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In a special operation, the Bangladesh Coast Guard has arrested a close associate of the infamous Sundarbans-based robber gang, Karim Sharif Bahini, along with arms and ammunition.On Monday Lieutenant Commander Harun-ur-Rashid, Media Officer of the Coast Guard, confirmed that acting on a tip-off, th...
Members of Extra-Mohrars Association(EMA) in Bagerhat organised a human chain at Bagerhat DC office premises Sunday morning demanding to make their jobs permanent. More than 200 Extra-Mohrars attended the human chain.The human chain was addressed, among others, by the Coordinator of EMA, Bagerhat, S...
A new, full-fledged committee of Sarankhola Press Club was formed on Monday (November 25), dissolving the previous convener committee. A general meeting was held at Sarankhola Press Club auditorium on Monday evening. Sheikh Mohammad Ali (Ittefaq) was elected as the president, and Mohammad Anwar...
Ferry services on Rayenda to Boromachhua route in Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat resumed on Tuesday after being halted for five months.The Rayenda Ferry Ghat was severely damaged due to Cyclone Remal, causing the ferry service to come to a halt. After a long period, the much-awaited ferry service ha...
The traditional Ras Festival of the Sanatan community will begin in two days at Alorkol in Dubalar Char area in Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat district. The festival will start on November 14 and will continue for three days. On November 16, the festival will conclude with taking holy bath in the se...
A high-powered wireless set was installed at Dubalarchor in Sarankhola Range under Sundarban to deliver cyclone warning messages to fishermen working along the coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal.These fishermen are catching fish from the Bay of Bengal for the dry fish production.In addition, six vol...
A 22-day ban on Hilsha fishing starts across the country from Sunday. Although necessary, the fisherman, fishing trawler owners and fish traders in Bagerhat are frustrated with the ban as they were not able to go fishing in the sea regularly due to the adverse weather earlier.The affected fishing bo...
Sarankhola Upazila Administration on Thursday held meeting to celebrate the upcoming Durga Puja in the upazila.The meeting was held at the meeting room of the Upazila. Sarankhola Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sudipta Kumar Singha presided over it. Sarankhola Police Station Officer-in-Charge AHM...
The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in Bangladesh, reopened for tourists, fishers, wood cutters and honey collectors on Sunday after three months of closure.The fishermen and wood cutters have already collected the pass to go to the Sundarbans and headed to the forest with their trawlers and...
Police nabbed two people with fake currency notes amounting to around Tk 52 thousand from Nonadanga area of Karapara in Bagerhat on Saturday.The detainees are Masum Billah and Uttam Gain.Bagerhat Sadar Model Thana Officer-in-Charge M Saidur Rahman said, “Acting on a tip-off, police person...
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a woman along with hemp at Mongla upazila in Bagerhat district early Saturday.The arrested was Fatima Khatun, 30, a resident of Kapalirmoth village in the upazila. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the DB conducted a drive in the Kapalirmoth area and arrested Fa...
Muggers looted a jewelry shop in Morelganj Upazila of Bagerhat district. They took around with 100 tola of gold ornaments and Tk 2.5 lakh in cash. The incident occurred on Friday evening as the victim was heading home from his shop.Niloy Karmakar, the proprietor of &lsq...
A boy was burned to death in a fire which broke out at a grocery shop in Kachua upazila of Bagerhat district on Friday.The deceased was identified as Aminur Rahman, 17, son of Rezaul Munshi of Dopakhali village of the upazila. The two injured are Habib, 20, and Hriday, 18, of the same area. Of...
A man was hacked to death allegedly by his cousin in a clash over betel nut in Bagerhat's Mollahat upazila on Tuesday morning. At that time, at least three others were injured in the incident.The murder took place around 6 am at Joydihi Danriaghata village of the upazila. The victim was Jamil Sa...
A clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy leaves one person killed and 20 others injured at Mollarkul village in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat district recently. The deceased was identified as Molla, 40, son of Taiyab Molla of the upazila.Additional superintendent of Bagerha...
An operational team of Narcotics Control Department (DNC) in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 94 kilograms of hemp, 1,520 pieces of Yaba pills and 33 bottles of Phensedyl from Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat district on Wednesday evening.The arrested are Md Foysal Hossain, 23, and ...
Carcass of a tigher was found in East side of the Sundarbans. Forest officers found body of the tiger floating in a canal in the deep forest area of Kochikhali Reserve Forest in Sarankhola Range on Monday noon. They recovered the carcass and brought it to Kochikhali Station. Sarankhola Animal R...
More than eight shops were completely burnt down in a fire early Friday at Yatrapur Bazar at Sadar Upazila of Bagerhat. Two units of Bagerhat Fire Station and locals brought the fire under control after about two hours of effort. By that time, the eight shops were completely burnt to ashes.&nbs...
Two people died and two others were injured in separate road accidents on the Khulna-Dhaka main road at Boiltoli area of Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat on Friday. The incidents occurred when a bitumen-laden truck hit a tree and a trolley lost control and hit another tree, killing the two drivers....
Sixteen years ago, another much stronger cyclone, 'Sidr', took a similar path to 'Bulbul' that ripped through the coastal districts, including Bagerhat.On November 15, 2007, the super cyclone left a trail of destruction in the coastal region, battering villages after villages and des...
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