Tag: Districts

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Foysal Khan from Boro Baliadangi on the Jessore-Magura Highway early Friday after 23 days of his alleged abduction from the capital.

A young girl has been strangulated to death by miscreants at Rajkanda in Akkelpur upazila.

At least 15 people, including two ansar members, were injured a clash between the supporters of Awami League and BNP at Char Rouha Bazar in Sharishabari upazila on Friday.

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over lifting sand in Shailkupa upazila on Thursday.  Twelve of the injured were admitted to Sadar Hospital and Shailkupa Upazila Heath Complex. Officer-in-charge of Shailkupa Police…

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive recovered 35,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablet, worth Tk 1.75 crore, from a village in the vicinity of the Naf River in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar early Friday.

A construction worker has been slaughtered by miscreants at Char Purba Shullukia village in Sadar upazila.

Shariatpur – At least 30 people were injured, including three with bullets, in a clash between supporters of two chairman candidates belonging to ruling Awami League in Bhedarganj upazila on Thursday over their defeat in Wednesday’s polls. The injured include…

A schoolboy who suffered injuries in an attack allegedly by his friend in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Monday died at Jessore 250-bed Hospital on Wednesday night.

Detective Branch (DB) of police rescued a minor boy from Narayanpur area under Matlab thana (South) in Chandpur district on Wednesday, five days after his abduction from Siddhirganj upazila of the district.

Two young men allegedly committed suicide in two separate incidents in Godagari and Durgapur upazilas on Tuesday.

Police arrested an alleged member of an organised gang of thieves in possession of three power transformers while fleeing after stealing those from Tajpur village in Sirajdikhan upazila early Tuesday.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man along with a Pakistan-made revolver and 30 rounds of bullet from a house in Shalgaria area of the district town on Tuesday afternoon.

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking pesticide at Chhatakchhara village in Kamalganj upazila on Tuesday.

Police in two separate drives arrested two leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of attacking police and obstructing them from performing duties and vandalising vehicles on Tuesday night.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered a huge amount of Yaba from Boalmari Upailla of the district and arrested three drug peddlers in this connection on Sunday night.

Police on Tuesday morning recovered the body of a man at Mohammadpur village in Daudkandi upazila.

Unidentified miscreants early Tuesday set fire to the camp office of the ruling Awami League-supported chairman candidate in Ashashuni upazila, which will go to polls on Wednesday.

At least 15 BNP men were injured in an attack allegedly by Awami League activists in Gosairhat upazila on Monday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a revolver from Bibhishan border area in Gomastapur upazila on Monday.

A special court here on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years’ imprisonment in an arms case.

Dhaka – A three-day ‘familiarisation’ tour for the Ambassadors and High Commissioners stationed in Dhaka began in the beach town of Cox’s Bazar on Monday. The Foreign Ministry arranged the familiarisation programme in which envoys representing various countries, including Russia,…

Robbers kidnapped 40 fishermen along with 10 trawlers at Katka in the Sundarbans under Sharankhola upazila of the district on Monday. Coast Guard Mongla zone operation division staff officer Lt Commander M Mohiuddin Majumder said gang members belonging to notorious…

Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man with the head cut off from the Surma River close to Patramati village in Kanaighat upazila on Sunday.

Robbers looted gold and cash worth Tk 15 lakh from a house at Karpasdanga village in Damurhuda upazila on Sunday night.

Jeweller Mridul Kumar Chowdhury, who was allegedly picked up by a group of people, introducing themselves as Detective Branch (DB) personnel, from near his Chittagong city residence on February 11, was rescued from Burichong upazila of the district early Monday.

Police in separate drives have arrested 64 people on various charges from different areas of the city and four districts of Sylhetdivision. Additional police super of the city Ejaz Ahmed said several teams of police conducted separate special drives in…

A suspected robber was killed in a ‘shootout’ with police at Ghorachhara area in Kulaura upazila of Mouvibazar district early Sunday.

Local Awami League men clashed with the activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student body Islami Chhatra Shibir at Charalrance Bazar in Kamalnagar upazila on Saturday, leaving three people injured.

Police recovered the body of an auto-rickshaw driver from Jawabazar in Chhatak upazila on Saturday evening.

Police in a drive arrested a local leader of BNP from Ullahpara upazila on Saturday night on charge of carrying out subversive activities.