Tag: Districts

A schoolboy was crushed under the wheels of a bus on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.

A minor girl was killed as she was knocked down by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kalugari in Palashbari upazila on Tuesday morning.

A centenarian woman was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at Khantarhat in Sandwip upazila early Tuesday.

The seasonal lean period of ‘monga’ passed off from Rangpur region without any bite for the sixth consecutive time this year following huge change in the overall socioeconomic condition of the common people.

Conservation of natural resources has become an urgent task for addressing the adverse impacts of climate change that has been acknowledged as a major threat to the region in the present context, scientists and researchers say.

Two minor boys drowned at Kaptai lake of Vandaripara area under Borkal upazila of the district on Sunday evening.

Police recovered the slaughtered body of a man from Bahirmallika-Khalpara village under Salikha upazila of the district this morning.

Police arrested a woman drug paddler with 205 bottles of contraband phensidyl syrups at a raid in Parnandhuli area under Magura town this morning.

A case has been filed against Shibnath Kumar Saha, inspector of Sirajganj Narcotics Control Department, for extortion and bribery on Sunday.

A court here on Sunday sent 43 local leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its affiliates, including BNP’s district unit acting president, to jail rejecting their bail prayers in two cases filed for attacking police and explosives.

Muggers wounded a man and snatched Tk 15 lakh from him at Uchhlapur in Kulaura upazila on Sunday afternoon.

At least forty shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at a local market in Mithamoin upazila on Sunday morning.

Customs officials seized 10 gold bars weighing 1.16 kg and worth Tk 50 lakh from the luggage of a passenger at Shah Amanat International Airport in the city on Sunday

Two members of a family were killed as a truck skidded rammed their roadside house at Rajpat in Kashiani upazila on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Rashida, 60, and Laila, 7.

At least 30 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups over a road construction work in Bajnamahal area of Chatok municipal town Sunday afternoon.

Robbers looted cash, motorbike, gold ornaments and other valuables from two houses at Dhandia village in Patkelghata on Sunday.

A man serving imprisonment in Satkhira jail in narcotics case died on the way to jail hospital on Sunday.

A local Swechchhasebak League leader and his younger brother were hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Durgapur in Sadar upazila early Monday.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 in a drive arrested an alleged arms trader with a foreign made pistol and two magazines from Durlavpur village under Shibganj upazila of the district on Saturday evening.

Police in a drive arrested a hemp trader with 47-kg hemp from Boubazar-Balasul area under Srinagar upazila of the district last night.

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police detained two leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for quizzing in the Tangail district Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed killing case on Saturday night.

Police recovered the body of a saloon owner with the throat slashed from a mango orchard at Ballavpur village in Mujibnagar upazila on Sunday morning.

An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed in an attack by his rivals in Pathantula area of the city on Saturday night.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a young man in possession of a foreign-made pistol and two magazines at Durlobhpur village in Shibganj upazila on Saturday.

Police arrested six leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, including its east district president S M Monwar Hossain, from a house in the city’s residential area on Saturday night.

A man was killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw ran over him in Kusumbagh area on the Moulvibazar-Sylhet Highway in the district town on Saturday afternoon.

At least 12 dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating fire on Friday at Balargati village under Tungipara upazila of the district.

A rural road network project is being implemented with the main thrust of removing physical bottlenecks for improving rural accessibility, upgrading quality and enhancing sustainability of rural transport and market services in the project area.

A college girl was killed and two others were injured by a gang of robbers during a robbery incident at Islamabad village of Noagaon union under Sarail upazila here early today.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized Indian contraband worth Tk 33.52 lakh from Amrakhali border point early Saturday morning.