Tag: Districts

The driver of a truck and another person riding it were burnt as miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at the vehicle at Gazir Beel in the district town early Sunday.

The migratory birds, popularly known as “avian guests of winter”, have started coming from different countries to the down-stream areas in Khaliajury upazila of the district for the last few days.

Hundreds of minority people have started enjoying arsenic-free safe drinking water in Kalna village under Tanore Upazila of the district for the first time as two hand- driven tube-wells have been set up there around one month ago.

Students of Gangachara Degree College and Gangachara B M College at separate rallies have vowed for launching social movement to eradicate child marriage and repression on women and children.

Speakers at a conference here have said the Rural Medical Practitioners (RMPs) have been serving the suffering humanity by reaching primary health and medicare services to the rural people.

Barisal Metropolitan Police authourity on Saturday distributed fire-extinguisher for long route vehicles at Nathullabad central bus terminal of Barisal city to face arson attacks.

Two persons were injured by explosion of gas-cylinder while pouring that into balloons for selling at Joyoshri under Wazirpur upazila of Barisal on Saturday morning.

Participant journalists at the half-annual general meeting of Barisal Reporters Unity on Saturday demanded end of political violence, restoration of democratic norms.

With over 60,000 metric tones of imported goods at a total of 36 warehouses, five transshipment yards and two terminals, the Benapole land port, country’s biggest ever such port is facing biggest ever traffic and goods congestions due to BNP…

Sahela Bibi (70), met a tragic end and properties worth Tk.3 lakh were gutted when the house of her son-in-law Sultan Howladar of village Gazalia under Morrelganj Upazila in the district caught fire in the early hours of Friday.

Jewell Rana (32), helper of a truck (Dhaka Metro Ta-13-0310) was killed on the spot when his truck met an accident on Khulna-Mongla Highway near at Chulkathi bus stand under Bagerhat Sadar Upazila on Friday in the early in the…

A mobile court in a drive seized 63 maunds of jatka (small hilsa) from two trucks on the Dhaka-Mawa highway at Chanbari in Srinagar upazila of the district on Thursday.

An extended meeting of Awami League (AL) Netrakona district unit on Friday vehemently criticized the nonstop blockade programme enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance across the country.

Experts at a views-sharing meeting on Saturday called upon the media workers for playing their due role in preventing the infectious disease of leprosy through creating adequate social awareness.

There should be more motivational programme for the farmers towards cultivating lentil, chickpea and grasspea on more lands in the region including the vast Barind tract to meet up the gradually increasing demands of pulses, agriculturists and scientists concerned here…

A primary school headmaster was shot to death by miscreants at Mahendrapur village in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Munsi Rabiul Islam,45, headmaster of Mahendrapur Government Primary School. Officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali Police Station…

Police seized 20 kilogram ganja along with a pick-up van and arrested three persons red-handed from the Girls’ School turning point at Kawnia upazila town in the district yesterday, police sources said.

Police arrested five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, and recovered two LG-guns, five petrol bombs and six cocktails in Khrisnarampur area in the district town this morning.

A truck helper was killed and its driver injured in a road accident in Sukdara area on the Mongla-Khulna highway here this morning.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 352 bottles of Indian wine from Karimpur village under Chatak upazila of the district this morning.

Damurhuda thana police in a drive recovered 21 Indian made air guns from Joyrampur village on the Darsana-Chuadanga road under Damurhuda upazila of the district last night.

Chittagong district police in a  night-long drive detained 12 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from  five upazilas of the district on Thursday night.

Police arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 150 pieces of Yaba tablets from Chanchra Raipara area in Jessore town on Wednesday night.

A mobile court here on Thursday sentenced two Jamaat-e-Islami leaders to two years’ imprisonment each on charge of carrying out subversive activities.

Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma River resumed after nine hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Thursday morning.

A court here today convicted two people and sentenced to each of them 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for engaging a minor girl at a brothel in the district.

Speakers at a meeting have stressed for innovation and adoption of community-based techniques and early preparedness with efficient emergency response management systems to reduce risk of natural disasters.

There is no fertilizer crisis in Chapainawabganj district for Boro cultivation in the current season, despite indefinite blockade enforced by the BNP led 20-party alliance across the country.

Robbers shot to death a villager and injured three others during a robbery incident at Bhadrasan village in Shibchar upazila early Thursday.

Miscreants set afire the district unit Awami League (AL) office on the Chandpur-Comilla Road in the district town early Thursday.