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A suspected cattle thief was killed and three others injured in a lynch-mob attack at Ramchandrapur village in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Shanta, 20, son of Zakir Hossain of Madhabdi upazila in Narsingdi district.Md Alauddin, officer-in-charge o...
Police recovered the body of Rafiqul Islam, 48, an accounts officer at a local feed mill, from a flat in the Konabari area of Gazipur on Sunday.The victim, a resident of Fulbari village in Tangail’s Dhanbari upazila, had been living alone on the fourth floor of a five-storey building in Ataur ...
In a landmark achievement for agricultural innovation in Bangladesh, the Department of Agronomy at Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) has successfully developed a premium-quality, high salt-tolerant, high-yielding wheat variety named ‘GAU gom 1’. The new variety was developed und...
A press conference was organised by affected families in Baniarchala area under Joydebpur in Gazipur on Tuesday to protest and seek justice against the illegal occupation of land. A local land grabber gang is trying to forcibly occupy long-occupied land in the Baniarchala area under Joyde...
Under the initiative of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, a joint operation was carried out on Saturday in Gazipur Sadar upazila, recovering approximately 6.90 acres of illegally occupied forestland.The operation took place in the Bokran Monipur area of Monipur Beat under the R...
Sri Sri Manikya Madhav's Rath Jatra and Rath Mela have begun in Gazipur.The nine-day Rath Mela began on Friday in city's Rathkhola area. Gazipur City Corporation Administrator Sharaf Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury was the chief guest at the meeting held at the Rath premises. Gazipur Polic...
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Actress Nusrat Faria was released from Kashimpur jail on Tuesday after securing bail in an attempted murder case.She walked out of the jail around 3:30 pm, said Jail super of female prison of Kashimpur Jail Kawalin Nahar.The bail order reached the jail this noon, she said.Earlier in the day, a Dhaka...
An assistant commissioner (land) was assaulted while conducting a mobile court drive at Safipur Bazar under Kaliakair upazila in Gazipur.The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon in the market when Kaliakair Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Dil Afroz was leading the drive and monitoring the ...
Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) AKM Shahidur Rahman has said that those who are spreading rumors and misinformation and involved in subversive activities especially in social media centering the Durga Puja festival are under surveillance of intelligence agencies. ...
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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country but the crisis is not over yet.Stressing the need for holding an acceptable national election immediately, he said, “All units within the administration must be urgently reforme...
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A fire broke out at a jhut (waste fabric generated during apparel manufacturing) warehouse near a second-hand goods market in the Rangila Bazar area of Sreepur upazila on Sunday afternoon. The fire started around 1:15pm, said Sujan Mia, sub-inspector of Sreepur Model Police Station. The fi...
Four people were injured as four carriages of a passengers' train and three compartments of an oil-laden train derailed at Joydebpur on Friday morning.After the incident, train services on the Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh routes have already been disrupted."The accident occurred when ...
Two people were beaten to death on suspicion of cow theft in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur early Friday.One person was killed in Namila village of the Singhashree union in Kapasia and another in Baribari village of the same union. The identities of the deceased were not immediately known.Abu Bakkar Mia...
Police recovered the body of a sexagenarian woman, who was missing for a week, from a forest in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Monwara Begum, 60, wife of Abdur Rob of Maytapara village in Gazipur's Sadar upazila.After being informed by locals this afternoo...
A man allegedly killed his teenage daughter in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur Thursday afternoon.The deceased, Yasmin Akhter, 14, tried to stop her parents from quarreling when the father, Mohammed Bulu Mandal, stabbed her with a knife out of anger, police said quoting locals.The father then tried to ...
Gazipur Press Club's annual picnic, family day and cultural programme was held in a joyful atmosphere.The event was held at Shahinbagh Resort at Kaliakair Upazila of the district on Sunday.Every year, Gazipur Press Club organises such an event, said the General Secretary of the club, Mahtab Uddi...
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simeen Hussain Rimi here Sunday called for reading books to enhance awareness and become enlightened citizens for building a knowledge-based society.She compared books to the weapons which could drive away evil people from the society. "Reading book...
Mirzapur Union Level National Primary Education Medal Competition was organised in Gazipur on Tuesday. The day-long competition was held at the Dagari Government Primary School playground in Sadar Upazila from the morning. The students of eight primary schools of Mirzapur Union level comp...
The three-day training course for village police members working in various union parishads ended in Gazipur's Kaliganj upazila on Thursday.Kaliganj Upazila Administration organised the training titled “'Responsibilities and Functions of Village Police Force'' in collaboration ...
The twelfth parliamentary election is centered on the Gazipur-2 constituency, which has gathered a lot of campaigning. This seat consists of a part of Gazipur metropolis near the capital.A total of eight candidates are contesting in this seat. The main competition will be between Awami League nomina...
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