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Police arrest two drug dealers in Hossainpur

Police have arrested two drug dealers in Hossainpur upazila of Kishoreganj with 385 pieces of Yaba tablets and 330 grams of hemp conducting an operation on the basis of secret information. Hossainpur police arrested them from Uttar Gobindpur area around 11:30 pm on Friday in Kishoreganj district. Th...

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Man held for violating 11-yr child

RAB-14, CPC-2 members has arrested a man named Mahmudul Hasan Sagar from Jhawail area of Barhatta upazila in Netrokona district, for violating an 11-year-old child at a rest house in Kishoreganj railway station. RAB-14 CPC-2, Kishoreganj Camp’s Company Commander Lt. Commander M Shovon Kha...

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Demand for musical instruments high in Katiadi

Katiadi upazila under Kishoreganj district is renowned as one the largest markets for selling Dhak-Dhol and hand-made flute and other local made musical instruments. This market is now held at Katiadi Puran Bazar near Katiadi Press Club. The market generally held two days ahead of the Durga Puja fes...

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‘Kishoreganj is a district of harmony’

Superintendent of Police (SP) Mashrukur Rahman Khaled said, Kishoreganj is a district of harmony. In this district Hindus and Muslims celebrate the festival in unison. There are some villains at all levels. They have a distorted mindset. The police are doing their duty to bring them under the law.He...

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Railway tickets sell in black market

Passengers of Kishoreganj are suffering due to the attempt to make the railways passenger-friendly. Passengers have to return empty-handed from the counters as the tickets went to the black marketers due to the connivance of dishonest railway officials. The authorities are not taking any effect...

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Youth killed in Tarail

A young man named Junaid (30) was killed by miscreants in Tarail upazila of Kishoreganj district on last Saturday (October 2) night. Some unidentified miscreants killed him in Sajia Beel, a water body, under the upazila and left his body there. Later, on Sunday (October 3) morning, police recei...

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Father killed by son in Katiadi

An electric tri-wheeler driver named Nidan Mia (50) was hacked to death with a sharp weapon by his drug-addicted son of Katiadi upazila in Kishoreganj on Friday midnight.The accused fled after the murder. Meanwhile, police arrested the killer's son Hridoy in a raid on Saturday morning. The incid...

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Durga Puja preparation progressing fast

All sorts of preparations for peaceful celebration of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community, are progressing fast in Kishoreganj district.The celebration of five-day ‘Sharodiya Durga Utsab’ will begin on October 11 and conclude on October 15 through th...

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Chess league inaugurated in Kishoreganj

A chess league was inaugurated with the participation of 15 teams organized by Kishoreganj District Sports Associationon Wednesday (September 29). Chess league was inaugurated at the hall room of Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Stadium in Kishoreganj town.Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Nazmul Is...

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Marginal families make a living from water lilies, lotus flowers

In Kishoreganj’s Tarail, Karimganj, Bajitpur, Kuliarchar and Bhairab upazilas, more than a hundred working class families make ends meet by collecting and selling water lilies and lotus flowers. These families collect water lilies and lotus flowers from local canals and vast marshy l...

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Two tourists go missing in Nikli Haor, one found dead

The body of a tourist named Rony (22) has been recovered from Nikli's Haor in Kishoreganj. His body was recovered at around 11:15 am on Saturday in a haor at Ghorautra Nadirpar near Ghoradigha village in Singapore union of Nikli upazila. Rony is the son of Jasim of Koyalbazar village in Laksam u...

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Skill development training for Harijan community starts

In Kishoreganj town, 50-days long computer and sewing training has been inaugurated for 50 women from Harijan community and Dalit community under the programme of impro­ving the quality of life of backward community. This initiative was taken by Social Service Depart­ment on Thursday. S...

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5th grader raped in Kishoreganj

A 5th class student in Kishoreganj was allegedly raped by her cousin named Mahmudul Hasan Safar. The incident took place at the rest house of Kishoreganj Railway Station on Monday night. The victim's brother filed a case under the Women and Child Abuse Prevention Act at the Railway Police Statio...

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Kishoreganj farmers busy cultivating winter veg

The farmers in Kishoreganj busy growing early winter vegetable this year. The early cultivation of vegetables has become popular across the country now. Earlier, winter vegetable farming was done only in winter season. Kishoreganj district is famous for producing different varieties of vegetabl...

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AGM of Dalil Likhok Samity held

Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Kishoreganj Sadar Dalil Likhok Samity was held on Saturday. The annual general meeting was held at the District Registrar's Office compound. Kishoreganj Sadar Dalil Likhok Somittee President Alhaj Md Mohiuddin Babul presided over the meeting. The meeting took...

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‘New rules to be followed in hiring constables’

Interested candidates will be appointed as constables in Bangladesh Police Force under the new rules on the basis of transparency. District Police briefed to inform about the matter at the Police Super conference room on Thursday. Police Super Mashrukur Rahman Khaled presided over the media briefing...

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Constables to be appointed transparently in Kishoreganj

Interested candidates will be appointed as constables in Bangladesh Police Force under the new rules on the basis of transparency. District Police briefed to inform about the matter at the Police Super conference room on Thursday. Police Super Mashrukur Rahman Khaled presided over the media briefing...

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Farmers benefit from summer BARI tomato

In all countries of the world, there are different fruits, vegetables and flowers called seasonal fruits, seasonal vegetables or seasonal flowers. There are also grains of different seasons. That is, different varieties of these crops are harvested in each season. However, in the innovative res...

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Kishoreganj RAB seizes adulterated spices

Members of RAB-14 (CPC-2) Kishoreganj Camp conducted operations at different times to suppress the adulterated food products. According to several sources, adulterated products have decreased in Kishoreganj due to the constant raids by RAB. Recently, a team from RAB-14 (CPC-2) Kishoreganj Camp ...

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2 fishermen go missing in Itna

Police have recovered a body after two fishermen went missing in a boat sinking in the beel area of Itna. Besides, the search operation for the missing Joy Badshah is continuing. The body of a fisherman named Shamim Mia was recovered from Mriga Haor in Itna upazila of Kishoreganj district around 12 ...