A pirate gang leader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Uttar Rajapur village near the Sundarbans in Sharankhola upazila early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Namir Talukder, 38, chief of Namir Bahini and son of Suntal Talukder, a resident of Arjunbahar village in Sadar upazila.Kazi Abdus Salek, officer-in-charge of Sharankhola Police Station, said tipped off, a team of Detective Branch (DB) police and Sharankhola thana police jointly conducted a drive at Arjunbahar village on Saturday...
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Different criminal gangs making use of the names of the operatives of the outlawed parties have started widespread extortion in the district with Eid-ul-Fitr approaching.These extortionists mainly make high bank officials their target this time to fulfill their aim of collecting high amount of money from the illegal source.The criminals claiming themselves to be belonging to different outlawed parties demanded money from 26 officials of state-run Sonali Bank and Agrani Bank in Bagerhat and threatened to kill them or pick...
A police constable allegedly killed himself by firing at the office of the superintendent of police of Bagerhat on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Prolob Sen, 21, son of Projib Sen, of Radha Madhob village in Digholia upazila of Khulna district.Police super Nizamul Haque Mollah of Bagerhat said while on duty as a sentry at his office around 8:00am, Prolob suddenly opened a shot at his own throat from his rifle, which pierced through the head, leaving him dead...
A tea stall owner was slaughtered to death by miscreants at Sonakura village in Rampal upazila early Monday.The deceased was identified as Harun Sheikh, 45, son of late Abdus Sattar Sheikh of the village.Officer-in-charge of Rampal Police Station Kazi Daud Hossain said Harun came under attack by a group of miscreants while he was sleeping in his shop on Sunday midnight.The attackers chopped him with sharp weapons and later slaughtered him, leaving him dead on the spot.On information, police recovered...
A pirate gang leader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Uttar Rajapur village near the Sundarbans in Sharankhola upazila early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Namir Talukder, 38, chief of Namir Bahini and son of Suntal Talukder, a resident of Arjunbahar village in Sadar upazila. Kazi Abdus Salek, officer-in-charge of Sharankhola Police Station, said tipped off, a team of Detective Branch (DB) police and Sharankhola thana police jointly conducted a drive at Arjunbahar village on...
With drastic fall in the levels of their waters, the rivers and canals flowing through the district are being filled with silt and running dry putting agriculture and ecology here in jeopardy.The rivers and canals are also losing navigability for emergence of char (shoals emerged from their beds) due to accumulation of silt hampering smooth movement of vessels on different routes in dry season. Talking to UNB, M Mainuddin, executive director of Water Development Board (WDB), Bagerhat, said due to...
Two motorcyclists were killed and two others injured in two separate road accidents in Fakirhat and Mollahat upazilas on Sunday night.The deceased were identified as Khalid Hasan Biswas alias Babu,23, son of Mostafa Biswas, a resident of Garfa village in Mollahat upazila, and Shimul Mallaik,26, son of Atiar Rahman, a resident of Baliadanga village in Fakirhat upazila.Anam Khairul Anam, officer-in-charge of Mollahat Police Station, said the accident took place in Kahalpur area of Mollahat upazila on the Khulna-Mawa Highway at...
A court here on Monday convicted three people, including a mother, and sentenced them to death for killing her son in a planned way in 2005.The convicts are-Latifa Begum, wife of Iku Biswas, Manir Mollah, son of Ayen Mollah and Nazma Begum, wife of Lutfur Rahman of Nagarkandi village in Mollahat upazila.According to the prosecution, Latifa’s husband Iku used to torture her as she had an extra marital relationship with Manir Mollah.Latifa along with Manir and his sister Nazma made...
