Dhaka – Police recovered the throat-slit body of a van driver from a paddy field at Golapbari village in sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
Category: Districts
3 killed in Pabna road crash
Dhaka – Three people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus overturned on Pabna-Dhaka highway at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Musa, 22, a bus helper and son of Nifaz Ali, Mamin, 28,…
Fire at Gazipur furniture market
Dhaka – A furniture market caught fire at Tongi Bazar in the city on Wednesday morning.Sources at the fire service said the fire erupted at a furniture shop around 10 am and it soon engulfed several other adjacent shops.
2 workers die inhaling toxic gas in Bogra
Dhaka – Two workers died and another fell ill after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank of Samibari Bazar in Sherpur upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 40, son of Aynal, and Solaiman, 55, of…
Fish trader gunned down in Chuadanga
Dhaka – A fish trader was shot to death by miscreants over previous enmity at Kayetpara village in Alamdanga upazila early Wednesday.Police said a group of 10/12 miscreants opened fire on Ziaur Rahman, 40, son of late Abul Hossain, around…
Raudha’s body to be exhumed for 2nd autopsy
Dhaka – A court on Tuesday ordered that the body of Maldivian MBBS student Raudha Athif, who was found dead at a dormitory of Rajshahi Islami Bank Medical College Hospital on March 29, be exhumed for a fresh post-mortem. Mahbubur Rahman, judge…
Jubo league leader killed in Ctg
Dhaka – A Jubo League activist was hacked to death at Lalkhan Bazar in the city on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sharif alias Tempu Sharif, 24. Sharif was the accused in Jubo League activist Khokan Sarkar’s murder case.Police…
5 shops gutted in Sylhet fire
Dhaka- At least five shops were burnt as a fire broke out at a market in Bandar Bazar of the city in Sylhet on Monday night.
UP member jailed for 14 yrs in arms case
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Monday sentenced a union parishad member to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment for possessing illegal arms.The convict is Angur, 35, son of Hena of Sundarpur village in Nayladanga union of Shibganj upazila and UP member…
Cop killed in Bogra road crash
Dhaka- A police constable was killed when a truck knocked him down on Bogra-Rangpur highway at Mokamtola in Shibganj upazila in Bogra early Tuesday.
3 human ‘traffickers’ held in Sylhet
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of a human-trafficking gang and rescued two women from Gotatikar village under Mogla Bazar thana of Sylhet on Sunday night.
6.5 lakh Yaba pills seized inTeknaf; 3 held
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives arrested three alleged Yaba traders of Myanmar, including one with bullet wounds, and recovered 6.5 lakh pieces of Yaba inTeknaf upazila early Monday.
6 cops hurt in ‘gunfight’ with ‘robbers’ in Cox’s Bazar; 6 held
Dhaka- Six policemen, including two with bullets, were injured in a reported gunfight between a gang of robbers and police on Chakaria-Lama road at Kumari Bridge in Chakaria upazila early Monday.Police said tipped off that a gang of robbers were…
Honey collector killed by tiger in Sundarbans
Dhaka- A honey collector was killed and his brother injured in an attack by a tiger in Dingamari cannel under Satkhira range of the Sundarbans early Monday.
Three killed in Bogra bus plunge
Dhaka, Apr 17 – Three people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Bogra Simabari Bazar in Sherpur upazila of the district in north-central Bangladesh early Monday. Yunus Ali, additional director of…
Human ‘traffickers’ held in Sylhet: 2 women rescued
Dhaka, Apr 17 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of a human-trafficking gang and rescued two women from Gotatikar village under Mogla Bazar thana of Sylhet on Sunday night.
3 killed in Bogra bus plunge
Dhaka- Three people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Bogra Simabari Bazar in Sherpur upazila in Bogra early Monday.
Throat-slit body of missing AL leader found in Noakhali
Dhaka – A local Awami League leader, who had been missing since April 13, was found with his throat cut in the Meghna river in Hatia upazila in Noakhali early Sunday.The deceased has been identified as Baharuddin Sardar, 42, secretary…
9 held with 20 lakh Yaba pills in Ctg B
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested nine people and recovered 20 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets in the Bay of Bengal early Sunday.
Truck driver, helper killed in Natore road crash
Dhaka – A truck driver and his helper were killed and an ambulance driver was injured in a collision between the two vehicles on Natore-Pabna highway in Kadamchilan area in Lalpur upazila in Natore on Sunday noon.
Woman killed as nor’wester lashes Sherpur
Dhaka – A woman was killed as a nor’wester lashed several villages across the district early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Salma Beowa, wife of late Meser Sheikh of Bankakura village in Jhenaigati upazila.
Youth hacked dead in Bogra
Dhaka- A young man was chopped to death by some miscreants at Nishindara-Mandalpara in the district town in Bogra on Sunday.Inspector (investigation) of Sadar Police Station Aslam said a group of miscreants chopped Abdus Sattar with sharp weapons indiscriminately around…
9.80 lakh Yaba tablets seized in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 9 akh and 80 thousand Yaba tablets worth Tk 29crore from Koriyakhali area in Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday morning.
More land under jute cultivation in Manikganj
The cultivation of jute is going to be ended soon with bringing more area of land under the cultivation in the district during the current season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 5,724 hectares of…
Sirajganj road accident kills 2
Dhaka- Two people, including a minor boy, were killed and three people injured in a road accident at Shimultala on Sirajganj-Nalka road in the sadar upazilaon Saturdaynight.
2 killed, 6 injured in Narsingdi road crash
Dhaka – Two people, including a woman, were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a private car at Gangpar on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila on Sunday morning.
Sexagenarian woman killed in city road crash
Dhaka -An unidentified sexagenarian woman was killed as a speedy vehicle ran over her under the footover bridge at Uttara in the capital on Saturday morning.
Bullet-hit bcriminalb dies at DMCH
Dhaka -A listed criminal of the city’s Vasantek area, who suffered bullet injuries in an attack by his rivals near Shilpirtek slum on Tuesday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday.Chiko Jamal alias Musa, 40, who was undergoing…
2.70 lakh Yaba pills seized in Teknaf
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 2.70 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets from Nayapara village in Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Saturday.Lt Col Abu Jar Al Zahid, commanding officer of BGB-2, said BGB troops challenged a…
BGB troops recover 600 bottles of Phensidyl
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 600 bottles of Indian Phensidyl from Baliadighi in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Friday night.