Missing RMG trader found dead

A garment trader was found dead in Srinagar upazila on Friday, four days after he had gone missing. Police recovered the body of Sohagh Dhali, 25,

Young man held, arms-ammo seized in Munshiganj

The police seized a pistol and four bullets and arrested a young man in this connection at village Charzajira in Munshiganj early Thursday. The arrested was, Rashedul Islam, 18, of the village.

Sirajdikhan parents resent extra HSC test fees

Students of Bikrampur Adarsha University College paid Tk6,150, which included coaching fees, while those of Malkhanagar College paid Tk4,700

Padma claimants being robbed by government staff

Recipients having to pay 10-20% as bribes to get land acquisition compensation
Like the old saying “you cannot have an omelette unless you break the egg,” thousands of poor families in Madaripur

Illegal current net factories sealed off, owners fined

Both the owners were fined Tk5000 each and the seized current net was burnt
A mobile court has sealed two illegal current net factories and fined the owners at Mukterpur in Munshiganj.

BNP man arrested with firearm in Ramsingh area

Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Friday arrested a BNP activist along with foreign pistol from Ramsingh area in Sadar upazila here.

Cell phones so cheap!

Footpath techies meet demand of the poor
Do you know what happens to your old and broken mobile phones after you have tossed them in the bin?

Unidentified body found in Gazaria

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from near Bharosha Match Factory at Baushia under Gazaria upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.

Mentally challenged girl raped in Munshiganj

A mentally challenged girl has allegedly been raped in Munshiganj Sadar upazila. On Thursday, Alim Khan, 40, son of Hamid Khan, took the mentally challenged girl, 22, to his house from her Kandapara village under Tongibari upazila alluring her by giving a piece of cake to eat. He then raped her the whole night, police said.

14 sued one and a half years after the biggest gold haul

After the haul, Gourango asked customs boss to hand over the gold to his agent Milon
Customs intelligence yesterday sued 14 people in connection with a one and a half year old incident of smuggling 124kg gold through the Dhaka airport, said to be the biggest ever haul ever.

Take stern action against illegal gas connections

Local Awami League leaders in certain localities of Narayanganj and Munshiganj seem to have set up their own governments. The 'gas committees' sets up by the local Awami League leaders are so strong that the government and local administration are unable to do anything against them.

Newly married woman burnt dead in Keraniganj

A newly married woman was burnt to death allegedly by her husband on suspicion of her extra marital affairs with a man at Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital this morning.

10 Biman staff sued for smuggling in gold

3.8 kg new haul at airport
A case has been filed against 14 people including 10 officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines over 124 kg gold haul at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in 2013.

Auto-rickshaw driver strangled in Srinagar

An auto-rickshaw driver was found dead in a ditch at Salehpur in Shrinagar upazila on Friday morning. The dead was identified as Rezaul, 35, son of Afzal Hossain of Modonkhali village in the upazila.

2 women drug paddlers held with cannabis

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two women drug paddlers with 7 kilograms cannabis in a raid at BSCIC industrial town area of Munshiganj on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Mun Mun Begum, 26, and Rashma Akhtar, 24.

BCL leader stabbed in Sipahipara

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed by his rivals over constructing a shop in Munshiganj Sadar Upazila on Tuesday night. The victim is Mahbub Alam Tanu, 25, joint secretary of Rampal union unit of BCL.

Mobile court sentences teacher for supplying copy in exam

A mobile court (MC) in Munshiganj on Thursday sentenced seven-day jail to a teacher for supplying copy to a JSC candidate in cheating in the examination hall.

Constable shot in cop-terrorist gunfight

A police constable received bullet injury was shot in a gunfight between police and terrorists in Ganakpara area of the district on Wednesday afternoon.

Inter-district wire thieves' leader Kayes held

Police arrested a ring leader of inter-district wire thieves racket from Kolapara in Srinagar upazila on Tuesday.

Two officials suspended, sued in Bhairab

Fertiliser Missing from BADC Warehouse
A case has been filed against Rezaul Karim, acting assistant director of Bhairab warehouse of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), and Khorshed Alam, warehouse keeper, in connection with the disappearance of four thousand 360 tonnes of non-Urea fertiliser from there.