Tag: Districts

A young man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room in Sayedpur area of Majortila in the city on Friday morning.

Police on Saturday arrested two activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in connection with a crude bomb attack on the vehicle of former Sylhet City Corporation mayor and city Awami League president Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran at Pathantula here on…

Some 525 dwellers of 21 chars of Kurigram and Gaibandha districts got free different varieties of vegetable seed to make homestead gardening from a national NGO Friendship last few days.

Successful implementation of the Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) has improved livelihoods of the extremely poor and landless people living in the hardly reachable char areas on the Brahmaputra basin.

At least 271 people were killed in Benapole in the outgoing year 2014 giving a clear manifestation of the deterioration of law and order.

speakers at a discussion here stressed for comprehensive efforts with changed mindset to eradicate violence against women for smooth social advancement.

A total of 2,600 blankets were distributed among the poor and cold-stricken people at Chuadanga Sadar Upazila on Thursday.

One person was injured in a gunfight between two groups of the ruling Awami League over taking control of a cattle market at Bagachra in Sharsha upazila of the district on Thursday night.

Police arrested a man along with firearms and ammunition from a Dhaka-bound bus at Daulatdia ferry terminal here early Friday.

Two people were killed by their rivals following previous enmity over establishing supremacy at Bachamara village in Shibchar upazila on Thursday night and Friday morning.

A septuagenarian old man was killed in an attack over a trifling matter at Rosaitola village in Nalitabari upazila on Thursday morning.

Robbers looted valuables from a house after injuring two house inmates at Sarkarpara in the district town early Friday.

A young housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over a family related feud at Chingra village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district early Wednesday.

Agrani Bank Limited, a nationalized commercial bank, has distributed 4,000 blankets among the cold-hit people of Gopalganj on Wednesday.

The government has set a target to procure 492 tonnes of rice in Narsingdi district during the current Aman season.

Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation in drought-prone Barind Tract has become an urgent task to protect its major farming system from the adverse impact of climate change, speakers at a participatory discussion here said.

Research-based development organisation Incidin Bangladesh has stressed for effective initiatives of the local government bodies on safety, security and rights of the children to save them from repression.

Three people who were kidnapped from Dhaka on Tuesday rescued from a residential hotel in the district town on Wednesday afternoon.

An activist of the local unit of Jubo League was beaten to death by miscreants at Laxmipur Bazar in Monoharganj upazila on Wednesday night.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 25 Molotov cocktails from Boalia area in Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday morning.

Police recovered the body of a young man with the throat slashed from a hillock at Lamashyampur in Jaintapur upazila on Wednesday morning.

A girl allegedly committed suicide at Char Rampur village in Faridganj upazila on Tuesday as she could not pass this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination.

Prospects of boosting additional around one lakh metric tons of lentil output is bright in the region including the vast barind tract.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) – 8 stationed at Faridpur recovered huge quantity of various types of drugs from two places of this district yesterday.

15 shops were gutted as gas cylinders exploded in Tarabo-Hatipara area under Rupganj upazila Sunday night.

Police arrested a man along with a home-made pistol from Maylapota intersection of the city on Monday morning.

Police recovered the body of a man from a field at Kolishakundu village in Harinakunda upazila on Sunday morning.

A man was killed in an elephant attack at Kamarkhali village in Durgapur upazila of the district on Sunday morning.

Speakers at a views-sharing meeting here have stressed for reaching the available government services to the grassroots level male and female farm-labourers easily in a hassle-free manner to improve their livelihoods.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive recovered 7 shrapnel-laced bottle bombs from Binodpur area in the city early Monday.