Tag: Districts

Three day labourers were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a human hauler (Nasimon) at Jaigirhat Pakapul on the Rangpur-Bogra highway in Mithapukur upazila on Tuesday night.Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Police recovered six live bombs from Kholadanga area in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.Police said being informed that two rival groups—one led by Hasan and Azizul and another by Hemayet—were taking preparation for a clash with firearms, police conducted a…

A policeman was killed and three others were injured as a police pickup van fell into a roadside ditch after being hit by a truck at Kajirdighi on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a young man along with a foreign-made pistol, six rounds of bullet and a magazine at Sapura in the city on Tuesday afternoon.The arrested was identified as Saurov Hossain, 30, son of Siddikur…

They say the victim’s family owed Najma Begum a large sum of money.Narayanganj’s Additional Superintendent of Police Mohibul Islam said the woman was nabbed early on Tuesday from Damudya Upazila’s Sedelkurha area in Shariatpur.He said Najma was arrested as a…

A court here on Tuesday placed the three students of Chittagong University suspected of being members of banned militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a five-day fresh remand in two cases.Judicial Magistrate Mosaddeque Minhaz passed the order after police…

One person was killed and five others including four policemen and CNG driver injured in two separate road accident here this morning and Monday night.A motorcycle rider Jasimuddin, 18, died on the spot when his motorcycle collided head on with…

Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 97 persons including a Islami Chhatra Shibir activist from different upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained…

Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu today sought cooperation as well as constructive criticisms from the mass media in building a beautiful and modern Rangpur city.”The media representatives can effectively focus the local problems, needs and…

A court in Rangamati on Monday convicted five members of the banned Islamist outfit Jama atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and sentenced them to 10 years rigorous imprisonment each for their involvement in a bomb attack in 2005.Additional District and Sessions…

Five activists of the district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has been suspended in connection with a factional clash on January 4, the founding anniversary of BCL.The suspended BCL activists are GM Siraji Mizan, Saurav Chandra Das, Khalid Siraji…

Five activists of the district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has been suspended in connection with a factional clash on January 4, the founding anniversary of BCL.The suspended BCL activists are GM Siraji Mizan, Saurav Chandra Das, Khalid Siraji…

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over four Bangladeshi nationals to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Jaynagar check post in Darsana area of Damurhuda upazila on Sunday noon.The returnees are: Fatema Bibi, 40, wife of Abdus Salam, a resident of…

About 100 illegal structures were pulled down in Mozampur Gate area under Kushtia town by the Railway authority to clear its lands on Sunday.One hundred shops and business establishments were illegally erected by occupying Railway lands in the area, Kushtia…

A minor boy was killed as a bus hit him at Purba Borochar on the Shaestaganj-Habiganj road under Shaestaganj upazila of the district yesterday morning.The deceased was identified as Himel, 8, a student of class two and son of Tahir…

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Baganbari area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway under Bahubal upazila of the district yesterday morning.Being informed, a team of police from Shaestaganj Highway Thana rushed to the spot and recovered the body…

A gang of dacoits looted cash and gold ornaments worth about Taka 50 lakh from a jewellery shops at Thana road in the district town on Sunday night.Police said a gang of dacoits entered the shop owned by Liton Gop…

A world-record T20 partnership by Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson gave New Zealand a comprehensive 10-wicket win in the second Twenty20 against Pakistan in Hamilton on Sunday.Set a target of 169, Guptill finished the match with a boundary to take…

A young man died after falling from the rooftop of a running train at Pewarapur in Laksam upazila on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Ramjan Ali, 25, son of Mesbah Uddin, a resident of Hossainpur village in Shahrasi upazila…

Two people were killed and three others injured as a microbus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Laxmipur-Begumganj road in Banglabazar area of Begumganj upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Helal,25, and Kabir, 28.

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up two Bangladeshi nationals from Burimari land port area in Patgram upazila early Saturday.The victims were identified as Milon Hossain, 27, son of Safiar Rahman, and Abdus Salam, 34, son of Abdul…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 318 pieces of goatskin worth Tk5 lakh from Daulatpur bordering area in Benapole on Saturday night.BGB-21 Battalion commander Subedar Samsul Haque said tipped off that a huge number of goatskins would be smuggled…

A man and his minor son were killed in a road accident on the Brahmanbaria-Comilla highway in Suhilpur area of Ashuganj upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Rony, 35, and his son Imran Khan, 7.

Students of the Department of Women and Gender Studies of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) distributed blankets among cold-stricken poor and distressed people in the second phase here on Saturday.Head of the Department of Women and Gender Studies of the…

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested two people and recovered two foreign made pistols, eight bullets and arms making materials from a local newspaper office in Maskanda BSCIC Industrial area of the district town this…

A woman was killed when an auto-rickshaw hit her on Magura-Jhenaidah Road in the district this noon.The deceased was identified as Rupban Begum, 55, wife of Phul Miah of Stadium Para in the town.

A jhut (garment rags) godown was gutted by a fire that broke out at Khailkoir in the city on Saturday.Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the godown around 7 am and spread soon.On…

Police during an overnight drive on Friday arrested 31 people, including four activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of the district.The drive continued from Friday night to Saturday morning.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 550 bottles of Phensidyl from the Padma River at Rautha in Charghat upazila on Friday.Tipped off, a team of BGB led by Mirganj camp Nayeb Subedar Abul Taleb conducted a drive in the…