Panchagarh
Top 5 places to visit in Panchagarh
Most people associate Panchagarh district with the scenic view it offers of the Kanchenjunga, the third highest peak in the world situated in the eastern Himalayas on the border between Sikkim State and eastern Nepal. However, it has plenty of other attractive sights to offer to tourists. So, read on to find out the top 5 places to visit in Panchagarh district.
Clash in Panchagarh / 'All that we earned through hard work is gone'
"We all survived because we were at a Jalsa Salana, an annual gathering of Ahmadiyya, at that time, otherwise we would have been killed too"
One Man’s Rail
Developments in the railway must be proportionate and even
Panchagarh now the rail capital!
Panchagarh is home to some 11.79 lakh people, representing 0.71 percent of Bangladesh’s population, according to the recently published census.
Panchagarh, Magura set to become first “zero-homeless” districts
With the handover of more than 26,229 houses to homeless people of five districts of the country, the government is set to declare Panchagarh and Magura as the first “zero-landless” or “zero-homeless” districts of the country.
Human chain demands relief material in Panchagarh
People of low-income groups, including daily wage earners, formed an hour-long human chain at Chowrangi intersection in Panchagarh town on Panchagarh-Dhaka highway this afternoon, demanding relief material immediately.
LAWYER’S DEATH IN PRISON HOSPITAL / It’s suicide, not murder: Judicial committee
The judicial committee formed to enquire into the death of a lawyer, Palash Kumar Roy, in Panchagarh prison hospital has not found any proof of his killing.
2 housewives, 10-year-old girl raped
Two housewives and a third grader were allegedly raped in Patuakhali, Mymensingh and Panchagarh on Wednesday.
Youth ‘commits suicide’ in police custody
A youth allegedly commits suicide by hanging himself in police custody at Debiganj Police Station of Panchagarh.
Police still clueless
Although the police arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of a priest at a temple in Debiganj of Panchagarh, they were still clueless about the motive behind the gruesome murder.
3 JMB, Jamaat men held over Debiganj priest killing
Police have claimed detention of three people in connection with the Debiganj temple attack in Panchagarh where a Hindu priest was killed and a devotee shot yesterday. Two among them are said to be members of banned militant outfit JMB and the other a Jamaat-e-Islami activist.
Priest killed, devotee shot
Criminals slit the throat of a Hindu priest at a temple in Debiganj of Panchagarh just after dawn yesterday and fled the scene firing shots and exploding homemade bombs, which injured two devotees. Deceased Jogeswar Dasadhikari, 50, is the latest victim of a recent string of attacks on clerics and prayer houses of minorities in Bangladesh over the last few months.
IS claims Panchagarh priest murder: SITE
Terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for murdering a Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.
Attack on Hindu temple: Priest killed, devotee shot
A priest has been killed and a devotee is shot as miscreants attack a Hindu temple in Deviganj upazila of Panchagarh.
Banglabandha opens immigration services
Immigration services at Banglabandha land port in Panchagarh and the corresponding Phulbari land port in Jalpaiguri of West Bengal began yesterday amid festivity and hope that it would boost trade and tourism between the two countries.
2 killed as bus hits bike in Panchagarh
Two motorcyclists are killed as a bus knocked down their vehicle in Pradaner Haat area of Debiganj upazila in Panchagarh.
6 killed in Panchagarh road crash
At least six including three of a family are killed and one other injured after a truck rams a battery-run auto-rickshaw head-on in Panchagarh Sadar upazila.
‘We will have true identity, finally’ (video)
It is the looming reality of implementation of the enclave swap that has triggered a wave of delight through the stranded Indian lands inside Bangladesh’s Panchagarh.
BSF kills Bangladeshi in Panchagarh
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guns down a Bangladeshi cattle trader along Ghagra border in Panchagarh Sadar upazila. Samiul Haque, 35, son of Samij Uddin, was a resident of Shampara village of Haribhasa union, said Ariful Haque, commanding officer of Border Guard Bangladesh battalion-18 of Panchagarh.