Bogra

The Potter’s Community in Bogura

Every country has its own heritage crafts. While we may have many, from weaving authentic Jamdani to knitting bamboo baskets, very few people know about their history and traditions. Today, in this article we will be talking about one of our most talked about heritages: the art of pottery making and the village that stays awake in keeping our pottery heritages alive. The Bengali term for Pottery making is ‘mritshilpo’, which mostly specifies the maneuver of the craft: the soil of Bangladesh.

4 slit-throat bodies found in Bogra

Four slit-throat bodies are found at a paddy field in Shibganj upazila of Bogra. Locals saw the bodies on the paddy field at Atmul union in the morning and informed police.

Pry headmaster found dead in Bogra

The headmaster of a local Government Primary School is found dead at Dumuria village in Adamdighi upazila of Bogra.

Bogra passport officer stabbed

A passport official is allegedly stabbed by unknown people in broad daylight in Bogra town.

Bogra's Jewellery Village: Sparkling with self-reliance

Five kilometres from Bogra town is a village that gleams with copper and brass. The displays of handcrafted jewellery in Baropur

Jubo League man stabbed dead in Bogra

A local Jubo League activist is stabbed to death by some miscreants in Latifpur Colony area in Bogra town.

Bogra's Tufan, 12 others charged

Bogra police yesterday pressed charges against 13 people including Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar, over the rape of a college

Teenager killed in Bogra by pumping air into rectum

A teenage boy has been brutally killed, allegedly by his co-worker who pumped air through the teen’s rectum in Kahalu upazila of Bogra.

Digging into past crimes of Tufan, Brothers / Charged with murder, blessed with impunity

Tufan Sarkar his three brothers and nine of their men, killed Imran at his home in Bogra town's Chaksutrapur Modhyapara area in

September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015

3 die in Bogra road crash

Three people including two garment workers are killed and 10 injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Shibganj upazila of Bogra.

September 9, 2015
September 9, 2015

Loye pleased with players' progress in High Performance camp

Coach Mal Loye said he was satisfied with the players' efforts during BCB's High Performance training programme.

May 3, 2015
May 3, 2015

Bogra Jubo Dal man shot in custody

A local leader of Jubo Dal, the youth front of BNP, was shot on his leg while in police custody in Bogra Sadar.

April 5, 2015
April 5, 2015

Bogra nor’wester deaths climb to 19

The death toll in Bogra has reached 19 as nor’wester lashed different areas of the district last evening.

March 30, 2015
March 30, 2015

Schoolboy’s death sparks protest in Bogra

Traffic movement on Dhaka-Rangpur highway remains suspended for one and a half hours as locals put up barricade protesting death of school student in Bogra road crash

March 7, 2015
March 7, 2015

5 killed in Bogra road crash

Five people have been killed as a speeding truck ploughs through a rickshaw and roadside shops in Bogra town

March 5, 2015
March 5, 2015

2 Juba League men killed in Natore, Bogra

Two Jubo League activists have been killed by undefined attackers in separate incidents in Natore and Bogra

March 1, 2015
March 1, 2015

Journo among 4burnt in Dhaka firebomb attack

At least four people, including a journalist, are burnt in a firebomb attack on a bus at Banasree in Dhaka

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