Tag: Districts

Police arrested two kidnappers and rescued a cattle trader from a house at Putkhali here on Friday, eight hours of his abduction.

Police arrested eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Azizul Haque College unit president, from Satmatha area of the district town on Saturday morning.

Police arrested a charge-sheeted accused in a case for torching a bus in South Surma upazila in 2011 from Temukhi area under Moglabazar thana of the city on Friday night.

At least 50 people, including women and children, were injured in a clash between two warring influential clans over establishing supremacy at Charkoijhuri village in Shahjadpur upazila on Friday.

Police in a drive arrested a woman drug peddler along with 200 pieces of Yaba tablet at Chanchra Raypara area of the upazila on Friday night.

Robbers looted valuables from a house at Tirashi village in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Friday.

A minor boy died after he fell down from the rooftop of a two-storey under-construction building at Rajashan in the municipality area on Friday evening.

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested three alleged drug peddlers in possession of 147 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup at Sitarampur Bhanga Bridge in Sadar upazila on Friday.

Police recovered the hanging body of a female garment worker from her rented house at Purba Kalemshwarer in the city on Friday.

JOYPURHAT, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS)- Harvest of transplanted (T) Aman paddy, a highly valued crop, has been progressing fast in all the five upazilas in the district during the current season.

NARAIL, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS)- The Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested three drug peddlers and recovered 147 bottles of phensidyl from Shitarampur Bridge area on the Narail-Jessore highway under Sadar upazila this morning.

RANGPUR, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS) – Proper management in microcredit and savings activities of smaller community based organisations (CBOs) could accelerate uplift to alleviate poverty bringing self- reliance to rural people and empowering the women.

SATKHIRA, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS)- Members of RAB of Satkhir camp in a raid seized 790-bottle of Indian contraband phensidyl from Kalaroa Upazila on Thursday.

RANGPUR, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS) – Speakers at a daylong nutrition fair have stressed for creating adequate awareness among the rural mothers who could play vital role in selecting nutritious foodstuffs available all around them to prevent malnutrition of the…

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of people at Ghashitula in the city on Wednesday night over a trifling matter.

A police official sustained injuries in an attack by a robber gang at in Shibganj upazila on Wednesday night.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued six people, including three women, while they were being trafficked to India through Putkhali border point here early Thursday.

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 44 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a house in Kalighat area of the city on Wednesday night.

A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders seriously injured when a truck crushed into their vehicle at Katakhali Bridge on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday night.

A local leader of the ruling Awami League was injured by stabbing in an attack by some miscreants in front of his house in Shalgaria of the district town on Wednesday night.

A total of 250 poor but meritorious students, who will appear in the SSC and Dakhil exams-2015, received grant of Taka five lakh from Nahid Foundation (NF) on Wednesday to fill up their examination forms.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have detained two persons on charge of cyber crimes at Railway gate area under Godagari Upazila of the district yesterday, RAB sources here said this morning.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in anti smuggling drives seized huge Indian smuggled goods and drugs worth about Taka 70.3 lakh from different areas of the district last night.

A man allegedly committed suicide over a family feud at Gitapara village near Benapole port on Tuesday night.

A man was killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Kasundi on the Magura-Kamarkhali Road in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled Indian clothes worth Tk one crore from Rajganj area in Manirampur upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday night.

Police arrested three Bangladeshi students receiving education in India from Laxmidari border point in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night while they were returning home from that country illegally.

A total of 54 solar panels along with their accessories were distributed among the trained staffs of 54 union information and service centres (UISCs) in all the eight upazilas of the district.

An alleged drug smuggler was killed in a clash with members of Detective Branch (DB) of police at Shikri border point in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.

A homeopathic doctor was killed and three others were injured in a road accident on the Panchagarh-Thakurgaon highway in Satkhamar bus stand area of Boda upazila on Tuesday morning.