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.

January 16, 2016
January 16, 2016

3 killed in Mymensingh road crash

At least three people including two women are killed and 16 others injured in a road accident at Gangashram on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh.

January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016

President turns nostalgic, seeks solitary environment

Feeling ‘confined’ in tight security, President Abdul Hamid today has turned a bit nostalgic at his Kamalpur village home in Kishoreganj saying he wants to pass a few days there in a solitary environment.

January 7, 2016
January 7, 2016

Charges against 2 Kishoreganj ‘Razakars’ accepted

International Crimes Tribunal-1 accepts the charges brought against two alleged Razakars for their “war crimes” in Kishoreganj during 1971.

January 6, 2016
January 6, 2016

Mymensingh girl raped on bus, driver held

A 19-year-old girl is allegedly raped on a local bus by its driver in Nandail intersection area on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road.

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 3, 2015
December 3, 2015

6 charges pressed against 2 Kishoreganj war ‘criminals’

Prosecution presses six specific charges against two persons of Kishoreganj for their involvement with crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

October 12, 2015
October 12, 2015

5 ‘Kishoreganj Razakars’ indicted

International Crimes Tribunal-1 frames seven specific charges against five suspected Razakars for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

October 8, 2015
October 8, 2015

Evidence found against 19 Cox’s Bazar war crime suspects

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal claims to have found “sufficient evidence against 19 war crimes accused” from Cox’s Bazar.

October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015

‘Evidence found against 2 kishoreganj war crimes suspects’

Investigators of the International Crimes Tribunal claim that they have found evidence against two war crimes accused of Kishoreganj in six incidents during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

October 4, 2015
October 4, 2015

Decision on 5 Kishoreganj 'Razakars' indictment Oct 12

A tribunal in Dhaka fixes October 12 to decide whether it will frame charges against five Kishoreganj ‘Razakars’ for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War.