Tag: District

Dhaka-Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 24,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets and arrested two alleged drug dealers along with a private car from Lalpole area of Feni on Thursday night.

Four day labourers were killed as a bus knocked down a rickshaw van in Mollarpul area on the Dhaka-Mawa highway in South Keraniganj upazila on Wednesday night.

At least 50 people, including women, were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land-related dispute at Maonpur village in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday evening.

Jhenidah – Wheat procurement drive launched by the government in the district in the current season is being hampered due to mismanagement and corruption allegedly by a section of dishonest food officials, agriculture officers and local musclemen. The government and…

A case was filed by Hasina Begum wife of Elangi UP member and Jamaat leader Abul Kalam against Officer in charge of Kotchandpur thana Fazlur Rahman and 7 others on Wednesday for abduction and murder of her hustand. Judicial Magistrate…

A youth was beaten to death by his rivals at Piadapara village in Mohammadpur upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mohon Mollah, 30, son of Sadek Hossain Mollah of the village. Quoting local people, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police…

The government has decided to set up children court in every district across the country in compliance with the newly-enacted Law -the Children Act 2013. A district additional sessions judge will head the court, said a notification issued by the…

An alleged robber was killed and three policemen were injured in a ‘gunfight’ with police on the Ramu-Naikhongchhari Road in Ramu upazila on Sunday night. Identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet. Appela Raju Naha, officer-in-charge of Ramu Police…

A housewife got the wrist of her right hand blown off as a bomb exploded at Bhaturia village in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The victim was identified as Renuka Begum, 50, wife of Fazer Ali of the village.

A local Krishak League leader was killed as a lightning strike hit him at Shapla Bonde in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Matiur Rahman,70, president of Itna upazila unit of Krishak League, associate body of…

At least 50 people were injured, 15 with bullets, in a clash between two groups of people over occupying a water body at Balaura in Sadar upazila on Monday. Locals said Shahjamal Nurul Huda, former president of Sadar upazila unit…

Local BNP has called a half-day hartal in the district for Wednesday demanding the release of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal president Habib–un-Nabi Khan Sohel and others and withdrawal of ‘false’ cases filed against them.

A suspected thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Dhulundi village in Ghior upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Mamun Hossain,26, son of Badsha Hossain of Tara Bandutia village of the upazila. Locals said when a Ranjit…

Jhenidah – Jhenidah Rapid Action Battllion (RAB-6) recovered 2,825 bottles phensidyl from Kaliganj on Thursday noon. This time RAB arrested two drug peddlers and seized a truck.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) central committee has expelled two leaders of the Sreemangal upazila unit of the party for contesting the upazila election going against the party decision.

Police recovered the body of a youth from a paddy field at Nilkuthi Boumaridanga in Manda upazila on Thursday after 26 days of his abduction. The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 18, an HSC examinee and son of Mohammad…

Khulna –Three people, including a female university admission seeker, were killed and another was injured when a truck and a private car collided head-on at Akmal More in Arong Ghat area of the city on Thursday morning. The deceased were…

A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Hatkhola frontier in Panchbibi upazila early Wednesday.

An engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) was assaulted allegedly by activists of the ruling Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies in Digholia upazila on Monday following an altercation over tender submission for construction works in six…

Six people were killed and 10 others injured on Saturday when a bus rammed into a four-wheeler ‘Leguna’ at Mymensingh’s Bhaluka Upazila. Bhaluka Model Police Station OC Abdul Motaleb Miah said this happened around 10.30pm at Aamtali area on the…

Satkhira – An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, was killed in a firing by joint forces during a clash at Padmashakra village in sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Shibir activist Chhoton, 16,…