Tag: Districts

Police in a drive arrested two persons and recovered a pistol; a USA made revolver, a magazine and five bullets from Birampur College crossing area here on Sunday evening.

Health experts at a views-sharing meeting here have said that the teachers could play vital role in creating awareness through motivating their students to eradicate the curable disease of tuberculosis (TB) permanently.

Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus in Rauli-Koutuk area of Chhatak upazila on Saturday night.

At least seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir were injured in a clash with police in Miar Rastar Matha area of the district town on Sunday morning.

Two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the ruling Awami League, exchanged gunfire during a clash at Chittagong University (CU) on Sunday morning following a feud over establishing supremacy on the campus.

A mobile court on Saturday convicted four drug addicts and sentenced them to 15 days of imprisonment each on charge of taking hemp (ganja).

Robbers injured a woman and looted valuables from the house of an Awami League leader at Sultanpur in the district town early Sunday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 197 bottles of Indian wine from Laxmibazar area in Jakiganj upazila early Sunday.

A suspected mugger was killed in a fight between his cohorts and police in Padri Mission Road area of the district town early Sunday.

Ansar members arrested a young man from Matikata area in Kaliakoir upazila on Saturday night while he along with his associates was allegedly trying to remove fishplates from rail tracks.

Police arrested at least 10 leaders and activists of BNP for ‘sabotage plan’ from different places of the city during a drive continuing for 24 hours till this (Sunday) morning.

A young man was killed in a clash between twogroups of villagers over holding winter village fair at Bhatara village in Mohammadpur upazila on Saturday night.

Four people, including a police official, were injured in a clash between police and BNP-Jamaat activists on the Magura-Jessore highway in Shimakhali area of Shalikha upazila on Sunday afternoon.

A suspected criminal was killed and his four associates received bullet wounds in police firing at Nunachhara in Sitakunda upazila on Saturday night.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a young man along with 2,27,800 Indian rupees from Sonamasjid frontier in Shibganj upazila on Saturday afternoon.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two alleged terrorists and recovered a foreign made revolver and 26 round of bullets from Chanpara bazaar area under Panchbibi upazila of the district early this morning.

Police conducted separate raids in different areas of Trishal and Iswarganj on Friday night and early today and arrested seven BNP-Jammat activists.

Prospects of Dragon fruit, a delicious but non-conventional fruit in Bangladesh, is very bright in the region as it has started gaining popularity among both farmers and consumers level for its high commercial and nutritional values.

The district unit of Sushashoner Janno Nagorik (SHUJAN) organised a human chain here on Saturday demanding peace and harmony in the society immediately ending violence and killing of innocent people.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) foiled an attempt of petrol bomb attack through capturing three workers of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal with two petrol bombs here last night.

A youth committed suicide under a speedy train after quarreling with his wife at Teliapara in Madhabpur Upazila in the district this afternoon.

One was killed and another injured in a road accident on Jamalpur-Tangail road in sadar upazila this morning.

Seven shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Chhati Patti in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.

Two people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a launch and an engine-run boat in the Meghna River near Srinagar village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.

At least ten Bangladeshi people including two children returned home through Benapole check post on Friday after serving nine months in an Indian jail.

A man was beaten to death allegedly by his stepbrother over a land-related dispute at Tilon village in Mohadevpur upazila on Friday night.

Leaders of district unit of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad (BPUP) at a human chain here have called for stopping all sorts of violence, anarchy, terrorism, killing of innocent people and communalism.

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has planned to conserve 53 natural water-bodies in the city in order to retain its surface water resources for protecting the environment from further degradation.

Chittagong district police in a series of drives detained eight activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from different upazilas of the district on Thursday night.

Saber Ahmed, 29, was shot dead and 30 others injured in a clash between two local rival groups at Charkhagaria area under Satkania upazila of the district on Friday morning.