A three-day long ‘Rash Mela,’ one of the main festivals of the Hindu community, began today (Wednesday) at Dakkhina Kali Mandir in Mohalchari upazila of the district.Commanding Officer of Mohalchari Army Zone Lieutenant Colonel Humayun Kabir inaugurated the festival on…
Detective Branch (DB) of Police in a drive arrested two alleged arms traders and recovered two foreign made pistols, four magazines and 12 rounds of bullet from Banbelghoria Bypass crossing in the district town last night.The arrested were Abdul Latif,…
A court here yesterday sentenced one person to death for killing his wife at Joypurpara in the district town in 2000.The court also fined him Taka one lakh.Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 SM Saiful Islam pronounced the…
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Swechchhasebak League, the volunteer wing of ruling Awami League, in the city on Monday noon.Witnesses said the district and city units of Swechchhasebak League brought out a…
Joint force’s teams in separate drives from Monday night to early Tuesday arrested 30 people, including 24 Jamaat-Shibir activists, from six upazilas of the district on various charges.Enamul Haque, officer-in-charge of Satkhira Detective Branch (DB) of police, said the joint…
A physically challenged young man was tortured inhumanly at the local bus terminal in the district town early Monday over a theft charge.He sustained severe burn injuries as the torturers scalded him with burning polythene bags.
Members of Rapid of Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug trader with 885 Yaba tablets from Baneshwar Bazar area under Puthiya Upazila of the district last night, RAB sources here said yesterday.The arrested person was identified as Babu Hossain,…
A case was filed on Sunday against 50 people over a clash between activists of Jubo League and Sramik League in Goalabazar area of Osmaninagar upazila.Nabedur Rahman Chowdhury, brother of Afazalur Rahman Nazlu, general secretary of Osmaninagar Awami-League, filed the…
A man died after falling from a tree and two others injured while cutting the tree at Bhelta village in Faridganj upazila on Sunday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sohel, 28, resident of the village.
Two people, including a schoolgirl, allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Jessore district on Sunday night and Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Ratna Khatun, 12, class VI student of a local high school and daughter of Nazrul Islam,…
Joint forces teams in separate drives from Sunday night to early Monday arrested 27 people including 12 Jamaatactivists from eight upazilas of the district on sabotage charges.Enamul Haque, Sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said the joint team conducted separate drives…
Police recovered a hanging body of a young man from Chalibandar area of city on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Liton Das, 24, a resident of Alimpur village of Habiganj district, who used to works at a mobile flexi…
A joint forces team in a drive arrested acting chairman of Shibganj upazila Sayma Khatun from Mirzapur village of the upazila early Monday in an extortion case.Sayma Khatun is also a leader of the local unit BNP.
A court here on Monday sent president of Khulna metropolitan unit of BNP Nazrul Islam Manju to jail, turning down his bail petition in a sabotage case.Judge of Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court Amirul Islam passed the order rejecting the bail…
There is no impact of dawn to dusk hartal called today by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the execution of top war criminal Ali Ahasan Mohammad Mojaheed.He was also buried yesterday here after execution at mid night at Dhaka central jail.
The teachers can play the most vital role in improving quality of education through disseminating time-befitting knowledge among the students with utmost sincerity, professionalism and noble commitments.The opinion came at concluding ceremony of a seminar on ‘Role of Teachers in…
A television journalist sustained bullet injuries at Gohira village under Raozan Upazila of the district today when unidentified miscreants attacked a microbus carrying journalists who were returning Dhaka after covering the burial news of the executed war criminal Salauddin Quader…
Police recovered hanging bodies of a young couple from their house at Borgoan village in Nabiganj upazila yesterday morning.The deceased were identified as Jubayel, 24, and his wife Lina Begum, 20, residents of the village.
A suspected thief was beaten to death at north Ramjanpur village of Kalkini upazila in the district early today.The deceased was identified as Bachchu Bepari, 45, son of Moslem Bepari of the village.
A saloon owner was murdered allegedly by some miscreants in Isdaer area under Fatullah upazila of the district last night.The deceased was identified as Abul Kasem, 42, son of Mahiuddin, a resident of Uttar Gabtoli area under the upazila.
A school teacher was crushed to death under the wheels of a trolley in Takurakona area here on Netrakona -Barhatta road this afternoon.Police and witnesses said, the victim was identified as Khandakar Nurul Huda, 50, the assistant teacher of Takurakona…
At least 50 people were injured, including three with bullets, in a clash over catching fish in a water body at Karilgaon village in Chhatak upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The three bullet-injured were Sokhojjul Islam, Sadikur Rahman and Saheb Ali, residents…
A court here of Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing his younger brother on October 24, 2011.The convicted was identified as Majibur Rahman, 40, son of Aftab Uddin, a resident of Natmorichai village…
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Arpara Bazar in Shalikha upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The arrestee was identified as Abdur Rashid, secretary of Shalikha upazila unit of Jamaat.
An elderly man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Shashidal in Brahmanpara upazila on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Abul Hashem,65, a resident of Jugirkandi village in Chauddagram upazila.
A youth was chopped to death by some miscreants at South Algi village under Haimchar upazila of the district early this morning(Thursday ).The deceased was Arif Khan, 25, son of Saudi expatriate Mizanur Rahman, a resident of the same area.
Some 14 youths both male and female from the ethnic minority communities are going to receive skill development training in Rajshahi this year, development activists in a project orientation meeting here said on Wednesday.After getting the technical and vocational training,…
BRAC, a non-government organization, under its Adolescent Development Programme organized Adolescent Mela-2015 titled ‘Adolescent Savings through Mobile Banking’ at Nuralapur High School ground in Sadar upazila here on Wednesday.Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Narsingdi Sadar Motakabbir Ahmed inaugurated the Mela as chief…
A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in the city in 2009.The convict was identified as Jalal Uddin, a resident of Char Khirati village in Kapasia upazila.
Police arrested the district Islami Okya Jote president Maulana Abdul Momen Sherjahan on various charges from Sholakia Bazar area in the district town on Tuesday night.The arrestee, Maulana Abdul Momen Sherjahan, also general secretary of the district unit of Hefajat-e-Islam,…