Gaibandha

1,500 kg relief rice recovered in Gaibandha, 2 held in connection

Police recover 50 sacks of vulnerable group development (VGD) rice, weighing 1,500 kg, from an empty house in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj upazila.
Gaibandha flood victims take shelter in empty rail coaches

Many flood-affected people have taken shelter inside empty rail coaches of a train stuck between Trimohoni-Badiyakhali area in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha as their houses were inundated in flood waters.
Students in Gaibandha vow to build humanitarian Bangladesh

Thousands of Santal and Bangalee students of eight high schools Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha have taken oath to build a humanitarian Bangladesh with communal harmony.
Factional Feud: Jubo League leader killed in Gaibandha

An upazila Jubo League leader was hacked to death and four others were wounded in a clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Bonarpara Railway Station Bazar on Thursday night.
Deadliest day for travellers

Fifty-two people were killed, including 18 in one crash in Gaibandha, on the country's roads yesterday.
Making the most of a cold winter

Northern winters can be cold. At 67-years-old it would be understandable if Marium Begum, from Panchgachi Santiram village in Gaibandha's Sundarganj upazila, said she really feels it: not only the cold of the winter air but from long years of struggle.
Crime Against Humanity 1971: Ex-Jamaat MP, 5 others to hang

Six Gaibandha men including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker have been given capital punishment for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
Gaibandha Santals stage demo for justice

Hundreds of Santals stage a demonstration in Gobindaganj of Gaibandha demanding justice over the attack on them on November 6, 2016, that left three people of the community dead.
Eviction of Gaibandha Santals: A year on, yet no sign of redress

Even though a year has passed, the Santals who were evicted from the land of Sahebganj-Bagda sugarcane farm in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj were yet to be rehabilitated and compensated.
No flood victim to suffer from hunger: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said no one will suffer from hunger due to the ongoing flood, renewing the promise that her government's support for the flood victims will continue until the next crops are harvested.
Conjoined Twins: Seperated, Tofa, Tahura doing well

Tofa and Tahura, the 10-month-old conjoined twins from Gaibandha, are doing well after they were separated in a marathon surgery
Bamboo-made watchtower to check robbery

Locals have set up two bamboo-made watchtowers to tackle robbery in remote char areas on the Teesta river basin in Sundarganj
‘JMB man’ among 3 killed in Gaibandha, Dhaka ‘shootouts’

An alleged operative of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and two suspected hijackers have been killed in separate "gunfights" with law enforcers in Gaibandha and Dhaka.
Arrest orders for 5 Gaibandha war crimes suspects

A tribunal in Dhaka issues arrest warrant against five Gaibandha men for their alleged involvement with crimes during the 1971 Liberation War.
Hindu trader killed, ‘IS claims responsibility’

A Hindu shoe trader is murdered at his shop in Gobindaganj Upazila of Gaibandha. Hours later, a tweet posted by US-based SITE Intelligence Group said international militant outfit Islamic State (IS) had claimed responsibility of the murder.
Lightning takes 17 more lives in 11 districts

At least 17 people were killed after being struck by lightning during the storm at different parts of the country, raising the death toll from such incidents to 49 in two days.
Girl abused in classroom

Two Chhatra League men forced all the students out of a classroom except for one girl, shut the door and allegedly abused her verbally and physically.
UP poll violence: 2 injured victims die

Two persons, who were injured in separate clashes in Thakurgaon and Gaibandha during the fourth union parishad elections, die.
ACC sues two for using bamboo in Gaibandha school construction

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) files a case against an engineer of Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and a contractor for using bamboo sticks in construction work of a school’s toilet in Gaibandha.
Engineer held for using bamboo for rods in school toilet

Cops arrest an engineer of public health engineering dept and a contractor for using bamboo instead of iron rods in construction of school toilet in Gaibandha.
Shooting 10-yr-old: Cops file charges against Manjurul

Police files charges against Awami League lawmaker of Gaibandha-1 Manzurul Ahsan Liton over shooting a 10-year-old boy in Sundarganj upazila.
War crimes: Charges pressed against 6 Gaibandha men

The prosecution press three charges against six people including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker who allegedly committed crimes in Gaibandha during the Liberation War.
Sex assault: Gaibandha primary school headmaster suspended

The headmaster of a primary school in Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha has been suspended over allegation of sexually harassing a class V student.
War crimes evidence found against 8 suspects

The investigators of International Crimes Tribunal say they found evidence of war crimes against eight fugitives accused in two war crimes cases.
3 killed in Gaibandha culvert collapse

At least three people are killed and five injured as an abandoned culvert collapsed on them at Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha this evening.
Arrest warrants for 10 war crimes suspects

A tribunal in Dhaka issues arrest warrants against 10 war crimes suspects of Gaibandha and Moulvibazar including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker for their alleged crimes against humanity during in 1971 war.
Shooting boy: MP Liton denied bail

A Gaibandha court denies bail to ruling party lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy.
Shooting minor: MP Liton seeks bail

Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, files petitions with a court in Gaibandha today seeking bail in two cases--one for shooting a minor boy and another for vandalism and looting a house.
Shooting minor: MP Liton denied bail, sent to jail

Gaibandha court sends ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton to jail after scrapping his bail in case filed over shooting a 10-year-old. Arrested last night after days of remaining "traceless", the MP was produced before court today amidst a scuffle between police and his supporters.
A lawmaker Liton held

Detectives arrest a ruling Awami League MP Manzurul Islam Liton from the house of one of his relatives in Uttara of Dhaka in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy in October 2.