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.
Shooting minor: MP Liton denied bail, sent to jail
Gaibandha court sends ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton to jail after scrapping his bail in case filed over shooting a 10-year-old. Arrested last night after days of remaining "traceless", the MP was produced before court today amidst a scuffle between police and his supporters.
Awami League lawmaker Liton held
Detectives arrest a ruling Awami League MP Manzurul Islam Liton from the house of one of his relatives in Uttara of Dhaka in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy in October 2.
Govt seeks stay on Liton’s surrender order
To expedite the arrest of Gaibandha lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton’s arrest, the government seeks the Supreme Court’s stay on a High Court order that directed him to surrender before a lower court by October 18.
HC tells Liton to surrender before Gaibandha court by Oct 18
Manzurul Islam Liton, ruling Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1, appears before the High Court in a case filed for shooting a minor boy. After hearing, court scraps his bail pleas and orders him to surrender before a local court by October 18.
Shooting of minor: MP Liton seeks bail
Manzurul Islam Liton, ruling Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1, files a petition with High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed against him on charge of shooting 10-year-old-boy Saurav Mia.
MP Liton to be arrested: Kamal
Ruling party lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton who allegedly shot a kid in Gaibandha for “no reason” will be arrested if he does not surrender, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
MP Liton won’t be spared: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan speaks of not sparing ruling party lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton who shot a kid in Gaibandha for “no reason”.
A trigger happy MP
A minor boy in Sundarganj of Gaibandha was shot and wounded in both legs, reportedly by a local member of parliament, on Friday.
Shooting of minor: Case filed against MP Liton
Victim’s father sues Gaibandha-1 ruling Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton for attempting to murder his 10-year-old son Sourav Mia. Meanwhile, the MP has surrendered his licensed firearms to a police station.
BNP blames lack of good governance for foreigner murders
The governments’ lack of good governance is to be blamed for the recent murders of the two foreign nationalities, a BNP spokesperson says.