Kushtia
8 Kushtia policemen terminated as they failed drug test
Eight police personnel of Kushtia were sacked yesterday as they failed drug test, said Superintendent of Police in Kushtia SM Tanvir Arafath.
Two men kill each other over trifles
Two people died when they stabbed each other over a trifling matter in Mazampur area of Kushtia town yesterday.
AL activist killed in 'gunfight'
An Awami League activist was killed in a so-called “gunfight” between police and his cohorts in an isolated char area in Kushtia early hours yesterday.
400 sued over AL infighting in Kushtia
A case has been filed against 400 people of Bakhoil village in Sadar upazila in connection with Thursday's factional clash of ruling Awami League that left two people dead and 20 others injured.
Four killed in AL infighting in Kushtia, Jamalpur
Four people were killed and 36 others injured in clashes between two factions of ruling Awami League in Kushtia and Jamalpur yesterday.
Suspected militant killed in 'gunfight'
A suspected "Neo JMB" operative was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Boalia village of Kushtia's Daulatpur upazila early yesterday.
Two Shibir men held with crude bombs
Police recovered 16 petrol and crude bombs and some bomb-making materials from Saddam Hossain Hall at Islamic University in Kushtia on Sunday night and arrested two Shibir activists in this connection.
Kushtia raid: 3 female ‘militants’ remanded
A court in Kushtia court places three suspected female militants, who were arrested from a hideout in the district on Saturday, on a four-day remand each.
Remains of missing Kushtia BNP leader found
Remains of a local BNP leader is recovered in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia last night, a year after he was abducted from the district.
5 female workers killed in Kushtia road crash
Five female workers of a husking mill were killed and five injured as a truck hit a human hauler in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
48 militants among 2,132 held in spl crackdown
Police have detained 2,132 people including 48 militants throughout the country as part of their week-long special crackdown on militants.