Manikganj

Manikganj turkey farmer has eyes on French market

After years of success in farming turkey in the Philippines, an expatriate Bangladeshi sets up a farm at his village home in Manikganj with an aim to export the poultry to markets in France.
College girl gang-raped in Manikganj

Police on Saturday rescued a college student from a gang of seven young men, three of whom had allegedly raped her while the others filmed the act, in Manikganj’s Singair.
SHILPARATH'S 10th anniversary celebrations

Shilparath, a dance school and company based in Manikganj, celebrated its 10th anniversary through a cultural programme at the central Shahid Minar premises in Manikganj on April 12.
Brother assaulted for protesting sister’s harassment

Miscreants assault a youth in Manikganj allegedly for protesting harassment of his sister.
Nor’wester: 3 missing found dead in Manikganj

Three persons turn up dead in the Padma river after going missing from Manikganj during trawler capsize in a nor’wester two days ago.
Status quo on cutting 4,000 trees in Manikganj

The High Court directs the government to maintain a status quo on felling 4,000 trees on Singair-Hemayetpur road in Manikganj.
Stalker stabs 13-yr-old to death

A teenage girl was murdered by her stalker at Sarafdinagar village under Harirampur upazila of Manikganj yesterday afternoon.
Held hostage by dams

More often than not a free flowing river has as fast companions transport and trade. Where a watercourse is undisturbed, fish stocks thrive. Such was
Chased by cops, BNP man dies

A BNP man died after he suffered a cardiac arrest while hiding in a pond to avoid arrest in Manikganj's Shibalaya early yesterday, his family members said.
When money can buy a proxy inmate

Is Tk 2 lakh worth 17 months of a man's life? In Manikganj, this question was answered, in a failed attempt to recreate the story from
4 killed in Manikganj road crash

Four people including a woman and her daughter are killed in a road crash on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj.
IU professor among 5 killed in road crashes

Five people including a teacher of Kushtia’s Islami University are killed and 28 injured in separate road accidents in Magura and Manikganj.
'We too can'

Physically challenged Sujon, 13, cannot move without support from others. He cannot speak either. His father Sayedur remarried and got settled in Tangail.
After 1 hour, they realise it’s SSC question paper of 2014!

Students of an examination centre in Manikganj have been given question papers of 2014 in their first Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam yesterday.
Fog disrupts ferry services on two routes

Ferry operation on Rajbari-Daulatdia and Manikganj-Paturia routes are disrupted due to poor visibility caused by dense of fog in the Padma River.
Manikganj BCL leader’s wrist cut off

Unknown miscreants cut off wrist of a Bangladesh Chhatra League Leader in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj.
SC clears way for Singair municipality polls

The Supreme Court clears the way for holding election to Singair municipality in Manikganj on December 30.
Bus helper remanded for ‘abusing DU student’

A Dhaka court places a bus helper on a three-day remand in a case filed against him for verbally abused a Dhaka University student yesterday.
Vehicles in long queue at Paturia

Thousands of Eid holidaymakers suffer immensely due to a three-kilometre tailback at Paturia ferry terminal a day before the Eid-ul-Azha.
Muggers shoot 2 men for Tk 2.92 lakh in Manikganj

Muggers looted Tk 2.92 lakh after shooting two people, including an agent of bKash, a mobile money transfer service provider, in Manikganj Sadar upazila.
Child rape: SC commutes death for child convict

The Supreme Court commutes death penalty of a convict to imprisonment until death over rape and murder of a child in Manikganj.
Missing during Eid vacation, 3 youths found dead

Bodies of three youths who had gone missing while spending their Eid holidays are found floating in the rivers of Manikganj and Sylhet.
Road crashes kill 9 in Sirajganj, Manikganj

Nine people are killed and eight injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Manikganj.
2 killed in Manikganj road crash

Two persons are killed and another injured as a truck and a motorcycle collided head-on on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj.
Death toll rises to 39

At least 35 people have been killed when a launch carrying over 150 passengers capsizes in the Padma river in Manikganj after being hit by a cargo trawler