Habiganj

Showbiz stars mobilise to support flood-affected areas

Heavy rains and landslides from upstream India have inundated the southeastern districts of the country. Regions such as Feni, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Cumilla, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Rangamati, and Khagrachari are struggling with severe flooding. 

Govt’s cash aid programme: lists of 3 unions in Habiganj cancelled for irregularities

The lists of poor families for the government’s cash assistance programme in three unions of Habiganj’s Lakhai upazila have been cancelled following irregularities.

Habiganj DC tests Covid-19 positive, placed in home quarantine

Deputy commissioner of Habiganj district tests positive for Covid-19 and is placed in home quarantine.

Health complex in Habiganj closed after doctor, nurses test Covid-19 positive

Habiganj's Lakhai Upazila Health Complex was declared closed after a doctor and two nurses of the hospital tested positive with coronavirus.

Student pushed off bus, killed

A student of Sylhet Agricultural University died after he was pushed off a bus by the helper and crushed under the rear wheels in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj yesterday evening.

Lightning kills 5 in Habiganj, Kishoreganj

Five people, including four farmers, are killed in separate lightning strikes in Habiganj and Kishoreganj districts.

5 ‘JMB millitants’ held in Habiganj

Law enforcers claim to arrest five alleged members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Habiganj Sadar upazila.

4 killed as boat capsizes in Habiganj

Four people including three women and a child are killed as a boat capsizes in the Khowai river of Habiganj district.

'Terror financier' held in Habiganj

The Criminal Investigation Department yesterday claimed to have arrested a "terror financier" at Habiganj.

August 8, 2015
August 8, 2015

Habiganj college boy murdered in campus

A fresher college student is murdered in broad daylight inside his campus in Habiganj.

August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015

Kibria murder: No bail for Gaus

High Court rejects bail for BNP leader and Habiganj municipality Mayor Golam Kibria Gaus in the killing case of ex-minister SAMS Kibria.

July 5, 2015
July 5, 2015

Dhaka-Sylhet-Ctg train services resume after 10 hours

Rail communications of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet resume after 10 hours of suspension due to derailment of five oil tankers of a freight train.

June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015

Speedy tribunal to try Kibria murder case

The case filed over the murder of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria has been shifted to Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet.

May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015

Charges against 3 Habiganj ‘razakars’ accepted

Dhaka tribunal accepts four charges against three suspects for their alleged crimes against humanity in Baniachang of Habiganj during Liberation War in 1971.

May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015

Habiganj war crimes suspect arrested

Police arrest a war crimes suspect of Habiganj, two day after a tribunal in Dhaka issued an arrest warrant against him for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015

Charges pressed against 2 Habiganj 'Razakar'

Prosecution presses four charges against two war crimes suspects of Habiganj for their alleged crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015

Bismillah Paribahan owner jailed for contempt

In a rare move, the Supreme Court sends Abdus Shahid, a transport businessman, to jail from the court for violating its order against construction of a building in Habiganj.

April 29, 2015
April 29, 2015

Charges accepted against Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr men’

A special tribunal in Dhaka accepts five war crimes charges leveled against eight suspects of Jamalpur, who had links with Al-Badr during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

April 16, 2015
April 16, 2015

Submit probe report on 2 Habiganj war crimes suspects Apr 30: ICT

The war crimes tribunal asks investigators to submit its report by April 30 on two Habiganj brothers suspected of committing wartime offenses during 1971.