Thakurgaon-1 by-election: orderly voting at 185 centres, Faisal Amin hopes for landslide win
Voting in the by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 constituency, which began simultaneously at 8am on Thursday, is going on in an orderly atmosphere. Votes will be cast until 4pm at 185 centres in the Sadar, Ruhia and Bhulli areas. In this five-candidate…
Court sends father-in-law to jail in attempted rape case at Bhullee
Police have arrested father-in-law Lalu Das, 45, at Bhullee in Thakurgaon in a case filed over the allegation of attempting to rape his son’s wife. He was sent to jail through the court on Friday. Earlier, he was arrested from the Board Office…
Children drawn to school by tiffin of eggs, milk and bananas: school feeding programme in 138 Baliadangi schools
A school feeding programme has been launched at government primary schools in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon, and students, teachers and guardians are voicing hope over it. Little Kashfia packs her books and notebooks in the morning and sets off for…
Touchstone idol weighing 24.5kg seized in BGB drive on Thakurgaon border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a touchstone idol weighing 24 kilograms 450 grams in a drive in Thakurgaon. The Thakurgaon Battalion (50 BGB) conducted the drive late on Wednesday night. According to BGB, acting on its own intelligence last…