Tag: Districts

Rajshahi – Police in a drive arrested eight leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from Shimultala Ghat in Bagha upazila on Friday evening.Tipped off, a team of police raided the area and arrested the…

Brahmanbaria  – A man was killed and at least 20 others injured in a post-union parishad polls clash between the followers of elected and defeated candidates in Telikandi village of Pakshimul  union in Sarail upozila on Thursday night.

Rangamati  – A man was killed in an elephant attack in Rajnagar area of Longdur upozila on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam, 45, a resident of Marishay in Baghaichori upazila.

Chittagong -A young man was beaten to death allegedly by a group of local people at Shitalpur village in Sitakunda upazila early Wednesday on allegation of stealing a mobile phone set.The deceased was identified as Abdul Malek,26, son of Siddik…

Chittagong  – Two minors drowned in a pond at Kachukhain village in Raozan upazila on Tuesday noon. The deceased were identified as M Mamun, 8, son of Manir Ahmed of the village, and Sumiya Akter, 7, daughter of Farid Alam…

CHITTAGONG – Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and its front organizations today celebrated the homecoming day of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through day-long programmes.Chittagong city, north and south district units of AL celebrated the day through elaborate programmes including placing…

MANIKGANJ  – The 117th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed in Manikganj on May 25 with due respect and festivity.On the occasion Manikganj district administration finalized a day-long programme to celebrate the birth anniversary of…

Comilla  – Unlike the report of the first autopsy conducted on the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has found rape evidence on the body of the Comilla Victoria College student in its DNA test.”We’ve found…

Gazipur – A schoolgirl was strangulated to death allegedly after rape at Dakkhin Khan in Joydebpur upazila on Sunday night.  Khandaker Rezaul Hasan Reza, officer-in-charge of Joydebpur Police Station, said the eight-year-old girl, also a class II student of Hyderbad…

CHITTAGONG – A Chittagong court today for the first time sentenced a gold smuggler to life term rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a case filed for smuggling gold.The court of Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Shah-e-Nur also fined him TK 10…

CHUADANGA -Seven Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) men were suspended by the concerned authorities on Sunday on charge of killing a Bangladeshi minor boy at Notun para border area under Jibannagar upazila of the district.The Bangladeshi minor boy was killed…

Kishoreganj  – The bodies of an elderly woman and her grandchild, who had gone missing in a boat capsize in Katiarkanda area of Itna upazila on Friday afternoon, were recovered on Saturday morning.

Chuadanga -A Bangladeshi young man was shot to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Natunpara bordering area of Jibannagar upazila on Saturday.

Cox’s Bazar  – A case has been filed against 35 unidentified people in connection with the killing of an Ansar member who was gunned down by robbers inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Teknaf upazila on Friday.

Gaibandha -A sexagenarian man was killed by a lightning strike at Khord Malibari Purbapara in Sadar upazila on Friday morning.Witnesses said a streak of thunderbolt struck Sirajul Islam, 60, while he was working in his crop filed around 11 am…

Dhaka  – Eleven more people were killed by lightning strikes in Chittagong, Gaibandha, Joypurhat, Habiganj, Sunamganj, Rajbari, Chandpur, Jessore and Dhaka districts as rain accompanied by thunderstorms swept the districts on Friday.The death toll from the lightning incidents across the…

Dhaka  – A young man was stabbed to death in the city’s Moghazar area on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Arif, 20. Further details about him could not be known immediately.

Manikganj  – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 700 pieces of Yaba tablet from Proshika More area in Singair upazila on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Wahab,35, son of late Sona Miah…

Satkhira  – Police in a drive arrested seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, while they were holding a ‘clandestine meeting’ in Kamalnagar area of the district town on Wednesday.Emdadul Haque Sheikh, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station,…

Chuadanga  – In a mass robbery, bandits looted at least 23 vehicles placing barricade on the Sontoshpur-Andulbaria road in Jibannagar upazila early Thursday.At least 25 people were injured by the bandits during the incident.Of the injured, Jakir Hossain,44, Liton,35, Saidur…