Tag: Districts

Thakurgaon Sugar Mills (TSM), a state owned enterprise, has produced 1,230 tonnes of sugar so far by crushing 21,740 tonnes of sugarcanes during the current season starting on December 19.

Police in a drive arrested an alleged terrorists and recovered a nine MM pistol and a magazine from Laharhat area under Sadar upazila of the district last night.

An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with his rivals at Charandeep in Chakaria upazila over taking control of shrimp enclosures in the area early Thursday The deceased was identified as Jahed, 23, a resident of the same village.

Eight shops were gutted by a fire that broke out in Bakali Potti area in front of Pourosuper Market in the district town on Wednesday night.

A court here on Wednesday placed eight Jamaat-Shibir men on a two-day remand each in a case filed for attacking police in Shalbagan area of the city on Tuesday.

Police arrested three leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, including its district unit president Alamgir Hossain, from Basila Dakhil Madrasa in Noldanga upazila on Tuesday night.

A motorcyclist was killed and four passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Mirsarai bazar here on Wednesday.

A young man was killed after falling from the roof of a running train at the North Outer Signal of Fulbari rail station under Fulabri upazila in Dinajpur district today, police and local sources said.

Brisk preparations are afoot to hold the fortnight long pollimela (village fair) under the style of Jasim Pollimela commemorating the 112th birth anniversary of great folklore poet Jasimuddin will begin here on January 10 at village Gobindapur on the bank…

A housewife was found dead at Bakshabaid village in Sribardi upazila on Tuesday morning.

A mobile court yesterday (Monday) evening convicted one drug peddler and awarded one year rigorous imprisonment for possessing 4.800 kg of hemp (Ganja) in Shovarampur area adjacent to this town.

Janata Bank DistrictsLimited (JBL) distributed blankets to the people with disability and the distressed of the town here last few days to mitigate their sufferings caused by cold wave.

Commercial farming of strawberry has started gaining momentum in Rajshahi region as its cultivation is easier and highly profitable.

Duttapara police last night rescued a schoolboy, after two days of his abduction, from Sobhanpur area under Chatkhali upazila in Noakhali district.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two Myanmarese nationals and recovered 70,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from their possession at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazaar early Tuesday.

Police arrested three suspected members of a robber gang after a ‘gunfight’ with them at Choigharia on the Satkhira-Jessore highway in Sadar upazila early Monday.

A tribunal here on Monday sentenced three men to death for raping a female health worker of a non-government organisation (NGO) in 2005. 

At least ten Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists were injured in a clash between two factions of its Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) unit over occupying hall seats on Sunday night.

At least 35 houses were gutted as a fire broke out near the Public Health Department in the district headquarters on Monday morning.

A man was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife following a dispute over watching TV serial in Telipara area of the city on Sunday.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 10 Molotov cocktails (petrol bomb) and 24 crude bombs from beside a graveyard near Rajshahi University early Monday.

A suspected member of a robber gang was  injured as police fired gunshots at them while they were allegedly  taking preparation for a robbery in Monajitpur area of Sadar upazila early Monday.

Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu today launched carpeting works of a road at Harirampur area here on Sunday afternoon in the city.

Chandraganj thana police last night rescued an expatriate, after seven days of his abduction, from an abundant house in Choumohoni area under Begumganj upazila in Noakhali district.

Police in a drive arrested seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir while they were holding a ‘clandestine meeting’ in court area of the city on Friday.

Police arrested the city unit vice-president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Khashdabir area in the city early Saturaday.

An alleged robber was injured in a gunfight between his cohorts and police in Palashpol area of the town early Saturday.

A youth was killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Kalabagan area on the Rangamati-Chittagong highway here on Friday.

A fire broke out at a puffed rice mill at Dhopadanga Bazar in Debhata upazila on Friday night.

Police arrested Jatiyatabadi Shramik Dal’s district unit president Sardar Liakat Ali from in front of his house in VIP Mor of the town on Friday night.