Tag: Districts

Police recovered hanging body of a man, who had remained missing since Wednesday, from an abandoned house at Ghagra Sonarpara in Jhenigati upazila on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Chan Mia, 55, son of late Lal Mia of the…

woman was killed when a truck hit a human hauler (locally known as bhutbhuti) at Ranihati Bazar under Shibganj upazila of the district this morning.The victim was identified as Kochi Begum 35, daughter of Meser Ali of Nayalabhanga under Shibganj…

Police, in a drive, arrested an Islami Chhatra Shibir leader and recovered a gun, three cartridges and five petrol bombs from Chandraganj Thana area here early this morning.The arrestee Neamatullah is a central executive committee member of Islami Chhatra Shibir.…

Two bikers on Tuesday were killed when a truck rammed into their motorcycle on the Rajbari-Kushtia Highway at Chandani of sadar upazila of Rajbari.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Badiar Rahman, Sadar police sub-inspector, said a Kushtia-bound truck from Rajbari…

Police in a drive recovered 1.5 kg heroin from Dayingpara Graveyard area of Godagari upazila on Sunday night.SM Abu Farhad, officer-in-charge of Godagari Police Station, said police chased a motorcycle in the area around 7pm.

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the roof of her house at Sujapur village of Shikaripur union in Nawabganj upazila on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday night.

Two more departments, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE) and Chemical and Food Process Engineering (CFPI), started journey at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday.Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE) has been included in Electrical and Computer Engineering…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive rescued a boy, who was abducted from Narayanganj on November 20, from Sukrobari Bazar area of Jaintapur upazila on Sunday evening,The rescued was identified Mohammad Sohel Khan, 14, son of Alhed…

Police recovered the slaughtered body of a young man from the field of Chandganj College in Sadar upazila on Monday morning.The deceased could not be identified immediately. The age of victim was around 25.

RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, began distribution of clothes among 5,261 people of 1,398 extremely poor families of different villages under 10 unions in Dimla upazila of Nilphamari from Monday.The NGO will complete distribution of the clothes, including ‘genii’, T-shirts,…

Police recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified youth from a garden in Banglabazar area of Kathalbari union under Shibchar upazila of the district this morning.

At least 15 people were injured in a clash between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local people ‘centering seizure of smuggled goods’ in Kashipur border area of Sharsha upazila on Saturday night.The injured were identified as Abdul Mannan,…

Transport owners and workers went on an indefinite strike in the district on Sunday demanding that the government impose a ban on plying of human haulers on the highways.Apel Mahmud, general secretary of Panchagarh Transport Owners Association, said they have…

Notorious fugitive terrorist Shahin, 41, was found dead on Saturday night near Rajbari-Faridpur Bypass road.Additional Police Super Md. Quamruzzaman said that Shahin hailing from Kamalapur area had been sentenced to 54 years jail and also convicted in 18 cases of…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested five persons in separate drives in sadar and Shibganj upazilas during the last two days.RAB also recovered a pistol, two magazines, five bullets, 973 pieces of yaba tablets and 300 bottles of phensidyl…

A worker and a CNG-auto-rickshaw driver were killed in separate incidents in the city and district today.The deceased were identified as worker Monir Ahmed, 47, son of late Abul Hossain, hailed from Charlakkhya village under city’s Karnaphuli Thana and auto-rickshaw…

Police recovered the bodies of a mother and her two daughters from their house in Nilphamari’s Joldhaka upazila on Sunday.The deceased mother is indentified as Fancy Begum, 30, and the daughters are Aklima Begum, 8, and Khadiza Begum, 4.The locals…

A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after stabbing his friend to death at Haripur in Kushtia sadar upazila on Sunday morning.The murder victim was Sujan Ali, 17, a first-year student of Amla Government College and son of…

A total of 19 candidates for the posts of mayor of three pourashavas in Narsingdi district submitted nomination papers to the respective election officers on Thursday.Of them, 8 mayoral candidates submitted nomination papers to returning officer for Narsingdi Pourashava, 4…

Awami Sechchasebak League (ASL) overnight constituted its new Faridpur Sadar upazila and the Town committees in a joint triennial conference at the Ambica Memorial Hall here.The delegates unanimously elected Emran Hossain Rimon and Golam Mostofa Khokon as president and general…

A young man reportedly committed suicide by taking pesticide following a family feud at Purba Bhadrakole village in Ullapara upazila on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Maruf Hossain, 25, son of Haji Sakhawat Hossain.

Police recovered the body of a teenage girl, whom miscreants reportedly strangled after rape, from Purbo Chandkhali area in Sadar upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased was identified as Rani Akter Nupur, 15, daughter of Siraj Mia, a resident…

Police recovered the body of a young man from Ragoi area of Shahrasti upazila of the district on Friday.The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.

Detectives arrested a man along with a shutter gun and one round of bullet from South Nangla village in Debhata upazila early Saturday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Gafur, son of late Kalu Haji of the village.

A Hindu priest was injured as some miscreants carried out an attack on a cremation ground at Chalibandar in the city on Friday morning.The injured was identified as Ruhun Chakraborty, a priest of Chalibandar Shashan (cremation ground).

An elderly man was killed and his son injured in a clash between two rival groups over a land-related dispute at Sinduria Boruria village at Aminpur in Sujanagar upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased was identified as Sohrab…

A young man was hacked to death by miscreants in Cemetery Road of the city on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Gouranga Biswas,26, a resident of Muripotti area of the city.Police and locals said one Shukur called Gouranga over…

A freedom fighter was killed as a bus ran over him at Ahsannagar on the Jhenidah-Kushtia road in Shailkupa upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Toazuddin, 65, son of late Gopal Mandol of Tripurakandi village of the upazila.Officer-in-Charge…

Two workers were killed and five others injured as some sacks of cement fell on them while they were working at a warehouse in Old Meghna Ferry Ghat area in Bhairab upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Milon Miah,…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 in a drive arrested a drug trader with 1,000 yaba tablets from Kaunia Housing area in the city on Wednesday night.The arrested person was identified as Sazzad Ahmed Sajib, 28, son of Harun-Ar-Rashid of the area.