US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena said here on Wednesday that his country’s partnership with Bangladesh would continue like before for further development of Bangladesh.He appreciated Bangladesh’s progress in healthcare services saying there has been huge change in this sector.The US diplomat was talking to journalists after an opinion-exchange meeting with the officials of the district administration at Laxmipur Circuit House.Mozena, in the meeting with government officials, said he is impressed by the natural beauty in Laxmipur.Deputy Commissioner of...
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Police in a drive arrested six members of a robber gang from Shreepur area of Raipur upazila early Tuesday.The arrestees, identified as Parvez, Sohag, Mintu, Tipu, Sultan and Redwan, hail from different villages of Raipur and Sadar upazilas.Tipped-off that a robber gang was preparing to commit robbery in Shreepur area early in the morning, a team of police conducted a drive there and arrested the six, said M Manjurul Haque Ananda, officer-in-charge of Raipur Police Station.They are members of an...
Around 40 fishing trawlers sank in the Meghna River and over 150 thatched houses were damaged as a nor’ wester lashed different unions of Kamalnagar upazila on Thursday afternoon.The fishing trawlers capsized in Ludhua, Patabania, Katoria, Matabbarnagar and Matihar areas after they were caught in the storm, said locals. However, most of the boats were anchored at ghats while sinking. There was no report of any casualty as fishermen managed to swim ashore.Deputy commissioner of Laxmipur AKM Tipu Sultan, however,...
A local unit Jubo League activist was found dead at Chandpur village in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Shahadat Hossain, an activist of North Joypur union unit of the youth front of the ruling party and son of Harun-ur-Rashid of Gopalpur village of the upazila.The victim’s father said Shahadat went out of the house upon receiving a call over his mobile phone on Wednesday night and since then he had not returned.Locals noticed his body with...
Police on Saturday night recovered the body of a man at Dalal Bazar area in Sadar upazila.The deceased was identified as Rakibul Islam, an employee of Charmohona land office in Raipur upazila and son of Humayun Kabir, an Awami League leader of Beltala village in Sadar upazila.Iqbal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said local people found the hanging body of Rakibul in an abandoned house in the area around 9 pm and informed police....
Police arrested three alleged muggers, among them two injured in a mass beating, in Torabganj Bazar area of Kamalnagar upazila early Monday.Police also recovered two light guns (LGs), three rounds of bullet and a motorcycle from them.Police, quoting locals, said three muggers intercepted the motorbike of Alauddin, a businessman of the area, and tried to rob him while he was returning home from the local market on Sunday midnight. The muggers also fired several gunshots to create panic among the...
Two people were killed and five others injured in a clash over playing a cricket match in Hajipara area of Sadarupazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Abu Noman, vice-president of Chandraganj union unit of Chhatra League and son of Abu Sufian of Bhairabnagar village and Jahangir Alam, a local activist of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal and son of Chowdhury Mia of Panchpara village of the upazila.Police said, an altercation took place between two groups over a cricket match...
Family members of a Jubo Dal leader who was shot dead by Rab members last year on Tuesday blamed former Rab-11 commanding officer Lt Col Tarek Sayeed Mahmud for the murder and demanded his trial in this connection.Speaking at a press conference at her house in the district town’s Hospital Road area, Monwara Begum, wife of Iqbal Mahmud Jewel, said former Rab official Tareq and his associates shot her husband dead in Chawkbazar area on December 12 last year.She said...
A union parishad (UP) member was hacked to death by unknown miscreants at Naldubi village in Sadar upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ullah, 45, a member of Kuchakhali UP and also former general secretary of the union unit of Jubo League and son of late Nurul Islam of the village.Locals spotted the hacked body of Mohammad Ullah near a pond in the area and informed police in the morning.Police recovered the body and sent it to Sadar...
