SBAC Bank opens 89th branch in Kishoreganj

South Bangla Agriculture & Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited opened its 89th Branch at Hossainpur in Kishoreganj.  Abdul KadirMolla, former Chairman & Director of SBAC Bank, inaugurated the Branch on Saturday (30 December), reads a press release. HabiburRahman, Managing Director & CEO of the bank presided over the ceremony. Abdul KaiyumKhokon,

Truck set on fire in Kishoreganj

A fertilizer-laden truck was set ablaze by unidentified miscreants at Dariakandi in Kuliarchar upazila of Kishoreganj district early Monday during the ongoing 48-hour blockade enforced by BNP and like-minded parties. Mohammad Golam Mostafa, officer-in-charge of Kuliarchar Police Station, said the miscreants intercepted the truck in front of Dariakandi Fire Service office

20 killed in collision between passenger, cargo trains

At least 20 people were killed and several others were injured after a container train collided with passenger train in Bhairab of Kishoreganj on Monday afternoon. The accident occurred when a container train headed towards Chattogram collided with the Dhaka-bound Egarosindhur Express at the Jagannathpur railway crossing, causing 20 people dead

Govt to build Tk 5651cr elevated road in Kishoreganj

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved a Tk 5,651.13-crore project for the construction of an elevated road from Mithamoin upazila sadar to Karimganj upazila in Kishoreganj district, aiming to ensuring smooth and uninterrupted road communication in the haor region.The approval came from an Ecnec

Kishoreganj ferry tragedy: Woman drowns, child goes missing

A 50-year-old woman drowned while a child went missing after a ferry capsized in the Dhanu river of the district's Itna upazila Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Mahal Begum, wife of late Salek Miah of Charpara area of Mithamoin upazila. The missing child has been identified as Rahmotullah, 3,