Tag: Districts

Two deaf people were killed and their two other fellows injured when a train knocked down them near a railway bridge in Bhurulia area of the city on Friday.The deceased were identified as Ramzan Ali, 30, and Pervez, 29. All…

Detective Branch (DB) of police recovered 100 kilograms of hemp from a house at Archa village in Badalgachhi upazila on Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a raid on the house of drug peddler Mabud Ali in…

Muggers snatched away Tk three lakh from a Grameen Phone (GP) official after stabbing him at Pachmaria in Puthia upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The victim was identified as Shitanath Banik, 36, son of Shushil Banik, a resident of Raninagar upazila of…

Police recovered the body of a college girl from a ditch at Khalishakuri village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday, 15 days after she had gone missing.The deceased was identified as Rikta Akter, 17, first year student of Pathraj College in…

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged female member of the banned Islamic outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from Jail Road area in Jessore town on Wednesday night.The arrestee was identified as Tanjila Tamanna Asha, 22, wife of Ibrahim Khalil,…

Robbers looted goods from three shops at Uttara Super Market killing a night guard in the district town early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Kazi Diar.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 192 bottles of Phensidyl syrup worth Tk76,000 from Kishorpur Padmar Char in Charghat upazila on Tuesday night.A patrol team of Charghat Bikalpa border camp recovered the contraband syrup around 9pm, said HM Kamrul…

Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Sayedabad area on the Bangabandhu Bridge western side in Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was clad in a black and white lungi and a shirt.

Police recovered the body of a local Awami League leader at Battali in Pekua upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as AKM Shahabuddin Forazi, 55, son of late Moulovi Golam Haydar, a resident of Pashchim Shonaichari…

Chittagong District Police in overnight special drives arrested 98 people including five leaders and activists of Jamaat-Shibir in drives conducted at different upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.During the drives, the law enforcers also seized 156-litre locally made liquor…

A young man allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Arpara village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain,29, son of Fayjur Rahman, a resident of the village.

At least nine dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating fire in the district town’s Kathaltoli area last night.

World Habitat Day-2015 was celebrated in the district and elsewhere in the country and the globe on Monday amid much enthusiasm and with the theme ‘Public Places for All’.Marking the day, Public Works Department (PWD) in association with district administration…

National Girl Child Day was observed here today in a befitting manner through holding rally and discussion meeting. The program was jointly organized by district administration and Women Affairs department. In this connection a discussion meeting was held at the…

The government has taken massive post-flood agriculture rehabilitation programmes at 10.17 crore in three flood-hit districts on the Brahmaputra basin under Rangpur Agriculture Region, officials said yesterday.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) will distribute huge seed and fertilisers for cultivating…

Nine students of Tetnapara Brac School in Tanore upazila fell sick after taking government supplied de-worming tablet on Sunday.The victims were identified as Shima, 7, Barsha, 9, Laxmi, 9, Mehedi, 9, Yusuf, 9, Bristi, 8, Tania, 7, Fahmida, 7 and…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted raids in different areas of Birampur and Hili frontier and arrested two drug peddlers and recovered huge quantity of drugs from their possession Monday morning.The BGB seized 1,640 Yaba tablets, 218 bottles of…

Police recovered the body of a young man at Gongasagar railway station in Akhaura upazila on Sunday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 180 tortoises of rare species from Baropota border area under Benapole port on Sunday Morning.

A mobile court here sentenced 21 fishermen to one month imprisonment each for netting the fish in the Meghna river of the district defying a ban.  A mobile court led by Executive Magistrate and Bhola Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO)…

Police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler and recovered 439 bottles of phensidyl from Ponder Ghat area in the district town this morning.The arrested was Khokon Miah, 38, son of Umar Ali, resident of Joyrampur village under Damurhuda…

Speakers at a coordination meeting on Wednesday said the school managing committees can play a vital role for ensuring quality education in primary schools.The daylong meeting was arranged by the Committee of the Concerned Citizen (CCC), Chapainawabganj of Transparency International…

A total of 14 modern academic buildings involving Taka 19.50 crore for non government colleges of all the seven upazilas in the district will be built during the current fiscal year.Sources concerned said the Ministry of Education took the plan…

T-Aman cultivation is progressing fast in all the ten upazilas of Netrakona district during the current season. Farmers are rendering their field-level service round the clock with a hope to achieve bumper production of the T-Aman paddy following favorable climate…

Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for making all the grassroots level uplift works pro-people coupled with corruption-free for improving living and livelihood condition of the village population, particularly the poor and underprivileged ones.They mentioned importance should be given…

Two boys drowned in a canal at Nazirpara area of Mirzapur upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Shahadat Zaman, 10, and Sakib Hossain 14.

The ringleader of the forest robber gang, ‘Sagar-Saikat Bahini’, was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members at Amragachia Khal in Sarankhola upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Akkas alias Rahim alias…

A battle leaf trader was chopped to death by some miscreants at Kagajpukur village here on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Adbus Samad, 45, son of Nasar Uddin of Kagajpukur village.

Urban Social Services Office (USSO) here under the Department of Social Services has been playing a significant role in human resources development (HRD) through providing youths with technical training.The USSO started providing training to youths on four trades—computer, sewing, radio-TV…