Tag: Districts

At least six people were killed and two others injured in a road accident at Dayarampur on Mymensingh-Netrakona road under Tarakanda upazila of the district this evening. The identities of the victims could not be known immediately.

A mobile court of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) today fined five restaurants TK 73 thousand at city’s Khulshi and Kotwali areas as per Consumer Rights Protection Act 2009.Assistant Director of DNCRP, Chittagong District Office, Mohammad Foyez…

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four Bangladeshi nationals with one lakh Indian Rupee, jihadi books, three pistols with three bullets and a map from Churipotti and Modhyabasudebpur areas in the Hili Land Port here early today.The arrested were identified as…

Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu launched carpeting works of three roads under two wards in the city this morning.The City Mayor formally inaugurated construction of the road carpeting works by cutting…

Police recovered the slaughtered body of a housewife kept in a sack from Naghdora village under Tarakanda upazila of the district this morning. The victim was identified as Aysha Akhtar 23, wife of Manik Miah, a primary school teacher of…

A group of fishermen netted a “giant” 82-kilogram “Bagah Aiir” fish from the river Teesta at Teesta Railway Bridge point on the Rangpur-Kurigram Highway under Kawnia upazila here on Friday.Hundreds of people of all ages, including women and children, of…

Police in a drive arrested an arms trader along with two firearms, four magazines and 12 bullets from Rashunchak village under Shibganj upazila of the district in the early hours of yesterday.The arrested was identified as Abdul Hakim alias Kalu,…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug trader with 992 pieces of yaba tablets from Vadra crossing area under Boalia Police Station in the city on Friday night.The arrested was identified as Masud Rana, 35, of Tatarpur…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler with 188 pieces of yaba tablets from Sadarpur upazila of the district on Friday.The arrested was identified as Razib Kumar Saha, 38, of Sare-Satrashi village under Sadarpur upazila.

Brick kilns are springing up in Faridpur in a large number posing a serious threat to croplands in the region.The brickfields are operating causing both environmental havoc and decline in quantity of cultivable land.Defying all the rules and regulations of…

Crime A woman allegedly poisoned her son and herself to death over a family feud at Baharpur village in Ishwardi upazila on Friday night. Dr Ashiqur Rahman Sagar, a physician at Ishwardi upazila health complex, quoting family members, said Papiya…

Three suspected robbers were beaten to death in an attack by a mob while they were fleeing after committing robbery at Zinda Bazar in Rupganj upazila early Saturday.Mahmudul Islam, officer-in-charge of Rupganj Police Station, said a gang of robbers, numbering…

Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river resumed after nine hours’ disruption caused by dense fog on Saturday morning.Khaled Newaz, Assistant General Manager of BIWTA, said ferry service on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route resumed on Saturday morning after…

Police arrested a schoolteacher on Friday night from Kanaikhali area in the town on charge of making derogatory comments against Shafiqul Islam Shimul, lawmaker from Natore-2 constituency, and his wife on social networking site Facebook.Officer-in charge of Sadar Police Station…

Six Jammat-Shibir activists were arrested from one Jammat leader Hassan Ali’s house in Fulbari area under Panchagarh sadar upazila of the district this morning.The arrested were Md. Juel, 22, Abdul Quader, 20, Al-Mamun, 22, Ashik, 19, Hasan Ali, 50, and…

Former Jatiya Party MP and valiant freedom fighter Major (retd) Shamsul Huda Bachchu, who was locally known as Major Bachchu, died of cardiac arrest at his Index Plaza residence in the town this morning. He was 70.He left behind his…

Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 104 persons including two Jammat Islami activists with Yaba tablets and liquor from different upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong…

Australia have warned of a “fiery clash” in the first Test against New Zealand starting in Wellington on Friday as tensions continue to simmer over the bizarre ODI dismissal of Mitchell Marsh.Australian captain Steve Smith, who was clearly annoyed at…

The election of the Chittagong District Bar Association (CDBA), the country’s second largest professional body of the pleaders, was held today in a peaceful manner.Election commission sources said a total of 2,828 lawyers out of 3,450 exercised their right to…

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Abdul Mannan Sentu Market area in the district town this noon.The arrestee was M Enamul Haque, 49, a member of the district executive committee of Jamaat-e-Islami and…

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized 400kgs of jatka (hilsa fry) from a launch at Tetulbaria Ghat under Pathorghata upazila of the district last night.Acting on a tip-off, a team of coast guard from Pathorghata camp halted…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested an alleged drug trader with 350 bottles of contraband Indian phensidyl syrup from Uparchakpara village in Shibganj upazila on Friday.The arrested was identified as Md. Selim Reza, 26, son of Md. Zillur Rahman…

A young man died from electrocution at Permathurapur village in Harinakundu upazila on Friday.Mahtab Uddin, sub-inspector of Harinakunda Police Station, said Mizanur Rahman, son of Baser Ali of the village, came in contact with a live electric wire while repairing…

At least four dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating at Mazirghat area under Sadarghat thana in the city on Friday afternoon.Fire service sources said, the fire originated from an electric short- circuit in the house of Badsha Mia Sawdagor…

A schoolgirl was killed when a bus knocked down her in Gopal area of Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.Sources said Jharna Akter, 6, a class I student of a local school and daughter of Nur Ali, a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver,…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh in separate drives arrested a Myanmar citizen and recovered 80,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from different areas in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday.BGB-42 commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Abu Jar Al Zahid said…

Police recovered the body of a worker from a brickfield in Sonai Bridge area of Madhabpur upazila on Friday night.Officer-in-charge of Madhabpur Police Station Molla Manir Hossain said workers of Sonai Brickfield spotted the body of Ratan Bepari,24, son of…

Two people were killed and another was injured when a bus rammed into a pick-up van on the Dimla-Domar road at Kaliganj in Jaldhaka upazila on Saturday.A bus hit a pick-up van while overtaking in the area around 7:30 am,…

A truck driver was killed as he was allegedly pushed out of a bus carrying a picnic party following a brawl over a collision between two vehicles at Katlamari Bazar on the Kushtia-Meherpur highway in Mirpur upazila on Friday evening.Quoting…

A woman and her two-year-old son were stabbed to death allegedly by ‘her husband’ over a family feud at Pashchim Charbata village in Subarnachar upazila on Friday night.Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Char Jabbar Police Station, said Lucky Rani Nath, 30,…