Tag: Districts

Police arrested three leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir from the municipality area here on Wednesday.

Miscreants set a truck ablaze by hurling a petrol bomb at Ahmadpur Bridge in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.

A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders were injured in a road accident at Shemolgachhi in Sharsha upazila on Wednesday noon.

Chittagong district police in a series of drives detained 25 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from different upazilas of the district on Wednesday night and today.

Police arrested a leader of the city unit BNP on charge of attack and vandalism at Sylhet Polytechnic Institute principal’s house from Kadamtali area in the city on Wednesday night.

Leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at a blanket distribution ceremony here today called upon the affluent citizens to stand beside the cold-hit poor and distressed people for mitigating their sufferings.

A hand bomb went off inside the Border Guard Battalion (BGB) camp in Jhumjhumpur area beside the Jessore-Narail Road in Jessore district on Wednesday night.

Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami on charge of violence from Keramatnagar area in Barlekha upazila early Thursday.

The present government has been implementing massive programmes for enhanced participation of unemployed womenfolk in economic activities to make them self-reliant through their development and empowerment.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a young man in possession of 1,480 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a truck in Octroymore area in the district town on Tuesday night.

Speakers at a mass rally here have deplored killing of innocent people by hurling petrol bombs, anarchy, violence, destroying the academic life of the SSC examinees and national economy in the name of blockade and hartal.

At least three BNP-led 20 party alliance leaders were arrested by police in Kishoreganj Sader and Pakundia on Tuesday .

One person was killed and 50 others including 10 police men were injured and 20 shops damaged following a clash between two rival groups at Bus Stand in Bajipur town over gambling money and supremacy on Tuesday afternoon.

Police arrested two Shibir activists along with two petrol bombs and two crude bombs from Napiter Pole area in the district town on Monday morning.

Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) disbursed Taka 28 crore as different loans through its 19 branches in the district during the last six months of the current fiscal year.

Local Mohila Parishad unit distributed blankets among the 500 distressed people of Sadar and Fulchhari upazilas on Sunday.

Police on Sunday filed a case was filed against 59 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami for torching vehicles on the Jessore-Benapole highway on Saturday.

Police rescued four women while they were being trafficked to India illegally from Putkhali frontier here on Sunday night.

Police rounded up four members of bomb-making team belongs to Islami Chhatra Shibir, student-wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami, in the cityon Sunday night.

Substantial and sustainable uses of organic and compost fertilizer in the farming fields can help protecting the soil nutrients from further declining trend for the sake of upholding the soil productivity, agricultural researchers and others concerned here said.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police in separate raids detained 45 persons after raiding Darul Ulum Alia Madrasa and Agrabad Deverpar area for hurling bombs on police and Power Development Board (PDB) office Saturday noon.

Miscreants set fire to two buses in Syedpur area of Burichong upazila early Sunday, hours before the start of the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s 72-hour countrywide hartal.

The handloom industry in Sirajganj district has received a shattering blow due to the ongoing countrywide non-stop transport blockade and repeated hartals sponsored by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.

Three week long Jasim Pollimela (village fair) coinciding the 112th birth anniversary of the immortal folk poet Jasimuddin concluded last evening here at the Mela premises of poet’s ancestral home located at Gobindapur in the suburb of the town.

A week long Rashimoni fair started on Saturday on the premises of Rashimoni memorial monument at Baheratoli village under Durgapur upazila of the district.

Briquette, a hard block made from coal dust, is gradually getting popularity among the city dwellers as an alternative fuel, for its relatively lower price, for household as well as commercial cooking.

A market for the women was opened at Kalirbazaar under Fulchhari upazila of the district recently to enhance the access of the women to the market.

Businessmen in port city Chittagong today announced to take to the street against all kinds of political violence including blockade and strike.