Category: Districts

One person was shot dead at Jhagrarchar Modak Para village in Sribordi upazila of Sherpur district on Wednesday at about 11 pm.

A septuagenarian man was chopped to death by a miscreant over previous enmity at Nowdagram Bazar in Sadar upazila of Jessore district last night.

One person was killed and 30 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Shibpur village in Lakhai upazila on Tuesday afternoon.

A local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist, who was beaten up allegedly by BNP activists on Wednesday evening, succumbed to his injuries on the way to a hospital in the capital early Thursday.

Terrorists shot dead a schoolteacher and kidnapped his 10-year-old grandchild (niece’s son) for refusing to pay toll at Shuvoraj village in Sadar upazila of the district around midnight on Tuesday.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) unearthed a fake factory, seized huge fake sex-stimulating drinks and arrested three persons here on Tuesday evening, RAB and police sources said.

Locals blocked the Khulna-Satkhira highway in Dumuria upazila bazar area on Wednesday demanding that Nasiman and Kariman – locally-made three wheelers – be allowed to ply the highway.

The cooperative microcredit has become effective in bringing self-reliance to 750 rehabilitated destitute river-eroded families living in twelve barrack houses built under the government’s Asrayan Prokalpo in Gangachara upazila.

Police recovered the bodies of three people, including a farmer, from separate places in Satkhira, Moulvibazar and Madaripur districts on Monday.

Robbers looted Tk1.46 lakh and other valuables, including two mobile phone sets, from Satkhira municipality office early Monday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Sunday arrested 21 people from Tangrali border in Sharsha upazila as they entered Bangladesh from India illegally.

A youth was stabbed to death allegedly by his cousin following a family feud at Birgaon village in Nabinagar upazila on Saturday night.

Police on Saturday recovered the hanging body of a college girl from a girls’ hostel at west Ramnagar of the town.

The construction work of Birganj Fire Service and Civil Defense Station (FSCDS) began at Birganj upazila town in Dinajpur on Saturday afternoon to full-fill long-cherished demand of the local people.

Some unknown miscreants at Bakchara village in Sadar upazila stabbed a farmer to death on Sunday morning.

Rotaract Club of Dhaka University (RCDU) and Asian Youth Center (AYC) launched a tree plantation and awareness raising campaign at the different high schools of Chandina Upazila recently.

The members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered three 7.65 Chinese pistols, three magazines and 10 rounds of bullets from SP Golden Line bus counter on Jessore-Benapole highway last night.

Two persons, including a minor boy, were electrocuted at different places in Mithapukur upazila here on Thursday, police and locals said.

Lifting of CNG-run auto rickshaw has gone up alarmingly in the Sylhet area in recent times as organised gangs outsmart law enforcers with newer techniques.

Two alleged robbers were killed and 15 people, including locals and a policeman, injured during a gunfight at Kazir Char village in Raipur upazila early Thursday.

Police on Thursday morning recovered the body of a young girl at Dhanisafa village in Mathbaria upazila.

A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to 14 years’ imprisonment for violating a girl.

A couple was strangulated to death by miscreants, allegedly over a dispute involving land ownership, at Baliadi village in Palash upazila early Wednesday.