Rajbari, Sept 2 – An alleged member of an outlawed party was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Alamdanga area of Kalukhali Upazila of Rajbari early Saturday.
Category: Districts
Chalan Beel boat capsize: Two more bodies found – death toll 5
Pabna, Sept 2 – The bodies of two people, who went missing as a boat sank in the Chalan Beel in Chatmohar Upazila in Bangladesh’s Northwestern district of Pabna on Friday evening, were recovered on Sunday morning. The death toll…
Two killed as train hits bus in Chittagong
Chittagong, Sept 2 –Two bus passengers were killed and 25 others injured as a train hit the vehicle at Bariyarhat Level Crossing in Mirsharai Upazila of Chattogram early Sunday.
Four killed in Netrakona road crash
Dhaka – At least four people were killed and three others injured after a bus collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Kendua-Atharabari road in Maska Bazar area in Kendua upazila in Netrakona on Saturday.
‘Drug trader’ found dead in Chuadanga
Dhaka – Policerecovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from a garden at Benipur village in the bordering area of Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga on Saturday.
‘Brothers-in-law’ kill Sylhet housewife for rice cake
Dhaka- A young housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her brothers-in-law for rice cake at Sunampur village in Balaganj upazila on Friday night.
Kidnapped boy rescued in city, one held
Dhaka – Police rescued an eight-year-old boy, who was abducted from Kumarkhali upazila on August 17, from the capital’s Shyampur area on Friday night.
Private car catches fire on Gazipur highway, gutted
Gazipur, Sept 1 – A private car was gutted as a fire broke out in it on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Masterbari in the city on Saturday morning.
Man beaten dead by ‘cousin’ in Narsingdi
Dhaka – A young man who was injured after being beaten allegedly by his cousin at Purba Seydnagar village of Shibpur upazila in Narsingdion Thursday afternoon died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital in Narsingdi on Friday morning.
5 ‘JMB men’ held with arms, ammo in Rajshahi, C’nawabganj
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested five suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with arms and ammunition from Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts early Friday.
Missing teenage girl found dead in Munshiganj
Dhaka – A teenage girl was found dead in a market of Baroikhali Bazar in Sreenagar upazila in Munshiganj on Friday afternoon, four days after she had gone missing.
Fire at Chattogram salt factory
Dhaka – A salt factory at Majhirghat Narikeltala under Sadarghat Police Station in Chattogram caught fire on Friday afternoon.
Trapped barking deer rescued at CU campus
Chittagong Aug 30 – A barking deer (Maya Horeen) which was trapped in the net of a window of the science faculty building in Chittagong University (CU) campus was rescued in critical condition on Thursday.
‘Robber’ hacked to death in Rangamati
Dhaka -A suspected robber was hacked to death while ‘committing robbery’ at a house at Sapchhari in Sadarupazila early Thursday.
‘Drug trader’ injured in Lalmonirhat gunfight
Dhaka – A suspected drug trader sustained bullet injuries in a reported gunfight with police in Aynarpul area of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat early Thursday.
Safe poultry farming stressed for sound public health
Speakers at a discussion stressed the need for safe poultry farming to ensure sound public health.
Illegal sand lifting from Kaliganga endangers homesteads
Manikganj (Dhaka), Aug 30 – Many houses and establishments and a widely used bridge in the Manikganj district town, stand threatened due to riverbank erosion caused by illegal sand lifting from the Kaliganga River.
5 gold smugglers held in city
Dhaka-Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday night arrested five suspected members of an international gold smuggling gang along with around 11 kg of gold from Gabtoli area in the city.
Newlywed woman found hanged in Jashore
Dhaka – A newlywed woman was found hanged at her house in Nehalpur in Manirampur upazila in Jashore on Wednesday morning.
3 BNP men held in Sherpur
Sherpur – Detectives in a drive arrested three leaders of BNP and its youth wing Jubo Dal from different parts of the district town on Tuesday night in connection with a case filed under Anti-terrorism Act.
5 of a family burned in Sylhet fire
Dhaka – Five members of a family suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a house at Rahimpur village in Biswanath upazila early Wednesday.
Minor girl ‘violated’ in Jashore
Dhaka- A six-year-old girl was reportedly violated by a man inBaropatavillage of Benapole port area in Benapole on Sunday.
Teenage girl commits ‘suicide’ in Chattogram
Dhaka – A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her house in Chambal Shikderpara area of Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday.
2 killed in Barguna road crash
Dhaka– Two people were killed as a bus hit a motorcycle on Barguna-Barishal regional highway in Betagi upazila in the district on Tuesday.
Two Jubo League activists hacked to death in Chittagong
Chittagong, Aug 28 – Two Jubo League activists, who were brothers, were killed in an attack in Choto Daroga Hat area of Sitakundu Upazila on Monday night.
Youth ‘pushed’ to death from running bus in Chattogram
A young man was pushed to death from a moving bus allegedly by its helper in City Gate area of the port city on Monday afternoon.
4 held with 40,000 yaba pills in city
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people and recovered 40,000 pieces of yaba tablets from the office of a courier service in the city’s Dilkusha area on Monday.
Girl dies as her scarf gets entangled with human-hauler wheel
Dhaka– A schoolgirl died when her scarf got entangled with the wheel of a human-hauler at Harenda in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Monday.
75-year old man rapes minor girl in Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria, Aug 27 – A 2nd grader girl was violated at Gojanagar area in Nabinagar municipality on Friday.
4 motorcyclists killed in M’singh road crashes
Dhaka –Four motorcyclists were killed in separate road accidents in Tarakanda, Sadar and Phulpur upazila in Mymensingh on Sunday.