10-year-old madrasa student missing after leaving home following mother’s scolding, family anxious in Adamdighi
Ten-year-old Abu Bakar Siddique left home at around 10am on Friday and has not returned. No trace has yet been found of the child, who went missing from Paschim Chhatni village in Santahar union of Adamdighi upazila in Bogura. Unable to find him, his…
145 drives in 24 hours, 188 arrested in Rajshahi Range; yaba, tapentadol seized
Police in various districts under the Rajshahi Range have arrested 188 people in drives over the past 24 hours. A large quantity of narcotics has also been seized. The media cell of the Rajshahi Range office gave this information in a press release sent…
184 arrested, drugs recovered in 145 drives in Rajshahi Range in 24 hours
In drives by Rajshahi Range police, 184 people have been arrested and a huge quantity of narcotics recovered. Police of different districts under the range conducted drives in the last 24 hours and arrested them and recovered the narcotics. This…
Areas of Rajshahi to go without electricity for 7 hours on Monday
Several areas of Rajshahi will be without electricity for 7 hours in phases on Monday (5 October) due to emergency maintenance work. The information was given in a notice from the office of the executive engineer of Sales and Distribution Division-2 of…
Body of auto-rickshaw driver recovered two days after going missing in Sirajganj
The body of a battery-run auto-rickshaw driver named Md Shahadat Hossain (38) has been recovered two days after he went missing from Khokshabari in Sirajganj Sadar upazila. Sadar thana police recovered the body from a crop field in the Balidaha area of…
Trader arrested with 6.75kg of heroin in Chapainawabganj
SRB-5 has arrested a drug trader named Mehedi Hasan, 35, with 6 kilograms and 751 grams of heroin in a drive in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj. His associate Al-Mamun, 40, fled after sensing the presence of the force during the drive. The drive was conducted…
Rajshahi deputy commissioner calls for collective effort to prevent dengue
Stagnant water and an unclean environment are what give Aedes mosquitoes the opportunity to breed. Therefore, Rajshahi Deputy Commissioner Kazi Shahidul Islam has called on everyone to come forward to destroy potential breeding grounds, alongside keeping…
Class six girl goes to UNO office to stop her child marriage, administration takes charge of her studies
Although her family wants to marry her off, a class six schoolgirl is not willing to be married at this age. Her dream is to finish her studies and work in the police. To save that dream, she turned up by herself at the office of the upazila nirbahi…
Cannabis plant in house courtyard in Dupchanchia, youth detained
Special Response Battalion (SRB-12) has detained a youth named Md Mannan, 30, with a cannabis plant after conducting a drive in Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura. He was detained from his own homestead in the Ashunja Madhyapara area of the upazila at around…
Two killed, 7 injured in microbus-truck head-on collision in Bogura
Two people have been killed in a head-on collision between a microbus and a maize-laden truck in Shajahanpur of the district. Seven others who were in the microbus were injured in the incident. The accident took place in the Noymile bus stand area on the…