Tag: Districts

Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Rangpur-Borra highway in Kelamu bridge area of Pirganj upazila early Tuesday morning.

Police in separate drives arrested five suspected activists of the banned Islamic militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Fulbaria upazila on Monday.

Police in separates drives arrested 56 people, including an upazila unit ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, from ten upazilas of the district on Sunday.

A man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a trifling matter at Tarchuka village in Chhatak upazila on Sunday.

Police recovered four crude bombs and 500 gram gunpowder from Harichandar Mor area in Kolaroa upazila on Monday morning.

A member of a robber gang allegedly killed in a gunfight with police on the Magura-Satruzitpur road at Mandartala in Sadar upazila early Monday.

A dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by an ‘action committee’ formed by local people demanding arrest of the killers of Oliar Rahman, councillor of Noapara municipality and also joint secretary of the Abhaynagar upazila unit of Awami League, is going on peacefully…

A worker was killed and 22 others injured in separate road accidents in the district on Sunday.

A man was killed and six others injured a gang of robbers opened fire at them while fleeing after committing robbery at Ambaria village in Kalukhali upazila early Monday.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a young man along with 500 pieces of Yaba tablets from in front of Pathshala Academy at Chairmanpara in Nachole upazila on Sunday.

Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler and recovered 600 pieces of yaba tablets from Amtoly area in the district town last night.

A bumper production of cotton is expected this season as harvesting of the cash crops has begun in six upazilas of the district.

The yellow mustard fields, which are now in full bloom in the vast tracts of land in the district, have already worn an eye-catching look.

At least 25 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Jahanpur village in Dhakkhin Sunamganj upazila here on Friday over land dispute.

The Ashulia police have recovered a hanging body of a studio businessman from his studio at Kathgora bazaar in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital yesterday afternoon.

Dead body of a young man (32) was recovered from a paddy filed in the village Hariaghop under Chitalmari Upazila in the district on Friday in the morning. His hands and legs were tied with rope and his neck was…

A man committed suicide after killing his second wife at Kasta village under Kesabpur upazila in Jessore early Saturday. 

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 420 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Yusufpur Padmarchar area under Charghat thana of the district on Saturday.

Robbers looted gold ornaments and cash worth Tk 65 lakh from a jewellery shop at Biharkole Bazar in Bagatipara upazila early Saturday.

Police recovered two crude bombs from Bahirgola area in the district town on Saturday.

Twenty-eight people have been sued over killing of two brothers by a gang of miscreants in Badamtola area of the port city on Friday night.

A mobile court on Saturday jailed four young men to one month’s imprisonment each for sexually harassing schoolgirls during a Scout rally at a school in the district town.

An alleged member of a terrorist gang was arrested after he was injured in a gunfight between police and his associates at Latifpur village under Chandraganj thana in Sadar upazila early Sunday.

Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank(RAKUB) distributed blankets among 250 distressed freedom fighters (FFs) and 10 physically challenged and ethnic community people here on Saturday afternoon.

A view-exchange meeting on safe “Faecal Sludge Management (FSM)” was held on Saturday at pourashava meeting room.

Admission tests in nine government high schools of the port city Chittagong began Sunday.

The Panchagarh Sugar Mills Ltd (PSML) in the sub-Himalayan district of Panchagarh today (Friday) launched crushing sugarcane for the 2014-2015 season to produce 5,950 tonnes sugar from 85,000 tonnes of sugarcane.

Two persons were killed and another one injured in a road accident in Kararchar area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway this morning.

A student of class five allegedly committed suicide at Nabinagar area under city’s Baizid thana this (Friday) morning.

A day-long free eye camp was organized on Chuadanga Alia Madrasa premises of the district on Thursday.