Sirajganj

Five missing as boat capsizes in Jamuna river

At least five youths go missing as a boat of a picnic party capsized near China Ghat point in Jamuna river in Sirajganj Sadar upazila.

Man killed in clash over govt pond in Sirajganj

A man is hacked to death by rivals in a clash following a dispute over the lease of a government pond in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila.

Four die after under-construction gate collapses in Sirajganj

At least four people died and five others were injured after an under-construction gate of a college collapsed at Sirajganj’s Tarash upazila this afternoon.

Two ‘drug dealers’ killed in ‘gunfights’

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Sirajganj, and another one in what police claimed was an encounter between two groups of drug peddlers in Cox’s Bazar, while, In Chapainawabganj, a body was recovered by police early yesterday.

Three killed as Maitree Express rams minitruck

Three people were killed as Dhaka-bound international passenger train Maitree Express rammed a mini-truck at an “unauthorised” level crossing in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj yesterday afternoon.

2 ‘drug peddlers’ killed in ‘gunfights’ in Tangail, Sirajganj

2 suspected drug peddlers are killed in separate “gunfights” in Tangail and Sirajganj districts while police recovered the body of a suspected drug peddler in Chuadanga.

After murder of daughter, man 'kills himself'

A man allegedly killed himself by jumping under a running train in Sirajganj's Kamarkhand yesterday, two days after his daughter was murdered.

Authorities asked to withdraw Sirajganj RHD chief engineer for ‘negligence’

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader directs the authorities concerned to withdraw Chief Engineer of Road and Highway Department (RHD) of Sirajganj Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal for his alleged negligence in road management.

Beating up Parents: Man gets 10 months in jail

A young man was sentenced to 10 months in prison for beating up his parents at Sirajganj's Raiganj upazila yesterday.

March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016

UP polls: Woman killed in Sirajganj violence

A woman dies during chase and counter-chase between supporters of 2 member candidates after vote counting in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj.

February 3, 2016
February 3, 2016

15 Jamaat, BNP men get life term

A Rajshahi tribunal yesterday awarded life-term imprisonments to 15 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, Jamaat-e-Islami,

January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016

3 family members killed as truck ploughs into their house

At least three members of a family are killed as a truck ploughs through their house in Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj.

December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015

9 killed as lorry hits three-wheeler in Sirajganj

At least nine people are killed and 9 others injured as an oil-carrying lorry rammed a shallow-engine driven three-wheeler at Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj. Critically injured victims have been sent to Bogra Medical College Hospital.

October 12, 2015
October 12, 2015

41 Biranganas get recognition as freedom fighters

Forty-one Biranganas (war heroines) are recognised as freedom fighters for their contribution in the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

October 9, 2015
October 9, 2015

‘Robber’ killed in Sirajganj ‘gunfight’

An alleged robber was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion members in Sirajganj.

September 22, 2015
September 22, 2015

4 killed in Sirajganj road crash

Four people are killed and another is injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run three-wheeler on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj.

September 11, 2015
September 11, 2015

Bangladesh U-19 cricketer Nihaduzzaman injured in bus crash

Bangladesh Under-19 cricketer Nihaduzzaman was one of nearly 40 individuals to suffer injuries in a bus accident near Sirajganj,

September 8, 2015
September 8, 2015

5 killed in Sirajganj road crash

Five people are killed and over 50 injured in a road accident involving two buses and a truck on Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Tarash upazila in Sirajganj.

August 11, 2015
August 11, 2015

2 kids, father drown in Chalan Beel

Bodies of a man and his two children are recovered from Chalan Beel in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj.