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.

April 18, 2016
April 18, 2016

ACC sues two for using bamboo in Gaibandha school construction

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) files a case against an engineer of Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and a contractor for using bamboo sticks in construction work of a school’s toilet in Gaibandha.

April 13, 2016
April 13, 2016

Engineer held for using bamboo for rods in school toilet

Cops arrest an engineer of public health engineering dept and a contractor for using bamboo instead of iron rods in construction of school toilet in Gaibandha.

April 10, 2016
April 10, 2016

Shooting 10-yr-old: Cops file charges against Manjurul

Police files charges against Awami League lawmaker of Gaibandha-1 Manzurul Ahsan Liton over shooting a 10-year-old boy in Sundarganj upazila.

March 20, 2016
March 20, 2016

War crimes: Charges pressed against 6 Gaibandha men

The prosecution press three charges against six people including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker who allegedly committed crimes in Gaibandha during the Liberation War.

February 29, 2016
February 29, 2016

Sex assault: Gaibandha primary school headmaster suspended

The headmaster of a primary school in Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha has been suspended over allegation of sexually harassing a class V student.

December 27, 2015
December 27, 2015

War crimes evidence found against 8 suspects

The investigators of International Crimes Tribunal say they found evidence of war crimes against eight fugitives accused in two war crimes cases.

December 21, 2015
December 21, 2015

3 killed in Gaibandha culvert collapse

At least three people are killed and five injured as an abandoned culvert collapsed on them at Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha this evening.

November 26, 2015
November 26, 2015

Arrest warrants for 10 war crimes suspects

A tribunal in Dhaka issues arrest warrants against 10 war crimes suspects of Gaibandha and Moulvibazar including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker for their alleged crimes against humanity during in 1971 war.

October 25, 2015
October 25, 2015

Shooting boy: MP Liton denied bail

A Gaibandha court denies bail to ruling party lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy.

October 21, 2015
October 21, 2015

Shooting minor: MP Liton seeks bail

Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, files petitions with a court in Gaibandha today seeking bail in two cases--one for shooting a minor boy and another for vandalism and looting a house.