Tag: Districts

Dhaka x – A court here on Monday convicted two people and sentenced them to death for killing a street child in 2005.The condemned convicts were Anwar Hossain alias Shankor Chandra Devnath, 27, a tailoring shop employee in Narinda in…

GAIBANDHA – A field day on production and dissemination of BARI released orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) was held at Ratanpur village under Fulchhari upazila today amid much enthusiasm.A discussion meeting was also held at the village this morning on…

RAJSHAHI – A mobile court has sentenced four drug-traders including a woman to two years jail in Tanore Upazila of the district yesterday, police sources here said today.The convicted persons were identified as Shafiqul Islam, 38, his wife Angura Begum,…

MEHERPUR- The members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 50,000 cow fattening tablets from Buripota frontier area of the district on Sunday.Acting on a tip off, a team of BGB conducted the drive near the pillar No-116…

MYMENSINGH – Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Khamar Bazaar area in Muktagachha upazila of the district on Saturday.The arrestee was identified as Maulana Abdullah Mohammad Mujahid, 45, ameer of Jamaat Tarati union unit and treasurer of…

MADARIPUR – Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from Arial Khan river in Utrail area under Shibchar upazila of the district this morning.Being informed, a team of police from Shibchar thana rushed to the spot and recovered the…

Manikganj -A young housewife was allegedly killed by her husband on Friday night (March 18).The victim was identified as Firoja Begum 19, daughter of Shamsul Darjee of Vanga-Ramchandrapur village under Daulatpur upazila of the district.Police sources said the husband of…

Dhaka – Police arrested 15 alleged drug paddlers from different areas of the city during its anti-narcotics drives in the last 24 hours till 6am on Tuesday.During the drives, the law enforcers also recovered 817 pieces of Yaba tablets, 22…

Jhenidah – A Shia man was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Khorashani village in Kaliganj upazila on Monday night. Quoting locals, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station Anwar Hossain said the miscreants stabbed Abdur Razzaque, 40, son of late…

MOULVIBAZAR -Motorcycle rider Arif Hossain, 23, died on the spot and co-rider Babul Miah, 22, received serious injuries when their motorcycle dashed a road side tree at Raouthgaon under Kulaora upazila of the district this morning.Arif Hossain, son of Kamal…

CHITTAGONG – At least three dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating fire at city’s Patharghata area under Kotwali Thana last night.Fire service sources said, the fire originated from an electric short circuit at Baruapara area of Patharghata at around…

MOULVIBAZAR – A daring dacoity was committed in the residence of former commissioner of Moulvibazar Pourashava and businessman Md. Yusuf Ali in the early hours of today.Dacoits broke into the house in Banabithi area of the town and committed the…

PANCHAGARH – Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials and farmers of the district are expecting a good production of bitter gourd here this season.Farmers of the district cultivated bitter-gourd on 340 hectares of land and harvesting of the crop has…

RAJSHAHI – Four food shops were fined Taka 10,000 on charge of selling unhygienic and substandard foods to the customers in the city yesterday afternoon, officials concerned here said today. A team of Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP)…

Dhaka – A court here on Monday convicted four people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a young man in 2004 in Savar. The lifers-Selam Uddin, Abdur Rauf, Waz Uddin and Kujrat Ali of Ghashirdia village in…

JAMALPUR – Cheques from Religious affairs Ministry were handed over to the managements of five mosques and a temple in Islampur upazila of the district today.Mahjabeen Khaled, MP, in a ceremony, handed over the chaques to the authorities of mosques…

KHULNA – Police arrested Khulna city unit Jatiytabadi Chhatradal (JCD, student wing of the BNP, President Arifur Rahman Arif in front of his residence in Sher-e-Bangla area of the district last night.Officer-in-Charge of Khulna Kotwali Police Station Md Shafiqul Islam…

Rangamati-A fire gutted five houses at Banarupa forest colony in the district town on Friday.Witnesses said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at Milton Chakma’s house around 5 am and soon spread to four adjoining houses.

Jhenidah – An accused of two drug cases allegedly committed suicide in police custody at Shailkupa Police Station on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Kajal Mandal, 28, son of Julhas Mandal, a resident of the Rajapur village of…

LALMONIRHAT-Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted raids on Gundugiri and Mogalhat frontiers on Thursday evening and recovered 50 bottles of smuggled Indian wine and eight kilograms of ganja.Sensing arrival of BGB members the drug smugglers escaped leaving behind the…

MUNSHIGANJ-The Coastguard personnel in a drive arrested two persons with 2,500 kg of jatka (small hilsa) from Meghna River under Gajaria upazila of the district this morning.The arrestees are M Khobir, 45 and M Mizanur Rahman, 42.

MAGURA-Police arrested a yaba trader, Shefali Begum, 45, from Duarpara area of Magura town on Thursday night.Police could not arrest her husband Obaidur Rahman because he was not at home during the raid.Police recovered 1,035 yaba tablets from her possession.

Members of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested two robbers with arms from city’s Probortok area early today.The arrestees were identified as Hanif, 19, son of Mohammad Hasan, hailed from Jagatpur village under Daudkandi upazila of Comilla and Foyez, 20, son…

A man was killed and another injured when their motorbike collided head-on with a truck at in front of Rajshahi Airport on Rajshahi-Naogaon Highway under Shahmukhdum Police Station today, police and hospital sources said.The deceased was identified as Polash Ahmed,…

At least 20 persons were injured in a clash between the supporters of two chairman candidates in Khidirpur village under Latabdi union of Sirjadikhan upazila of the district on Wednesday night.During the clash two motorcycles, many chairs were damaged.Injured persons…

Five day-labourers were injured when a cocktail exploded in Banpara area in the town this afternoon.According to police ten day-labourers were filling up a low land with earth in Banpara area in the town. During earth-filling, worker Saidur Rahman found…

A battalion commander-level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was held at BGB camp here on Tuesday.Lt Col Jahangir Hossain, commander of BGB 26 Battalion, Lt Col Rezaul Islam, region staff officer, Lt…