KURIGRAM — A jewelry shop in Bhurungamari upazila was attacked and vandalized, with the owner saying about 12 bhori of gold ornaments worth roughly 2.8 million taka were taken, police said.
KURIGRAM — Police in Ulipur upazila were surrounded by a mob while trying to arrest assault suspects, in an incident captured in a video that has circulated on social media.
KURIGRAM — Azimul Islam, 24, a university student in Fulbari upazila, died at a hospital after attempting suicide when his family could not provide money he had requested, police said.
KURIGRAM — Police arrested a man accused in the alleged gang rape of a 22-year-old woman after he lured her with a promise of marriage in Nageshwari upazila, police said.
NILPHAMARI — Hasanur Rahman, a joint secretary of the upazila Jubo Dal in Kishoreganj, has been expelled from the party after threatening to beat the upazila health officer over a tender, the party said.
NILPHAMARI — A union parishad chairman, police, journalists and others — at least 20 people in all — were injured trying to stop illegal stone extraction from the Teesta River in Dimla upazila, police…
MEHENDIGANJ, Bangladesh — An elderly man was beaten to death with chairs and sticks at a local arbitration meeting in Charhogla village while police officers stood by, unable to stop the attack.
CHOUGACHHA, Bangladesh — A 25-year-old man was killed Saturday when the battery-powered auto-rickshaw he was riding in overturned on the Chougachha-Kotchandpur road in Jashore district, police said.
BARISHAL, Bangladesh — District authorities raided a Barishal cosmetics operation found to be selling banned Pakistani skincare and unapproved counterfeit products under foreign labels, fining the owner’s brother 30,000 taka and sealing the premises.
BARISHAL, Bangladesh — Fishermen attacked a Bangladesh Coast Guard team during a raid on the Kalabadar river, in an operation that the Department of Fisheries said had been carried out without notice and in…
BARISHAL, Bangladesh — Nine young men from Agailjhara upazila are being held hostage in Libya after paying traffickers large sums to reach Italy for work, in a scheme that has led to three cases…
Police in Ishwardi arrested a man who falsely identified himself as a joint district and sessions judge after he sought a rest-house room and train ticket assistance at the police station while accompanied by…
Two children, an 11-year-old girl and her 7-year-old cousin, drowned while bathing in the Baral river in Pabna's Faridpur upazila on Friday, police said.
Police seized 2,500 liters of diesel and petrol stored in 12 barrels and detained two people during a raid in Pabna's Chatmohar upazila, the officer-in-charge said.
An 80-year-old mosque caretaker was struck and killed by a truck while walking home from evening prayers in Pabna's Bhangura on Monday night, police said.
Police raided a hideout of the so-called Moyez gang in Pabna's Atghoria upazila early Tuesday and discovered a workshop for making weapons, detaining two people and seizing large quantities of equipment.
A dispute between a trolley driver and a van driver in Mymensingh's Muktagacha escalated into clashes that left 15 people injured, including five police officers, after about 200 villagers fought with sticks and homemade…
A mobile court in Mymensingh's Fulpur upazila seized 19,500 liters of diesel and 4,500 liters of petrol from an unlicensed trader and fined the owner 200,000 taka.
Attackers set fire to the home of a Jatiya Chhatra Shakti leader in Mymensingh's Dhobaura upazila, with the leader blaming members of the banned Awami League. Police are investigating.
Two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed over control of a fishery in Kishoreganj's Astagram upazila, leaving four people seriously injured, including a student wing leader.
The body of a 4-month-old boy missing for 26 days was found in a septic tank behind his home in Kishoreganj's Kuliarchar upazila. Police have arrested a family member.
At least 30 people were injured in clashes between supporters of BNP and the banned Awami League over local dominance in Kishoreganj's Mithamoin upazila, police said.
Police arrested two men, including one posing as a journalist, after they allegedly tried to abduct a 16-year-old madrasa student in Kishoreganj's Bhairab on her way to school.
Three separate fires in three days in Dinajpur's Khansama upazila have destroyed shops, a home and livestock, causing widespread alarm during Eid al-Fitr.
A coach of the Dolonchapa Express derailed at Setabganj railway station in Dinajpur's Bochaganj upazila, but other trains continued running on a parallel line.
PANCHAGARH — A passenger bus lost control and overturned after striking a roadside mango tree in Debiganj upazila, leaving two passengers injured, police said.
A Dhaka court on Monday granted a six-day remand of dismissed Lt. Col. Md. Afzal Naser for questioning in a murder case stemming from the July uprising in Mirpur, in which Delwar Hossain was…
A joint security operation in Gaibandha’s Fulchhari upazila has detained a local BNP leader and seized four ram-das, a Chinese hatchet and a large knife from his home, police said.
The Sundarganj upazila administration in Gaibandha has recovered about four tonnes of illegally hoarded Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) rice from a home and formed a three-member inquiry committee, officials said.
An overnight fire in Gaibandha’s Saghata upazila burned a cattle shed to the ground, killing two imported cows and causing about 400,000 taka in damage, the affected family said.
Police in Gaibandha’s Palashbari have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering his wife, whose body was found with her throat cut at a rented home, officials said.
A tractor lost control and overturned in a rice field while trying to flee an administrative raid in Gaibandha’s Sadullapur, smashing a chicken coop along the way, officials said.
An assistant sub-inspector with Pirganj police station collapsed and died of a heart attack while attempting to arrest a suspect under a warrant, police said.
At least four people were injured when supporters of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami clashed in Thakurgaon's Ranisankail upazila over the president's address to parliament, police said.
A Dhaka-bound sleeper bus struck a parked sand-laden truck on the Dinajpur-Gobindaganj highway, killing two people and injuring at least six, police said.
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Kamal Chandra Adhikari, accused of killing his sister-in-law over a land dispute three-and-a-half months ago in Rangpur's Gangachara, police said.
A clash between NCP and BNP activists over a Facebook post in Kurigram's Rajarhat upazila left a former Chhatra Dal leader seriously injured Sunday night.
A Kurigram man says a Rangpur deputy education director agreed to take 15 lakh taka to list teachers under the MPO scheme, then had him arrested when he brought less than promised.
A row over small meat portions and foul-smelling rice at a Bangladeshi wedding reception spiraled into a brawl, injuring at least 15 people, including the bride's younger sister.
Police in Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila have arrested a Jubo Dal leader on charges of snatching answer scripts and documents from a college recruitment exam.
Police in Netrokona's Barhatta upazila seized a covered van carrying smuggled Indian saris and other textiles after it crashed into a tree on Thursday. Two people, including the driver, were detained.
A passenger bus boarding a ferry at Daulatdia ghat in Rajbari fell into the Padma River on Wednesday afternoon. Two women have been confirmed dead and 45 passengers remain missing, officials said.