Tangail, May 2 – Seven people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Haripur in Ghatail upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Category: Districts
BGB seized Tk 185cr contraband items in Apr
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and illegal drugs worth around Tk 185.30 crore carrying out drives across the country, especially frontier ones, in April last.The paramilitary force also arrested 135 people, including women, for their alleged…
New deputy commissioners in 24 Bangladesh districts
In a major reshuffle in the administration, the government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 24 districts. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification on Tuesday in this regard. Of them, six DCs were transferred and given new postings…
Farmers eye bumper litchi output in Rangpur division
The farmers are expecting bumper production of litchi following excellent growth of the tender fruit amid favorable climatic condition this season in Rangpur division, official sources said. The farmers have put maximum efforts now on nursing litchi trees in their…
Minor schoolgirl violated in Dinajpur
Dhaka – A minor school girl was rapped allegedly by a man at Sahajpur Fakirpara village of Khansamaupazila in Dinajpur on Monday morning. Sources of upazila administration, said Somsed Ali, son of Syed Islam Ali, of the village, took the class III student…
Minor boy drowns in Sunamganj
Dhaka– A minor boy drowned in Ghasi river at Chapaiti village of Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Monday afternoon.
2 held with 100 liquor bottles in Sylhet
Dhaka–Highway police arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 100 bottles of liquor on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway, near Haripur Pakhuteki area of Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet on Monday night.The arrestees were identified as Noman Ahmed, 34, and Junayed Ahmed, 32.
Gazipur court issues warrant for Tarique Rahman’s arrest
Dhaka– A court here on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and eight others in a case filed under the Special Powers Act in Gazipur .
Shibir leader held in Rajshahi along with ‘arms’
Dhaka – Police arrested a leader of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir from Matikata union in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi early Tuesday.
Committee formed to probe father-daughter pair’s ‘suicide’ in Gazipur
Dhaka – Gazipur district police on Monday formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the apparent suicide of a man along with his minor daughter in an incident that shook the nation’s conscience.
UP chairman held with firearms in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested a union parishad chairman, an alleged robber kingpin, along with firearms, including an automatic Sub Machine Carbine (SMC), in Pekua upazila early Monday.The arrestee is Syed Nur, 52, chairman of Rajakhali union…
Youth’s body recovered from city’s Hatirjheel Lake
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a young man from the city’s Hatirjheel Lake on Monday.Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said locals spotted the floating body of Sabuj, 30, in Hatirjheel Lake in Tejgaon industrial area around…
Rickshaw-puller dies from electrocution in city
Dhaka– A rickshaw-puller was electrocuted to death in the city’s Shahjahanpur on Monday.
7 kg gold seized at Shahjalal Airport
Dhaka – Customs officials seized 60 gold bars, weighing around 6.960 kg, from a flight in an abandoned condition at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Monday.Assistant Commissioner (Customs) Saidul Islam told UNB that the flight ‘BS202’ of US-Bangla Airlines…
Leopard beaten dead in Kushtia
Dhaka – A leopard was beaten to death by locals at Aburi village in Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on Monday morning.Assistant sub-inspector Alamin, in-charge of Malidah police camp, said the leopard used to invade the village sometimes for the last…
Nor’wester kills 4 damages100 houses in NE BD
Four people were killed and over 100 dwelling houses damaged as a nor’wester lashed nine upazilas of the district on Sunday evening. The deceased are Faridul Islam, 48, son of Azizul Islam of Sapura area of Boalia Police Station in…
Four missing as boat capsizes in BD part of the Ganga
Dhaka, May 1 – Four people went missing as a boat capsized in the Ganga River in Dargapara area of Rajshahi city on Sunday evening during a violent localised storm. Three of the missing people are—Sarwer Hossain Rafiq, 45, Robin,…
Fish trader found dead in Pabna
Dhaka – The throat-slit body of a fish trader was found in a jute field at Chandipur in Sujanagar upazila on Sunday. Local people spotted the body of Hafizur Rahman, 35, son of Majed Khandaker of the upazila ,and informed…
Bandarban AL leader found dead in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka– An Awami League leader was found hanging in a hotel in Cox’s Bazar town on Sunday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Dr Md Ismail, 48, former vice president of Naikhangchhari upazila unit Awami League of Bandarban district.
Former OC sent to jail in Khulna
Dhaka – A court here on Sunday sent a former officer-in-charge (OC) of Patia Police Station of Chittagong to jail in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.The accused police officer is Refayet Ullah Chowdhury.
UP chairman commits ‘suicide’ in Sirajganj
Dhaka – A local union parishad chairman has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house at Masumpur Mahalla in Ullapara upazila.Quoting locals, police said Khalid Intejar Shakti Mirza, chairman of Mohonpur union parishad and son…
Haor farmers to get free agri inputs for next crop: PM
Sunamganj – Issuing a note of warning that no one will be spared if any negligence is found inha or embankment construction,Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Haor farmers will get free agricultural inputs for the next crop. UNB…
Housewife found dead in Meherpur
Meherpur – Police recovered the body of a housewife from a banana orchard at Dighirpara village under the municipality area on Saturday night. UNB news agency reported
Inquest terms Police AC’s death ‘suicide’ – father rejects
Rajshahi, Apr 30 – The inquest report of the forensic department of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) has described the death of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Assistant Commissioner Sabbir Ahmed Sarfaraz as suicide. Rajshahi is Bangladesh’s Northwestern division city.
IBBL Noakhali-Comilla Business Dev confce held
Dhaka – The Quarterly Business Development Conference of Noakhali and Comilla Zones of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) in Cotbari, Comilla on April 29, 2017, Saturday. Md. Abdul Hamid Miah, Managing Director…
Electrician dies from electrocution in city
Dhaka – An electrician died from electrocution in the city’s Lalbagh area on Saturday.
2 Sundarbans robber gangs surrender
Dhaka – Twenty five members of two robber gangs -– Alif Bahini and Kabiraj Bahini -– surrendered to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in presence of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan in the district town on Saturday.Nineteen members of Alif Bahini, including…
Truck driver, helper killed in city road crash
Dhaka – A truck driver and his helper were killed and another was injured when a truck hit another stationary truck from behind at Shyampur in Keraniganj early Saturday.
Train crushes father, daughter in Gazipur
Dhaka – A man and his daughter were crushed to death under a train near Sreepur Railway Station here in Gazipur on Saturday morning.
1,000 domestic animals vaccinated in Rajshahi char-village
More than 1,000 domestic animals including cattle, buffalo, goat and sheep were vaccinated free of cost for preventing various diseases in the district. Bangladesh Livestock Society (BLS) organised the daylong vaccination camp at Char Nabinagar Government Primary School premises in…