Satkhira

Coronavirus: 170 brick field workers sent to institutional quarantine in Satkhira

The local administration in Satkhira sends 170 brick field workers, who had arrived from Narsingdi, on institutional quarantine as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.

2 AL leaders shot dead in Bandarban, Satkhira

Unidentified criminals have gunned down two top local leaders of Awami League in Bandarban and Satkhira.

BNP candidate for Satkhira-4 arrested

BNP Candidate for Satkhira-4 (Shyamnagar and Kaliganj) constituency and Jamaat leader GM Nazrul Islam is arrested in connection with a case filed over plotting subversive acts.

10th grader beaten dead in Satkhira, 5 detained

A tenth grader is beaten dead in Satkhira town.

Ice-cream pushed into boy’s rectum in Satkhira

Workers of an ice-ream factory allegedly push an ice-cream into the rectum of a minor boy at Dangipara in Satkhira town.

Girl in Satkhira may have tree-man disease

A girl in Satkhira is discovered suffering symptoms similar to the 'tree-man disease', in which the skin deteriorates to give way to debilitating growths akin to the bark of a tree.

More snakes in Rajshahi, Satkhira, all 202 killed

Snake culling spree continues in Bangladesh as 202 more have been killed in the districts of Satkhira and Rajshahi – many of them hatchlings recently born.

Second-grader ‘raped’ in Satkhira

A second-grader girl is allegedly raped in Tala upazila of Satkhira.

10 ‘militants’ detained on day 6

Police claims detention of 10 suspected militants on the sixth day of the nationwide crackdown on militancy.

March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016

Man killed in Jhalakathi, polling officers shot in Noakhali

Two presiding officers are shot in Noakhali as reports of gunfire came from voting centres in Patuakhali and Satkhira during the first phase of union parishad elections.

December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015

Kalaroa municipal polls: returning officer suspended

The Election Commission (EC) suspends the returning officer of Kalaroa municipality in Satkhira after it found irregularities in his activities regarding holding elections to the local government body.

December 14, 2015
December 14, 2015

‘Robber’ killed, 5 hurt in Satkhira ‘gunfight’

Alleged robber killed and five others including two policemen injured in a “gunfight” in Tala upazila of Satkhira. Seven accomplices arrested.

November 26, 2015
November 26, 2015

2 Bangladeshis shot dead by ‘BSF’ in Satkhira

Two Bangladeshi nationals are shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Forces in Indian territory opposite to Satkhira border.

October 18, 2015
October 18, 2015

6 idols desecrated in Satkhira Hindu temple

Miscreants desecrate six idols at a temple in Satkhira Sadar upazila early today, hours before start of the Durga Puja, the biggest Hindu religious festival.

October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015

14 Hindu idols desecrated in Satkhira

Unidentified miscreants desecrate newly made 14 idols of Hindu gods and goddesses at a temple in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira last night, 12 days ahead of Durga Puja.

September 8, 2015
September 8, 2015

Husband ‘kills’ wife, daughter for dowry

A man allegedly kills his wife and two-year-old daughter for dowry in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira.

August 24, 2015
August 24, 2015

2 killed in Satkhira over land dispute

Two people were killed in a clash centring land dispute between two groups of villagers in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira.

July 15, 2015
July 15, 2015

Robbers try bank heist, kill 2 in Satkhira

A band of robbers allegedly killed two security guards while trying to rob a Sonali Bank branch in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira.

July 12, 2015
July 12, 2015

‘BSF’ kills 1 on Satkhira border

A Bangladeshi national is shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Force on Kushkhali border in Satkhira Sadar upazila.