Police arrested seven people, including an Indian citizen, with phensedyl syrup in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi district on Wednesday night.The arrested persons are: Hamidul Islam, 32, Hafizul Islam, 38, his son Jhoni Ahmed, 18, Masud Rana, 32, Indian citizen Habibur
Some 13 women and six children have been tortured in Rajshahi district in last July. Research, Documentation and Publication unit of 'Association for Community Development' (ACD), a Rajshahi based non-government development and human rights organization, disclosed this at a press
Some 62 dengue patients have been admitted to different hospitals in Rajshahi district in last 16 days till Tuesday.Of them, nine were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in last 24 hours, 12 patients on Monday, while 20 patients
The body of a private university teacher who went missing during a river cruise at Kholbaria in Haltibeel in Noldanga upazila on Saturday was recovered on Monday morning.Local people found the body of Mokhlesur Rahman floating 15 kilometres off the
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) and Detective Branch arrested 76 people during drives in different parts of the city on Saturday.RMP and DB Police conducted raids at different places of the city and detained them.Golam Ruhul Quddus, additional deputy police commissioner
RAJSHAHI, July 24: Aman cultivation in Barind tract is facing drought. Due to lack of rain for 10 consecutive days and severe heat, the Aman paddy fields are being damaged. Meanwhile, farmers are in trouble for spending extra money behind
Police arrested two local leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Binodpur area of Rajshahi city on Wednesday. Arrested Sheikh Shihab Uddin Anik, 23, is the organizing secretary of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute unit BCL, and Nur Islam Abhi, a student
A farmer was killed in lightning strike in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi district on Wednesday noon.Deceased Abdul Mannan, 28, was the son of Aser Ali, a resident of Tebaria village under Shilmaria union in the upazila.Locals said thunderbolt struck Mannan
RAJSHAHI, July 22: Kharkhari Haat at Paba in the district has been leased at only Taka 10 thousand. This haat is leased to Ariful Islam, a local Awami League leader, on last 15th April. Now Ariful Islam takes Tk 80
An angry mob beat up three people suspecting them child lifters at Binodpur of Rajshahi city on Sunday afternoon, leaving them critically injured. The injured people are Dewan Bashar, 45, Eusuf Ali, 38, and the private car driver Shamim Reza,