yaba tablet from Hajirali Balikhola area in Jhikorgachha upazila of Jessore district on Friday night.

A local activist of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, youth front of the BNP, was shot dead by unknown miscreants at Baralia in Sadar upazila early Saturday.

A housewife in Jessore has allegedly been killed over dowry, police say. Rikta Ghosh, 19, was the wife of Shipon Ghosh of the Sadar Upazila. Assistant Sub-Inspector of Kotwali Model Police Station Sharmin said Rikta’s body was recovered from their…

Two people, including a local Awami League leader, were found dead in Sylhet and Comilla districts on Friday. In Sylhet, police recovered the body of Javed Ali, 50, organisation secretary of Usmanpur union unit of Awami League in Osmaninagar Police…

About 1200 kilograms of jatka (small hilsha fish fries) were seized and four passenger launches fined for carrying the banned item during an anti-jatka catching drive of a mobile court in Tetulia river here last night.

A local activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was chopped to death by unidentified miscreants at Chardhuli village in Belkuchi upazila on Wednesday night.

A court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to life term imprisonment for violating his daughter in 2013.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 22 kilograms of hemp from Bhadail area in Ashulia on Wednesday night.

Robbers looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth Tk3 lakh from a house in Alaibahar village of the city early Thursday.

A local activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir sustained bullet wounds in a police firing during a clash at Sakhipur village in Debhata upazila on Thursday morning.

Two local leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured when a group of miscreants attacked them at Kashipur Bazar in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night.

A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for dowry in 2010.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized two pistols, nine rounds of bullet, four magazines, 70 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup and a motorcycle from Kiranganj border area in Shibganj upazila on Wednesday night.

Police arrested a leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from the Upazila Parishad office gate in Kotchandpur upazila on Wednesday afternoon on charges of attacking police and carrying out subversive activities.

A man was chopped to death allegedly by his neighbours over a land-related dispute at Bhatapara Krishnapur village in Puthia upazila on Tuesday night.

Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate drives arrested six drug paddlers including a woman from different places in the town and Sadar upazila on Monday night and Tuesday.

Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 1,990 Yaba tablets at Swarupdah-Mathpara area under Sharsha upazila of the district on Tuesday.

A woman and her son were chopped to death allegedly by her husband at Kazimosa village in Paikgachha upazila early Tuesday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 308 kilograms of hemp from Ashabari area in Brahmanpara upazila on Monday.