A tribunal here on Thursday convicted two people and sentenced them to 14 years’ imprisonment for possessing firearms.
Category: Districts
3 held with 803 bottles Phensidyl in Bogra
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with 803 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from Matidali Biman intersection in Sadar upazila early Friday. The arrested were identified as Rubel Chandra Das, Rezaul Islam…
3 held with counterfeit notes in Naogaon, Gazipur
Law enforcers in separate drives arrested three people in possession of fake currency notes with face value of Tk43,500 in Gazipur and Naogaon on Thursday.
650 pieces of blankets distributed in Chuadanga
CHUADANGA, Jan 9, 2014 (BSS)-Shahjalal Islami Bank and Janata Bank Ltd distributed 650 pieces of blankets separately among the poor and cold stricken local people on Wednesday.
Truck torched by miscreants in Rajshahi
A vegetable-laden truck was torched by miscreants on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj Highway at Tultulipara in the city on Wednesday night.
3 held for snatching ballot boxes
Police arrested three persons Wednesday from Paltan area of the capital city accused of snatching and burning ballot boxes at Chanderchar Government Primary School polling centre under Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj district.
Human hauler kills schoolboy in Rajshahi
A schoolboy was killed on the spot when a human hauler hit him at Roipara area on Rajshahi-Durgapur road under Durgapur upazila of the district Wednesday.
Jamaat leader arrested in Bogra
Police arrested Amir of Bogra district Jamaat-e-Islami Principal Shahabuddin from Jaleswaritala area of the district town Wednesday morning for his involvement with sabotage in different areas of the town.
Body retrieved from burnt truck in Sirajganj
Police early Wednesday recovered the body of a young man from under a truck set afire by miscreants by hurling petrol bomb on the Dhaka-Bogra Highway at Horgati under Salanga thana on Tuesday evening.
Tk20 lakh valuables looted from expat’s house in Sylhet
Robbers looted valuables worth Tk20 lakh from an expatriate’s house at Barthakuri village in Jakiganj upazila early Wednesday.
Headmaster torches school furniture to blame BNP
BOGRA: The headmaster of a state-run primary school torched furniture of his own institution in Shajahanpur upazila of Bogra district on Tuesday in an attempt to shift blame onto the 18-party alliance and to make grounds for receiving donation from…
Spate of crimes in Khulna,29 political activists among 446 killed
The year 2013 which has just made exit saw an alarming surge in different forms of crime, including killing, in 10 districts of Khulna division. The situation makes a clear manifestation of an awful deterioration of law and order in…
4 BNP-Jamaat men held in Joypurhat
Joint force in separate drives arrested four activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from two upazilas of the district on Monday night on suspicion of their involvement in sabotage acts.
3 held with Phensidyl, liquor in Chuadanga
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives arrested three alleged drug peddlers and recovered 704 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup and 35 bottles of liquor in Damurhuda and Jibannagar upazilas on Monday.
ASP’s wife ‘commits suicide’ in Gazipur
The wife of an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Ratkhola area of Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.
Hindu families in Thakurgaon under attack
Thakurgaon – In post-election violence, activists of BNP and its main ally Jamaat reportedly attacked ruling Awami League men and members of the Hindu community in eight villages under Sadar upazila on Monday evening, leaving 15 people injured. The attackers…
Housewife commits suicide in Sunamganj
A housewife allegedly committed suicide over family feud in Doarabazar Polly area under Doarabazar upazila of the district last night.
Man’s throat-slit body recovered in Kushtia
Police recovered the body of a man with the throat slit from Gaserdiar village in Daulatpur upazila on Saturday.
Man’s body recovered form Ichhamati
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered the body of a man from the Ichhamati River in Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday.
Tk 2 cr Indian clothes seized in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled Indian clothes worth Tk 2 crore from Boro Achra border point here early Saturday.
BCL observes 66th founding anniversary
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) observed its 66th founding anniversary Saturday with a fresh vow to build a technologically modern and developed Digital Bangladesh. To mark the day, district and city units of BCL chalked out programmes including hoisting of the…
30 injured in Ishwardi BCL, JCD clashes
At least 30 student activists have been injured in clashes between Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) at Pabna’s Ishwardi. The clashes between the student fronts of Awami League and BNP that started from Railgate area on…
2 cops hurt in Rajshahi crude bomb attack
Rajshahi – Two policemen were injured in a crude bomb attack on a polling station in Paba upazila on Saturday evening. The injured were identified as constables Belal and Sajiul.
10 injured as Juba Dal vandalises vehicles in Savar
Savar – At least 10 people were injured when activists of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal went on the rampage here on Saturday night. Witnesses said the activists of the youth wing of main opposition BNP brought out a procession from Hrishipara…
Minor girl drowns in Moulvibazar
A minor girl drowned in a pond at West Singu village in Kulaura upazila on Friday.
30 injured in Sylhet clash
At least 30 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a trifling matter at Old Tetli village in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Friday.
AL leader stabbed dead by Jubo League man in Comilla
A local leader of Awami League was stabbed to death allegedly by a Jubo League man at Jagathpur village in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday night.
Expatriate beaten to death by ‘AL men’ over toll in Comilla
Comilla – An expatriate was beaten to death allegedly by Awami League men at Gakulnagar village in Muradnagar upazila on Friday after his refusal to pay them toll. The deceased was identified as Oman expatriate Jasim Uddin, 40, son of…
Bomb attack on police in Rajshahi again
Some unruly activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of of Jamaat-e-Islami, have hurled two bombs at police in Rajshahi on the second day of the BNP-led 18-party enforced indefinite blockade today (Thursday).
Jute Minister addresses election rally in Netrakona
Jute and Textile minister and Awami League (AL) presidium member Abdul Latif Siddiqui said on Wednesday that BNP-Jamaat alliance has been carrying out subversive activities across the country.