Category: Districts

AL leader among deceased Bullet-hit bodies of two middle-aged men, including a local Awami League (AL) leader, were found in Bagh Binchupur area of Pangsha upazila early Monday.

A man paralysed by accident was burned to death in a fierce fire at Kholshi Haldarpara village in Daulatpur upazila on Saturday night.

Police recovered the body of a man at Paikar village in Kahalu upazila on Saturday.

Polling in eight centres in Sadar upazila has been suspended to prevent possible violence and casting of fake votes in the fourth phase of upazila parishad elections on Sunday.

A local leader of ruling Awami League (AL) was hacked to death in a clash between two rival groups of the party at a polling station in Baluakandi union of Gazaria upazila on Sunday.

Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 10 lakh from a house at Shibganj Lamapara in the city early Friday.

The Election Commission on Saturday withdrew 21 presiding officers appointed in Kalaroa for the fourth phase of the upazila election.

Police arrested two alleged terrorists along with a gun and a number of bullets and bombs from Gilabaria village in Sadar upazila on Friday evening.

A night guard of a sand quarry was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Adalot Para in the town early Saturday.

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Police arrested six fugitive accused from several parts of the district early Friday.

At least 50 people were injured in two separate clashes in Brahmanbaria on Thursday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 25 people from Taluigachha border point in Sadar upazila while they were being trafficked to India early Thursday.

A shop worker has been hacked to death at Sakoa Bazar in Boda upazila.

In a shocking incident, a woman drowned her two-year-old son at Paikmari village in Sadar upazila early Friday following a marital discord.

A court here on Thursday convicted 31 Awami League activists and sentenced them to three years imprisonment each in case filed under Speedy Trial Act.

A local leader of Swechchhasebak League was shot dead by unknown miscreants at Madhya Karpara village in Ramganj upazila on Wednesday night.

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Soilpur village in Kaliganj upazila on Wednesday morning.

Police recovered the body of a nine-year-old schoolboy from a wheat field in Bera upazila of Pabna on Wednesday.

Police and officials of the Department of Narcotics Control in a joint drive arrested a truck driver along with 30,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from Moijjartek area under Karnaphuli thana in the city early Thursday.

Police arrested a young man in possession of 23 fake notes of Tk 1,000 denomination from Samshernagar in Kamalganj upazila on Wednesday.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 10 kilograms of hemp from Railway Station area in Sreemangal upazila on Wednesday.

A court in Pabna sentenced one person to life term imprisonment on Wednesday for killing a man in 2009.

A Bangladeshi youth has been brought back from Indian safe custody after around one and half years of detention there.

Police recovered a woman body from a bush at Khanpur village in Bagherpara upazila here on Wednesday.

Three people sustained stab injuries and 10 houses were vandalised in a clash between two rival groups at Laxmiganj village in Sadar upazila of the district early Wednesday.

A fire burnt down seven jute warehouses and two shops at Mrigi Bazar in Kalukhali upazila early Wednesday.

An old woman died and two others fell sick after taking drink prepared with Isabgol (a kind of herbal powder) in the district town on Tuesday.

At least eight houses of four families were gutted in a fire that broke out at Prothom Alo Char in Sadar upazila of the district early Tuesday.