Category: Districts

An old man was killed in an attack by rivals over a land dispute at Shiler Towa village in Lama upazila on Tuesday morning.

A farmer was chopped to death by his rivals over a land-related dispute at Bamandanga village in Rupsa upazila on Monday morning.

Police in a drive arrested 17 activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir from different areas of four upazilas of the district early Monday, on charge of subversion plan.

Police on Monday morning recovered the beheaded body of a man at a tea garden in Fatikchhari upazila.

A battery-run easy-bike driver was beaten to death by miscreants in Benapole town of the district on Monday.

Muggers injured five cattle traders by stabbing them and took away Tk12 lakh from their possession at City Hat in the city on Sunday night.

At least eight houses were gutted in a fire which broke out at Dulal Matabbar Dangi village in Sadarpur upazila on Saturday morning.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Saturday night arrested a man along with four live bombs and some bomb-making materials at Barni village in Abhaynagar upazila.

Two people were killed and three others critically injured in an attack by their rivals over a land-related dispute at Daulatpara in Laksam upazila on Friday evening.

Police here on Friday afternoon recovered two bombs and huge quantity of explosive substances from beside the Poranpur-Loknathpur road in Damurhuda upazila.

The seasonal lean period, commonly known as “monga”, departed without any bite for the fifth consecutive time this year following substantial change in socioeconomic condition of the poorer section people.

At least 70 people, including women, were injured in a fierce clash between two rival groups over a disputed land at Teghoria village in Lakhai upazila on Friday.

At least 10 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out in Laribari Bazar area in Kalukhali upazila early Wednesday.

One person was killed when a motorcycle collided head-on with an oil tanker at South Shahjalal Bridge in the city on Wednesday night.

Police arrested 10 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different places of Sharankhola upazila early Wednesday on charge of hartal-time vandalism.

A mobile court convicted a drug peddler and sentenced him to six months jail for possessing ganja in Bakshiganj upazila here on Monday afternoon.

A schoolgirl drowned as a boat capsized in the Jadukatha river near Chanpur in Jamalganj upazila on Monday.

Police in a drive arrested two people along with three crude bombs from Garikhana Road area of Jessore district town on Monday night.

A mobile court here sentenced two young men to six months’ imprisonment each on Monday for possessing hemp.

A shopkeeper was chopped to death by some miscreants at Magura village under Abhaynagar upazila of the district last night.

At least 20 shops were gutted by a fire at Torabganj Bazar in Kamalnagar upazila of the district early Monday.

Opposition activists hurled a crude bomb at the vehicle carrying additional police super (north) Shahidullah at Shekharpara in Sitakund upazila on the second day of the 18-party’s 84-hour hartal on Monday.

A youth was strangulated to death in a fish enclosure at Doba village in Rupsa upazila on Saturday.

A moderate earthquake jolted Sylhet and its adjoining areas on Wednesday morning.

Local BNP units in Comilla, Noakhali, Pabna, Bhola, Feni and Khagrachari have enforced general strike (hartal) on Saturday in the districts to protest against the arrests of senior party leaders and police harassment.

Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Friday called on the opposition to withdraw hartal (shutdown) and join the talks.

Police are yet to rescue Nazneen Akhtar(12), daughter of Nurunnabi of Purbo Parul village under Pirgachha upazila in Rangpur district even after sixteen days of her abduction.

Younger brothers killed a man allegedly over a land-related dispute at Bagdah Konapara village in Debiganj upazila on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Khalilur Rahman Khalil, son of late Abdul Jalil of the village.

Three suspected pirates, including their ringleader, were killed in a ‘shootout’ with police in Char Majid area of Surbarnachar upazila early Friday. Five police personnel were also injured in the incident.