Tag: Districts

A farmer was found dead in a crop field at Salamar village in Singra upazila on Wednesday morning, one month after his going missing.

A freedom fighter was hacked to death and another person injured in an attack by a group of miscreants at Ayapur village in Patnitala upazila on Tuesday midnight.

A truck driver and his helper were killed in a head-on collision between two trucks at Sutang in Sadar upazila of Habiganj district early Wednesday.

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma river resumed after 12 and a half hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Wednesday morning.

Police arrested an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with firearms and bullets and his associate from Achua Koshaipara area of Godagari upazila on Tuesday.

Ferry services on the Shemulia-Kewrakandi route remained suspended for over 13 hours on Tuesday night due to dense fog.

A man was killed and five others were injured in a road accident on the Banghabandhu Bridge in Bhuapur upazila early Tuesday morning.

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her room in Bhatkhola area of Dakshin Surma upazila on Monday.

Four Bangladeshi teenagers have returned home from India after serving one year’s jail term for illegal stay in that country after intrusion.

A daylong hartal, enforced by ‘Santras O Chandabaji Protirodh Committee’ (A platform to resist terrorism and extortion) protesting rise in terrorist activities and extortion in the district is progressing peacefully here today.

A mobile court in Jessore on Monday night sentenced six young men to six months’ imprisonment each for taking and peddling drugs.

Police arrested five local leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student associate body of BNP, at Jagannathpur village in Sadar upazila on Monday afternoon over violence.

A man was killed and five others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land-related dispute at Kapashpara village in Naria upazila on Monday.

A mobile court here on Monday sentenced a man to one and a half years in jail for running an unauthorized energy drink factory.

Harvest of transplanted (T) Aman paddy, a high valued crop, has been progressing fast in all seven upazilas of the district.

December 9, 1971 has turned out to be a red-letter day for the people of Netrakona as they were liberated and their soil was freed from the occupation of Pakistani military forces.

Family members of several Liberation War martyrs have demanded steps for protection and proper maintenance of Babla Bon mass grave site in Rajshahi city so that people can pay homage to the great sons of the soil, who were buried…

The biennial district council of district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was held at Town Hall auditorium in the city yesterday amid huge enthusiasm and festivity among the leaders and workers of the organisation.

At least 30 shops and some garment rag warehouses were gutted as a market caught fire in the city’s Konabari area early Tuesday.

The Gaibandha Liberation Day- 2014 was observed here today through daylong programmes in the district town amid huge festivity and enthusiasm among the people from all walks in life.

Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives has suspended Faridpur Pourashava Mayor Shaikh Mahatab Ali Methu from his post on various charges of corruption and irregularities.

A member of a terror group was arrested after he was injured in a gunfight between police and his group at Latifpur village in Sadar upazila early Monday.

A tourist was killed and nine others injured as a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch in Shoiloprapat area in the district early Monday.

Two people were killed and 20 others injured in a head on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Khulna highways in Wapda area in Shreepur upazila on Monday morning.

A local Juba League leader, who was injured in an attack by miscreants at Nabharan Bazar in Sharsha Upazila of Jessore district on Sunday night, succumbed to his injuries at 250-Bed Jessore Sadar Hospital on Monday morning.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested five alleged pirates from Kanchikata area in Sunderban on Sunday.

At least 17 people including two women were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over land-related dispute at Kumajpur village in Salanga upazila on Sunday.

Ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route in the Padma River resumed on Monday morning after a six-hour disruption due to dense fog.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged arms trader in possession of one pistol, one magazine and three rounds of bullets from Alidanga area in Shibganj upazila on Sunday night.