Gaibandha

Ramshackle state of sports in Gaibandha

According to Sanaul Habib Sazzad, a district coach under the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), as many as 200 students had aspired to be cricketers under his guidance around two decades ago when he began training the Gaibandha youths.

Overloaded truck damages bailey bridge in Gaibandha, truck driver dies

A bailey bridge collapsed after a cement-laden truck hit it and fell into the waterbody in Gaibandha’s Fulchari upazila today.

1,500 kg relief rice recovered in Gaibandha, 2 held in connection

Police recover 50 sacks of vulnerable group development (VGD) rice, weighing 1,500 kg, from an empty house in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj upazila.

Gaibandha flood victims take shelter in empty rail coaches

Many flood-affected people have taken shelter inside empty rail coaches of a train stuck between Trimohoni-Badiyakhali area in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha as their houses were inundated in flood waters.

Students in Gaibandha vow to build humanitarian Bangladesh

Thousands of Santal and Bangalee students of eight high schools Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha have taken oath to build a humanitarian Bangladesh with communal harmony.

Factional Feud: Jubo League leader killed in Gaibandha

An upazila Jubo League leader was hacked to death and four others were wounded in a clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Bonarpara Railway Station Bazar on Thursday night.

Deadliest day for travellers

Fifty-two people were killed, including 18 in one crash in Gaibandha, on the country's roads yesterday.

Making the most of a cold winter

Northern winters can be cold. At 67-years-old it would be understandable if Marium Begum, from Panchgachi Santiram village in Gaibandha's Sundarganj upazila, said she really feels it: not only the cold of the winter air but from long years of struggle.

Crime Against Humanity 1971: Ex-Jamaat MP, 5 others to hang

Six Gaibandha men including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker have been given capital punishment for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022

Ramshackle state of sports in Gaibandha

According to Sanaul Habib Sazzad, a district coach under the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), as many as 200 students had aspired to be cricketers under his guidance around two decades ago when he began training the Gaibandha youths.

August 24, 2020
August 24, 2020

Overloaded truck damages bailey bridge in Gaibandha, truck driver dies

A bailey bridge collapsed after a cement-laden truck hit it and fell into the waterbody in Gaibandha’s Fulchari upazila today.

April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020

1,500 kg relief rice recovered in Gaibandha, 2 held in connection

Police recover 50 sacks of vulnerable group development (VGD) rice, weighing 1,500 kg, from an empty house in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj upazila.

July 27, 2019
July 27, 2019

Gaibandha flood victims take shelter in empty rail coaches

Many flood-affected people have taken shelter inside empty rail coaches of a train stuck between Trimohoni-Badiyakhali area in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha as their houses were inundated in flood waters.

April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019

Students in Gaibandha vow to build humanitarian Bangladesh

Thousands of Santal and Bangalee students of eight high schools Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha have taken oath to build a humanitarian Bangladesh with communal harmony.

July 7, 2018
July 7, 2018

Factional Feud: Jubo League leader killed in Gaibandha

An upazila Jubo League leader was hacked to death and four others were wounded in a clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Bonarpara Railway Station Bazar on Thursday night.

June 24, 2018
June 24, 2018

Deadliest day for travellers

Fifty-two people were killed, including 18 in one crash in Gaibandha, on the country's roads yesterday.

December 16, 2017
December 16, 2017

Making the most of a cold winter

Northern winters can be cold. At 67-years-old it would be understandable if Marium Begum, from Panchgachi Santiram village in Gaibandha's Sundarganj upazila, said she really feels it: not only the cold of the winter air but from long years of struggle.

November 23, 2017
November 23, 2017

Crime Against Humanity 1971: Ex-Jamaat MP, 5 others to hang

Six Gaibandha men including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker have been given capital punishment for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

November 6, 2017
November 6, 2017

Gaibandha Santals stage demo for justice

Hundreds of Santals stage a demonstration in Gobindaganj of Gaibandha demanding justice over the attack on them on November 6, 2016, that left three people of the community dead.