Kishoreganj
15.31Km Elevated Road In Haor: Govt may embark on Tk 5,651cr project
The government has a plan to undertake a Tk 5,651-crore project to construct a 15.31km elevated road in the haor region of Kishoreganj to establish the district’s direct road links with Dhaka, Sylhet and other districts.
Torched for dowry
A housewife was set on fire over dowry allegedly by her in-laws in Kishoreganj’s Hossainpur upazila.
'Robber' killed in 'gunfight' with police
A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” with police at Bajitpur upazila in Kishoreganj yesterday.
Lightning kills 5 in Habiganj, Kishoreganj
Five people, including four farmers, are killed in separate lightning strikes in Habiganj and Kishoreganj districts.
Female freedom fighter’s statue ‘given male shape’ in Kishoreganj
An under construction statue of a female freedom fighter is being given shape of a male figure in Tarail upazila of Kishoreganj due to alleged influence of ruling party men.
Mother, 2 kids murdered in land dispute
A college student allegedly hacked his aunt and her two children to death and injured his uncle with a billhook in a dispute over land at Tarakandi village in Kishoreganj's Pakundia upazila Saturday morning.
Kishoreganj mother, 2 kids hacked dead over land dispute
A woman and her two children are chopped to death and her husband is injured in an attack over a land-related dispute at Tarakandi village in Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj.
Five lives lost just for a canal
Five people, including three brothers, were killed and around 50 others injured as rival groups from two neighbouring villages clashed
Change Maker / Women at helm of Kishoreganj haors
The job of an upazila nirabhi officer at the remotest haors of Kishoreganj is not for the faint of heart.
War crimes convict held in Kishoreganj
Law enforcers arrested a convicted war criminal in Kishoreganj yesterday, 15 months after a special tribunal handed death penalty to him and three others for committing war crimes during the Liberation War.
Dhaka, Sholakia attacks to topple govt: Minister
Attacks in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone and Sholakia Eidgah were aimed at toppling the government, says Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu.
Cops sue 2 detained over Sholakia attack
Police sue the two detainees and some anonymous others over the Eid-day attack on Sholakia Eidgah in a case filed under anti-terrorism act.
Cop narrates surreal scenes of terror in Sholakia
The attackers were hesitant to cross the checkpoint and suddenly there was an explosion. Some members of the police team fell to the ground. Seconds later, there was another explosion. With firearms in one hand and a machete in the other, the attackers later tried to make their way to the road that leads to the Sholakia ground.
Anti-militancy Islamic leader says he was the target of attackers
Noted Islamic thinker Maulana Fariduddin Masud says he was the target of the attack at famous Sholakia Eidgah during Eid prayers on July 7, 2016.
Rahman saved canola farmers in Canada
Bangladeshi scientist Prof Habibur Rahman is now the most revered man within the scientific and the farming fraternities of Canada.
Verdict on 5 Kishoreganj ‘Razakars’ tomorrow
A special tribunal will deliver the verdict tomorrow in a case against five Kishoreganj persons, accused of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
War crimes: Verdict on 5 Kishoreganj men any day
International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict any day in a case filed against five Kishoreganj men for allegedly committing war crimes in 1971 as the argument of both sides have been completed.
3 of a family killed in Kishoreganj road crash
Three members of a family including a three-year-old girl are killed as a human hauler overturns in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj.
Advertise for Kishoreganj ‘war criminal’: ICT
A special tribunal in Dhaka directs its registrar office to advertise in national dailies asking Kishoreganj war crimes accused Syed Muhammad Hussain to surrender before the court.