Tag: Districts

A woman and her son were chopped to death allegedly by her husband at Kazimosa village in Paikgachha upazila early Tuesday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 308 kilograms of hemp from Ashabari area in Brahmanpara upazila on Monday.

Police arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 510 pieces of Yaba tablet from Dashkandi village in Shivaloya upazila on Monday afternoon.

Police recovered the slaughtered body of an unidentified man from Haripur area in the district town on Monday morning.

Robbers looted valuables worth Tk10 lakh from an expatriate’s house at Muhidpur village in Jakiganj upazila early Monday.

A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over a family feud at Balighat village under Sreepur (South) union of Tahirpur upazila on Monday afternoon.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Memberbari area in Sadar upazila on Monday morning.

A fire broke out at a dwelling house at Mirboxtula in the city on Sunday night burning down huge amount of valuables.

At least 10 policemen were injured in a clash with the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, pro-Jamaat-e-Islami student organisation, at Uttar Kathaltali village in Barlekha upazila on Sunday night.

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was expelled from the organisation on Sunday for violating party discipline by engaging in activities hurting party interests.

A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced two men to six months’ imprisonment each for peddling drugs.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a young man in possession of 387 forged notes of Tk1,000 denomination each from Haritakidanga village in Dhamoirhat upazila on Sunday.

For demanding salary increase, and protest continuing labour termination strike by labourers is continuing in Modern Pharmaceuticals Ltd in Jhenidah since Sunday morning.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in a drive, seized huge quantity of smuggled Indian goods worth about Taka 17.44 crore from Amrakhali of Benapole frontier here on Saturday.

Officials of Narcotics Control Department detained two smugglers along with 2 lakh Indian Rupees from a bus at Ekdala on Natore-Rajshahi highway in Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon.

A mobile court in Kaliganj upazila on Saturday sentenced a man to one month imprisonment for stalking a young girl.

Two people were found slaughtered in a flour mill in Nitaiganj Khalghat area of the district town on Sunday morning.

An alleged top terror and his associate sustained bullet injuries in an attack by their rivals at the railway station in the district town on Saturday evening.

Low pressure of gas which disrupts its supply from the gas fields of the country’s eastern zone to Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi is expected  to ease soon as the construction of two gas compressor stations in Brahmanbaria and Tangail has…

National Savings Week-2014 has begun in the district on Saturday as elsewhere in the country with a call to ensure economical security of the investors and increase the investment in the country.

A project entitled ‘Building a Disaster Resilient Bangladesh’ launched in June, 2013 runs smoothly creating positive impacts to the people of disaster prone areas.

Speakers have unequivocally called for forging social resistance against all sorts of human rights violation.

Mayor of Rangpur city and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu today asked the parents, public representatives and citizens to provide Vitamin A Plus Capsule to every under-five baby.

A housewife was killed when a tree collapsed on her during a storm that swept Pratapnagar village in Ashashuni upazila on Friday.

Robbers looted valuables worth Tk12 lakh from a house at Bhujbal village in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar district early Saturday.

Transport workers enforced an indefinite strike in the district on Saturday demanding the arrest of the killers of a driver and attackers of another one. No long-distance bus or truck was seen plying the roads after the strike started in…

At least 50 people, including seven policemen, were injured, several with bullets, in a clash between police and transport workers in the district town on Friday. The injured were admitted to different hospitals. Locals said a policeman in civil dress…

Two women and a schoolgirl were found hanging in three separate incidents in Louhajang, Sreenagar and Sadar upazilas of the district on Thursday. Police recovered the hanging body of a housewife from Jiyostala village in Sadar upazila on the day.…