Kushtia, the place where Lalon Shah spread his message of spirituality and where Rabindranath Tagore came to stay to have inspiration for a number of his writings. Located in the Khulna division in south-western Bangladesh, this city calls upon you with its mesmerizing cultural heritage and beautiful natural sites. So here are 5 places that you must visit the next time you are in Kushtia.
At least four people were killed and 15 others injured this evening (May 2, 2022) in a clash between two Awami League factions in the Jhaudia union of Kushtia’s Sadar upazila, over establishing dominance.
Eight police personnel of Kushtia were sacked yesterday as they failed drug test, said Superintendent of Police in Kushtia SM Tanvir Arafath.
A pregnant woman, who suffered burns in an attack -- allegedly by the son of her landlord -- in Kushtia town on April 28, dies at a hospital in the district.
A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League has died two hours after he was picked up by Damurhuda police in Chuadanga.
A housewife is burnt to death in a fire that broke out at her house at Ramchandrapur village in Kushtia’s Bheramara upazila.
A family has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to help trace the whereabouts of an Awami League leader of Kushtia, who has been missing since 2015.
Claiming that the attack on Mahmudur Rahman was a drama, Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said Bangladesh Chhatra League did not attack the Amar Desh acting editor in Kushtia.
A BNP leader was killed allegedly over land dispute with relatives at Khadimpur village in Chuadanga sadar upazila yesterday.
A headmaster of a school is suspended for raping a female colleague in Kushtia, according to a case filed last night.
An alleged robber has been killed in a “gunfight” between his associates and police in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia.
Rabindranath Tagore's 'Shilaidah Kuthibari' and ‘Shahzadpur Kachharibari’ inspired some of his most celebrated literary works ranging from poetry to spiritual songs, which includes the translation of Gitanjali around 1912.
A leader of Chittagong city unit Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling Awami League’s student affiliate, was held with gun during union parishad voting in Hathazari upazila.
A court in Kushtia sends a young woman to jail for her alleged derogatory comment on Allah and demeaning the holy Quran in Kumarkhali upazila of the district.
Police detain five activists of Awami League in connection with the killing of another activist in a pre-poll violence in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
An activist of ruling Awami League is killed in a clash between supporters of two chairman candidates contesting the upcoming fourth phase union parishad (UP) elections in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
A man, who was stabbed in Kushtia’s Bheramara for protesting the stalking of a girl, has succumbed to his injuries at a hospital.
An outlaw has been killed in what police say gunfight in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
Unidentified miscreants hack dead ex-headmaster of a school, injure his younger brother critically at Fakirabad village in Bheramara, Kushtia.
