Playing in his grandmother’s yard, one-and-a-half-year-old Saifan drowns in pond
A one-and-a-half-year-old child named Saifan has died tragically after drowning in a pond at Kachua in Chandpur. The incident took place at Tulpai Patwari Bari in ward No. 7 Sadar Dakshin union of the upazila at about 11:30am on Wednesday (21 October).…
Body of unidentified woman found in blanket-wrapped sack in Matlab
Police have recovered the body of an unidentified middle-aged woman, wrapped in a blanket and stuffed into a sack, from a beel in Matlab Municipality of Matlab Dakshin upazila in Chandpur. Her identity could not be established immediately as her face was…
Navy drive in Chandpur to protect mother hilsa, illegal nets worth nearly Tk 7 crore burnt
The Bangladesh Navy has seized 7,14,870 metres of illegal current nets and 22 other nets in a drive in Chandpur. The drive was carried out on Sunday at various river estuaries and canals in the district to protect the breeding and reproduction of mother…
Chhatra League leader arrested on cyberattack charges in Chandpur’s Faridganj
Police have arrested a young man named Md Rakibul Hasan, 22, in Faridganj of Chandpur on charges of carrying out cyberattacks on behalf of Chhatra League, an organisation whose activities are banned, and of hacking social media accounts and spreading…
Elderly man beaten on drug dealing allegation: Court orders identification of those involved
Chandpur Chief Judicial Magistrate and Justice of the Peace Mujahidur Rahman has ordered that those involved be identified and legal action taken over the allegation that an elderly man was beaten and publicly harassed in the name of catching a criminal…