100% passed in JSC-JDC exams in Munshigonj

The district achieved hundred per cent in this year's JSC and JDC examinations. Total 29,920 candidates sat for the examinations this year.

Skills training centres fleece young people

Most manpower skills development training centres are virtually sucking money from the innocent youths in the name of imparting training, victims alleged.

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.

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.

Benoy Krishna Basu (1908-1930)

Basu, Benoy Krishna (1908-1930) a revolutionary of the Yugantar group, was born in a middle class Kayastha family in the village of Rohitbhog (variants, Routhbhog, Raitbhog) in the Munshiganj district on 11 September 1908

Hanadar Mukto Dibash

On the occasion of celebrating the "Hanadar Mukto Dibash" in Munshiganj on Thursday, some people are seen pretending to be dummies of freedom fighters in an artistic way.

Munshiganj liberated on Dec 11

Munshiganj was liberated from the clutches of Pakistani occupation forces on December 11, 1971. Freedom loving people of the district started taking fresh air most happily in a free country after months of fighting.

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?

Firm, right step to $50b hope

PM opens garment summit, urges buyers for better prices
With a whopping $25 billion export turnover last fiscal year, Bangladesh's apparel sector is now ready to take the next giant leap.

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.

Obituary

Neaz Mohammad Khan, Deputy Managing Director of Dhaka Bank Limited, breathed his last at Square Hospitals in Dhaka on Sunday (December 7) at 12:45pm at the age of 57 (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun).

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.

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.

Bishnu statue found in Kazi Kasba

A touch stone statue of Lord Bishnu, weighing about four maunds, was seized by police from Dakhin Kazi Kasba village under Munshiganj Sadar Upazila on Thursday. The statue was found when a group of workers were cutting earth at an arable land of one Kazi Nur Jamal of Dakhin Kazi Kasba village.

A WINTER DELIGHT

A juice collector seen shaping a date tree top with a sharp sickle to attach an earthen pitcher for collecting juice drops overnight. The photo was taken from Munshiganj on Friday.

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.

Scholarship given to over 100 students

Scholarships were given away among meritorious students at Munshiganj Sadar Upazila Parishad auditorium on Monday morning.

Take steps against sand syndicate

Sand grabbers are teeming on the banks of the rivers Meghna, Padma and Sitalakkhya in Munshiganj and Narayanganj. Every year they are digging up the sand and taking away acres of crop land.

Metro Rail Bill 2014 placed in JS

The government’s priority project will be a public-private partnership
The minister for road transport and bridges placed the Metro Rail Bill, 2014 before parliament yesterday in a bid to provide an effective counter measure to Dhaka’s dire and increasingly demoralising traffic problem.

Mason electrocuted in Munshiganj

A mason died from electrocution at Boikhar village under the district town on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Babu Mollah, 30, son of Salauddin Mollah of the village.