Jamalpur

Jamalpur’s unused bridge awaits approach road

A 96-meter-long bridge over the Fatika canal in Jamalpur's Islampur remains unused over a year since its inauguration due to the absence of an approach road

Lawmaker among 51 Covid-19 positive in Jamalpur

Awami League lawmaker Faridul Haque Khan Dulal from Jamalpur-2 constituency is among 51 who tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours in the district.

Floods in Jamalpur: Seven thousand fish farmers lose Tk 48 crore

As many as seven thousand fish farmers in Jamalpur have suffered huge loss, estimated at around Tk 48 crore, in this year’s floods that washed away their ponds.

Let there be light!

Modernity doesn't come easily to Jamalpur's Jamuna shoals. In places like Munnia Char in Islampur upazila, residents know well what it

'Abducted' mayor found after 2 days

Jamalpur's Sharishabari municipality mayor, who went missing from the capital's Uttara last Monday, was found in a tea estate in Sreemangal yesterday.

Baby born at Jamalpur flood shelter named ‘Ashroy’

A newborn baby has been named “Ashroy” as he is born in a flood centre in Sarishabari municipality in Jamalpur.

Youth drowns, 2 others missing while taking flood selfie in Jamalpur

A schoolboy drowns in flood water and two others went missing while two of them are taking selfie in Melandah upazila of Jamalpur.

5 killed as train crashes into auto-rickshaw in Jamalpur

Five people are killed and three others injured as a train crashed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Jamalpur town.

5 of 2 familes killed

Criminals killed five people, including four women, of two families in Patuakhali and Jamalpur yesterday.

April 29, 2017
April 29, 2017

Jamalpur housewife branded with hot iron for dowry

A housewife in Jamalpur groans in anguish on hospital bed after she was allegedly branded with a hot iron by her husband over dowry.

August 16, 2016
August 16, 2016

‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Jamalpur cops

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and police in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur last night.

August 14, 2016
August 14, 2016

Wild elephant tranquilised yet again

The stranded wild elephant, recently rescued and named as Bangabahadur, has been tranquilised yet again this morning.

June 9, 2016
June 9, 2016

Two killed by wild elephants

Wild elephants killed two people when villagers were trying to drive them away from Purbo Pathorerchar village in the district's Dewanganj upazila yesterday.

June 8, 2016
June 8, 2016

Wild elephants kill 2 in Jamalpur

At least two people are killed by a herd of wild elephants in Dewanganj upazila of Jamalpur district.

May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016

Accused dies after arrest

An arrestee was allegedly tortured to death in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur early yesterday, barely within a week of the Supreme Court's upholding a High Court verdict against police torture in custody.

May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016

Death of murder accused hours after arrest

A murder case accused has died in police custody in Jamalpur’s Sharishabari upazila, hours after he was arrested from capital Dhaka.

May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016

BGB man ‘kills himself’ in Jamalpur

A member of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) commits suicide by shooting himself with his gun in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur, police say.

March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016

Mother confesses killing her kids: Rab

Mother, Mahfuza Maleq alias Jesmin, confesses to killing her two minor children who were found dead in Dhaka’s Banasree area on February 29, according to Rapid Action Battalion.

March 2, 2016
March 2, 2016

Siblings’ death: Court allows cops to carry out DNA, chemical tests

Rab is bringing the parents and an aunt of two minor siblings -- who, autopsy suggests, might have been murdered -- to Dhaka from Jamalpur. Meanwhile, no case has been filed yet over the incident. Police say they will lodge a case if the family doesn’t do so.