Jessore

9 zebras seized in Jessore

DB police recovered nine zebras from a makeshift cattle shed near the border in Jessore's Sharsha upazila yesterday.
Jessore's silk road

Over the past three decades in parts of Jessore region, roadside mulberry trees have become a welcome addition to the landscape.
3-year-old 'raped' in Jessore

A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped at a village in Jhikargacha upazila of Jessore yesterday morning.
4 killed in 'gunfights' in Jessore

Four bullet-hit bodies were recovered from Sadar and Jhikargacha upazilas in Jessore early yesterday after what police claimed were two gunfights between rival groups.
Journo stabbed in Jessore

Unidentified miscreants reportedly stab a journalist of a local newspaper in Jessore town.
2 executed for killing Chuadanga UP member

Two condemned convicts are hanged at Jessore Central Jail for killing a union parishad member of Chuadanga district in 1994.
BCL leader shot dead in Jessore

A Jessore district unit BCL leader was shot dead by criminals at Golgolla More of Bejpara of the town late Saturday night.
Cop’s wife found dead in Jessore

The wife of a police sub-inspector is found dead in their house at Raghurampur area village in Jessore town.
Trader stabbed dead in Jessore

Miscreants stab a trader to death and escaped with his bag full of money at Dolakhola intersection of Monirampur upazila of Jessore.
‘Gunfight’: 2 killed in B’Baria, Jessore

A suspected robber and an alleged drug peddler are killed in separate incidents of “gunfight” in Brahmanbaria and Jessore.
5 killed as bus hits roadside tree in Jessore

Five people are killed and 25 others injured after a bus crashed into a roadside tree in Sadar upazila of Jessore.
Train rams car in Jessore, 3 killed

A train has rammed a private car on a level crossing in Jessore Sadar upazila leaving three people dead and one other injured.
‘Terrorist’ shot dead in front of Jessore jail

Miscreants shot dead an accused of several criminal cases today when he was coming out of Jessore jail on bail.
Three more killed in 'shootouts'

Three people, including the prime accused in a police official murder case, were killed in “shootouts” with law enforcers in Pabna, Brahmanbaria and Jessore yesterday.
Mob beats 3 ‘robbers’ dead in Jessore

Three alleged robbers are beaten to death by a mob in Jhikargacha upazila of Jessore.
2 killed in Jessore, Pabna ‘shootouts’

Two people, including the prime accused in a police official murder case, are killed in separate “shootouts” with law enforcers in Pabna and Jessore.
One more killed in 'gunfight'

One man was killed and two others injured during “gunfights” with police in Narail, Jessore and Satkhira districts early yesterday.
‘Bogra Shia mosque attacker’ among 2 killed in ‘gunfights’

The main accused in Bogra Shia mosque attack case has been killed in “gunfight” with police in Shibganj upazila of the district while a robber killed in a “shootout” in Jessore.
Jessore woman kills herself

Failing to bear "torture by her son", a woman committed suicide by taking poison in Nischintapur village of Jessore Sadar upazila
Teenage hotel worker ‘tortured to death’ in Benapole

A teenage hotel worker is tortured to death by his employer in Benapole of Jessore, the victim’s family claims.
Jessore war crimes accused dies at DMCH

A war crimes accused of Jessore district dies at Dhaka Medical College Hospital due to his old-age complications this morning.
JSTU closed after police charge batons on students

Authorities of Jessore Science and Technology University (JSTU) yesterday closed the university for 16 days after police charged truncheons on students at a sit-in programme on the campus that left 20 students injured.
ACC nets 13 over different scams

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests 13 persons from different parts of the country for misappropriating over Tk 9.5 crore and grabbing lands.
2 “bomb-makers” killed in explosion

Two persons are killed and three injured in an explosion when they were allegedly making crude bombs in Jessore Sadar upazila.
Chinese company gets $3.33b deal

China will construct a rail route between Dhaka and Jessore through the Padma bridge, cutting travel time significantly and boosting national and regional connectivity.
150 rare tortoises seized in Jessore

Members of Rapid Action Battalion seizes 150 tortoises of a rare species from Mandartala area in Sadar upazila of Jessore.
Star editor gets bail in Jessore

Jessore court grants bail to The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam in a Tk 10-crore defamation case filed by a former Awami League leader of Chougachha Upazila unit. The court sets May 10 for next hearing.
Jessore market sells Tk 8cr flowers ahead of Pahela Falgun, Valentine's Day

Bangladesh’s largest flower market in Jessore’s Jhikorgacha has already sold off over Tk 8 crore flowers ahead of Pahela Falgun and Valentine’s Day.
Coming back to life

Chhaya (shadow), the Bangladeshi woman whose poetry collections titled Ahoto Ami (Injured Me) was published in Malayalam language
A highway of harassment

What a Swedish couple of Bangladeshi origin had gone through on Thursday evening is commonplace on Jessore-Benapole highway, a