Tag: District News

Protest continues over gang rape of Gopalganj university student

- Times Report -

Students of Gopalganj’s Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) on Friday continued their protest demanding justice for the gang rape of a fellow female student. Taking up positions before the administrative building, they also urged the authorities to hand out punishment to those who went on a rampage

Death row convict on the run for 20 yrs arrested in Ctg

- Times Report -

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested a death row convict in a murder case who had been on the run in disguise of different identity using fake NID cards for more than two decades. The arrestee was identified as Syed Ahmed, who was sentenced to death along with 11 others in

In-laws shave housewife’s hair, eyebrows, 3 held

- Times Report -

A 43-year-old man and two of his family members were detained by RAB members on Tuesday in a case filed on charge of shaving his wife's hair and eyebrows in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj. The detainees are victim Gulnahar Parvin Minu's husband Mehedi Hasan Sujon, 43, his brother Md Sumon,35, and

Seven villages in Feni flooded as embankment collapses

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Seven villages in Fulgazi upazila of Feni district have got submerged as the flood control embankment along the Muhuri River collapsed due to the onrush of water, destroying crops and dwellings. The river was flowing 140 cm above its danger level, cutting off road communications with Parshuram areas. Sources at the upazila

Sylhet-3 By-polls: AL retains seat with increased majority

- Times Report -

Awami League candidate Habibur Rahman Habib won the Sylhet-3 by-polls on Saturday, beating his nearest rival Jatiya Party's Atikur Rahman Atik by a huge margin. According to official results Habib bagged 90,064 votes in the constituency comprising three upazilas of Dakkhin Surma, Fenchuganj and Balaganj. Atik got only 24,752 votes. Sylhet Deputy

Truck, Auto-Rickshaw Collision kills 3 in Chattogram

- Times Report -

Three people, including two women, were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a cement-laden truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Banshkhali Upazila of Chattorgram on Monday morning. The identities of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately. The accident took place in the Bailgaon area of

Attack on Hindu houses: Prime accused put on 5-day remand

- Times Report -

A Sunamganj court on Tuesday placed Shahidul Islam Swadhin, the prime accused in a case over the attack on Hindu houses in Shalla upazila, on a 5-day remand. The court also put 29 other accused in the case on a 2-day remand each. Judicial magistrate of Sunamganj court passed the order, said

Four to walk the gallows for murder in Khulna

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A Khulna court on Thursday sentenced four people to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2010. The condemned convicts are Farid Mollah, Misbah Mollah, Mortaza Mollah and Tutul Mollah of Ketenga village in Terokhada upazila. The lifers are Mukta Mollah, Shahidul Shikdar, Selim Shikdar,

Sunamganj clash leaves one dead, 40 injured

- Times Report -

A man was killed and 40 others were injured in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy in Bhatipara Union of Dirai Upazila in Sunamganj. The deceased was identified as Md Shah Mulq, 40, of Nurnagar village of  the union. According to locals and police, the clash was a result of