Dhaka – Four construction workers died from electrocution at Dhelaguri village in Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday noon.
Category: Districts
Maize cultivation exceeded target in Manikganj
Maize cultivation is gaining popularity day by day in all seven upazilas of the district encouraged by the excellent economic return from cultivating the crop in recent years. The target of cultivation has been exceeding every year in the district…
Death reduced to life-term in child Rakib murder case
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday reduced the death sentence given to two convicts of child Rakib Hawlader murder case to life term imprisonment.
8 get life term for murder in Siraganj
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday sentenced eight people to life term imprisonment each for killing a man in Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj in 2007. The lifers are Shamim, 35, Rabbani, 32, Mintu, 33, Kalam, 32, Dudu, 30, Ziaur,…
Young man punched to death in C’nawabganj
Dhaka– A young man was punched to death allegedly by his ‘drunk’ friend during their picnic in front of Club Supermarket in the district town in Chapainawabganj on Monday night.Saber Reza Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said some picnickers…
129 people held in Jhenidah, Chuandaga
Dhaka – Police in their special drives arrested 129 people from Jhenidah and Chuadanga districts.In Jhenidah, police in their special drive carried out from Sunday night to Tuesday morning, arrested 108 people, including three Jamaat men, from different parts of…
Woman held ‘with heroin’ at Benapole
Dhaka – Police arrested a suspected female drug peddler along ‘with 500 grams of heroin’ at Navaran in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district in Benapole on Monday night.
Special drive in Jhenidah; 42 held
Dhaka – Police in their special drive arrested 42 people, including a Jamaat leader, from different parts in Jhenidah on Monday. Police said they conducted the drive in different parts of six upazilas of the district from Sunday night to Monday…
Ex-CU student’s body found hanging in Ctg
Dhaka – A former student of Chittagong University was found hanging at her house at Navy residential area in Chittagong on Sunday midnight.Abul Bashar, officer-in-charge of EPZ Police Station, said being informed by family, police recovered the body of Sheikh…
Bagerhat man lands in jail for stalking girl
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced a young man to one year imprisonment for stalking a girl in the district town.Police arrested Ripon Sheikh, 24, son of Abu Sheikh of Bager Bazar for disturbing the girl on…
4 bodies retrieved as boat sinks in Sandwip Channel
Dhaka – Coast Guard members recovered four bodies early Saturday after a boat, carrying at least 55 passengers, capsized in the Sandwip Channel in Chittagong on Sunday night.At least 25 passengers went missing after the boat sank in the channel…
Man to die for murder in Faridpur
Dhaka – A court here on Monday sentenced a man to death for killing a man in Faridganj upazila of Faridpur in 2000.The court also fined condemned convict Abdul Sattar, 60, Tk one lakh.According to the prosecution, Sirajul Islam, a…
10 houses gutted in Joypurhat fire
Dhaka – At least 10 houses were gutted in a fire at Shalban Guchchhagram village in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Saturday night.
‘JMB’ man held in Rajshahi
Dhaka– Police arrested a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Kismot Jamira village in Puthia upazila on Saturday night.UNB agrncy
Rajshahi, Sylhet, Habiganj mayors suspended again
Dhaka, Apr 2 – Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul and Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury have been suspended again hours after taking charge on Sunday.
Lightning strikes kill 3 in NE district of Sylhet
Dhaka- Three people, including a father and his son, were killed in two incidents of lightning strike in Companyganj upazila of Sylhet district in NE Bangladesh on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Fazal Uddin, 42, and his son of Nur Uddin,…
66 including 12 of Jamaat held in Jhenidah drive
Dhaka – Police in a special drive arrested 66 people, including 12 activists of opposition Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts in Jhenidah district on Sunday.
Two killed in Gopalganj road crash
Dhaka- Two motorcyclists were killed and their co-rider was injured in a road accident on the Muksudpur-Ujani Road in Muksudpur upazila under Gopalganj district in western Bangladesh on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Sajib Roy, 22, son of Bablu…
Minor girl raped by teens in Shariatpur
Dhaka– An eight-year old girl was raped allegedly by two teenagers at Hawlader Kandi village in Naria upazila on Saturday.The alleged rapists are Rakib Hawlader, 14, son of Nuruzzaman Hawlader of Hawlader Kandi village, and Kabir Madbar, 13, son of…
Murder case accused stabbed dead in Comilla
Dhaka– A murder case accused was stabbed to death by miscreants at Gouripur Bazar in Daudkandi upazila, about 60 kilometres east of the Bangladesh camptal, under Comilla district on Saturday. Police said miscreants attacked Abu Sayeed, 24, a resident of Pennai…
Fire at Shahjibazar power station in Habiganj
Dhaka – A fire broke out at Shahjibazar Power Generator Company Limited in sadar upazila in Habiganj, Northwest of Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Saturday. Jamal Uddin, in charge of Shaistaganj fire service, said the fire broke out as a transformer…
At least four minors killed as militants in Nasirpur
Dhaka – Four of the eight bodies recovered by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit during ‘Operation Hitback’ in Moulvibazar last Thursday were minors.UNB agency
75 birds of various species seized at Benapole
Dhaka – The members of Border Guard Bangladesh(BGB) seized 75 birds of various species from Putkhali here while being smuggled to India on Saturday.UNB agency
Anti-militant raids at Moulvibazar, Comilla end: 3 bodies found
M Jahangir Alam & Khairul Ahsan Manik, UNB Correspondents Dhaka Apr 1 – The prolonged raids conducted by law enforcers at Comilla’s Bagmara and Moulvibazar’s Borohat ‘militant dens’ on east and northeast of Bangladesh capital Dhaka ended on Saturday with…
2 held with 15 gold bars at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two suspected smugglers along with 15 gold bars, weighing 2kg, from Choto Anchra border point here on Saturday morning.
UP member stabbed dead in Laxmipur
Dhaka – A union parishad member was stabbed to death by miscreants in Patwary Haat in Laxmipur on Friday night.
Bagerhat trawler capsize death toll now 17
Dhaka – The death toll from Tuesday’s trawler capsize in the Panguchi River in Morelganj upazila rose to 17 as three more bodies were recovered from the river on Friday.The bodies of those recovered today were identified as of Nasima…
7 murders: Fugitive convict held in Barisal
Dhaka – A former constable who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in the sensational seven-murder cases of Narayanganj was arrested in Hizla upazila on Friday.The arrestee was identified as Habibur Rahman, former bodyguard of sacked Rab-11 official Lt Col…
‘Operation Maximus’ postponed; to resume Saturday morning
The ‘Operation Maximus’ launched by members of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) at a suspected militant den at Borohat in municipality area was postponed on Friday evening as darkness fell. Briefing reporters near the militant hideout around 7pm, chief of…
Expatriate killed by lightning strike in Sylhet
Dhaka – An expatriate was killed and another injured when a thunderbolt struck them at Bulbulikandi in Balaganj upazila on Thursday night.UNB agency