Manikganj
New rail line to link Manikganj to Dhaka
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken a move to bring Manikganj under the railway network.
Huge rush of passengers at Paturia Ghat
Paturia ghat in Manikganj is witnessing a huge crowd today as thousands of people leaving Dhaka through launches and ferries to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their loved ones.
Woman beats up pregnant woman, damages 5-month-old foetus over ‘Facebook friend request’
Police arrested a woman yesterday (April 26, 2022) in connection with a case filed for beating a pregnant woman and damaging her five-month-old foetus, leading to its abortion, over a Facebook friend request at Shivalaya upazila in Manikganj.
2 killed in human hauler-motorbike collision in Manikganj
Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a human hauler and a motorcycle on the Hemayetpur-Singair regional highway in Singair upazila of Manikganj last night.
Manikganj cop donates land to bury those who died of Covid-19
A police official in Manikganj’s Naokhanda Mouza has donated 10 decimals of his land to be used for burying unclaimed bodies of those who died after contracting coronavirus or showed symptoms of it.
Two more diagnosed with coronavirus in Manikganj
Two more persons, including a policeman, test positive for coronavirus in Shibalay and Harirampur upazilas of Manikganj.
Detached helicopter door falls on house in Manikganj
The door of a helicopter fell on a house at Begunteuri village in Manikganj’s Singir upazila today.
Manikganj turkey farmer has eyes on French market
After years of success in farming turkey in the Philippines, an expatriate Bangladeshi sets up a farm at his village home in Manikganj with an aim to export the poultry to markets in France.
College girl gang-raped in Manikganj
Police on Saturday rescued a college student from a gang of seven young men, three of whom had allegedly raped her while the others filmed the act, in Manikganj’s Singair.
Brother assaulted for protesting sister’s harassment
Miscreants assault a youth in Manikganj allegedly for protesting harassment of his sister.
Nor’wester: 3 missing found dead in Manikganj
Three persons turn up dead in the Padma river after going missing from Manikganj during trawler capsize in a nor’wester two days ago.
Status quo on cutting 4,000 trees in Manikganj
The High Court directs the government to maintain a status quo on felling 4,000 trees on Singair-Hemayetpur road in Manikganj.
Stalker stabs 13-yr-old to death
A teenage girl was murdered by her stalker at Sarafdinagar village under Harirampur upazila of Manikganj yesterday afternoon.
Held hostage by dams
More often than not a free flowing river has as fast companions transport and trade. Where a watercourse is undisturbed, fish stocks thrive. Such was
Chased by cops, BNP man dies
A BNP man died after he suffered a cardiac arrest while hiding in a pond to avoid arrest in Manikganj's Shibalaya early yesterday, his family members said.
When money can buy a proxy inmate
Is Tk 2 lakh worth 17 months of a man's life? In Manikganj, this question was answered, in a failed attempt to recreate the story from
Mother, daughter among 4 killed in Manikganj road crash
Four people including a woman and her daughter are killed in a road crash on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj.
IU professor among 5 killed in road crashes
Five people including a teacher of Kushtia’s Islami University are killed and 28 injured in separate road accidents in Magura and Manikganj.
'We too can'
Physically challenged Sujon, 13, cannot move without support from others. He cannot speak either. His father Sayedur remarried and got settled in Tangail.