Sirajganj

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.
Withdraw Sirajganj RHD chief engineer, minister asks authorities

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.
Fresh flood strikes Sirajganj villages

Fresh floods hit at least 30 villages of Sirajganj after a portion of an embankment eroded while the Jamuna in Gaibandha and Brahmaputra in Kurigram were flowing above the danger level yesterday, bringing misery to people in the districts.
Doctor, nurse die of ‘food poisoning’ in Sirajganj

A physician and a nurse of a local hospital die of “food poisoning” in Sirajganj.
2 ‘criminals’ killed in Sirajganj ‘gunfight’ with Rab

Two alleged criminals are killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Kamar Kanda upazila of Sirajganj early today.
Train services between Dhaka, northern region resume

Train communications of Dhaka with Rajshahi, Khulna and Rangpur divisions are restored after six hours of disruption following a derailment of a wagon at Sayedabad Rail Station in Sirajganj.
4 killed in Sirajganj road crash

At least four people are killed and 20 others injured as a bus and a truck collided head-on near west zone of the Bangabandhu bridge in Sirajganj.
15 more infected with anthrax in Sirajganj

Fifteen more people have been reported infected with anthrax in Sirajganj's Shazadpur and Kamarkhand upazilas bringing the total number of human infections to an alarming 106 within a month in the district.
Anthrax infects 40 more people

Forty more people are reported to have been infected with anthrax in last 24 hours in a single village at Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj, according to the upazila health office.
35 infected with anthrax

At least 35 people have been infected with anthrax in Sirajganj in the last couple of weeks, according to health officials in the district.
Tagore's legacy in Bangladesh

Rabindranath Tagore's 'Shilaidah Kuthibari' and ‘Shahzadpur Kachharibari’ inspired some of his most celebrated literary works ranging from poetry to spiritual songs, which includes the translation of Gitanjali around 1912.
The light of education is yet to shine at Rabindra University

When Rabindranath Tagore took his first steps in bringing his education philosophies to life he started small. In 1901, with no
Tagore's Kachharibari

The once-vibrant Kachharibari of Rabindranath Tagore still stands at the heart of Shahjadpur Bazaar in Sirajganj.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
‘Robber’ killed in Sirajganj ‘gunfight’

An alleged robber was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion members in Sirajganj.
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.
Bangladesh U-19 cricketer injured in bus crash

Bangladesh Under-19 cricketer Nihaduzzaman was one of nearly 40 individuals to suffer injuries in a bus accident near Sirajganj,
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.
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.
Sirajganj road crash again, 5 dead

Five people, including two of a family, are killed and another injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashes into a bus at Mulibari level-crossing on the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge approach road in Sirajganj.
16 killed in Sirajganj road crash

16 people are killed and around 40 injured as two passenger buses collided head-on in the west side of of Bangabandhu bridge in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj.
Road crashes kill 9 in Sirajganj, Manikganj

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