Tangail

Heritage site in a shambles

The once impressive structure of Hemnagar Zamindar Bari in Tangail's Gopalpur upazila is falling apart due to lack of proper maintenance.
Woman 'raped' by eight men in Tangail

A group of eight men on Friday night allegedly gang-raped a ready-made garment worker after physically assaulting her husband.
5 arrested for beating up 2 college girls

Police on Wednesday night arrested five youths for allegedly beating up two college girls with iron rods in Sakhipur upazila of Tangail.
Madrasa principal held for ‘seeking Bangabandhu killers’ salvation’

Police detain the principal of a madrasa in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail for reportedly seeking salvation of the killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman while he was leading a Munajat.
Change Maker: From crime den to a safe park

A dark, doomed slum area infested with drug pedlars and local hoodlums.
RP Shaha Kidnap, Killing: The details 'untangled'

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has found significant evidence that a Tangail man was involved in the
Rush back to city chokes highways

Road transportation between Dhaka and different parts of the country -- south, west and north -- virtually collapsed yesterday, amid a huge rush of people returning to the capital from Eid vacation, due to heavy traffic creating tailbacks on roads and delayed ferry services.
Tangail road crashes kill 14 in 24 hours

At least 11 people, including eight members of two families, were killed and seven others were injured in road accidents in Tangail
Cattle hotels!

Over 250 families of several villages Tangail's Bhuapur upazila are finding some quick cash by turning their front yards into hotels for cattle.
12 to hang for killing Tangail college student

A Tangail court sentenced 12 persons to death for murdering a college student named Rajan over land dispute back in 2014.
Rail link of Dhaka with southern, northern districts snapped

Rail communication of Dhaka with the country's northern and southern region remains suspended as three bogies and the locomotive of a train derail in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail.
2 ‘JMB’ suspects killed in ‘gunfight’ with Tangail cops

Two suspected members of the banned militant outfit, Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), are killed in “gunfight” in Madhupur upazila of Tangail.
14 punished for illegal sand lifting

A mobile court yesterday awarded punishment to 14 people for illegally lifting sand near the Bangabandhu Bridge in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail.
Court orders seizure of MP Amanur, 9 others' assets

A Tangail court on Monday ordered confiscation of assets of 10 fugitive accused, including Awami League lawmaker Amanur
DB detains niece's ex-husband

The Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday detained another suspect in connection with the killing of tailor Nikhil
Cautious, yet Nikhil could not survive

For the machete attack on tailor Nikhil Joardar of Tangail, assailants chose a comparatively quiet time at noon when he usually stayed
Tangail tailor killing: 3 placed on 6-day remand

A Tangail Court grants six-day remand for each of the three detainees including a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader in two cases filed in connection with killing of a Hindu tailor.
Machetes strike again: This time, a tailor killed in Tangail

Another day, another brutal murder. In the latest attack, unidentified assailants hacked a Hindu man to death in his tailoring shop in Tangail in broad daylight yesterday.
Claim of IS baseless: minister

Reiterating that there is no presence of Islamic State in the country, Bangladesh home minister terms IS claim of today’s murder of a Hindu tailor in Tangail as baseless.
Tailor killed in Tangail, ‘IS claims responsibility’

Bike-riding assailants stab dead a middle-aged Hindu tailor in Tangail. Hours later, US-based SITE Intelligence Group tweet that international militant outfit Islamic State have claimed credit for the murder saying that he blasphemed Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Homegrown militants under control: Kamal

Admitting that there is existence of homegrown militants in the country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal claims that they are under control.
AL man held with firearm in Tangail

Detectives in a drive arrest a local Awami League leader along with a firearm from his house in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail.
Faruk killing: Arrest order for Tangail AL MP, 9 others

A Tangail court issues arrest warrant against 10 fugitives including an Awami League lawmaker and his three brothers in a case filed for killing Tangail AL leader and freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed.
Six transport leaders sued for cover-up bid

Nine transport workers and leaders have been sued over the “gang-rape” of a female garment worker in a moving bus in Tangail on Friday.
Nature Quest: Neelbanolata: eye-catching blue flower

I went to Madhupur in Tangail to see a garden of medical plants. The garden is located at Telki Bazar in the upazila. A road through the forest leads to this
Mother, son killed as bus hits rickshaw-van in Tangail

A woman and her son are killed and another is injured as a bus hits a rickshaw-van in Madhupur upazila of Tangail.
Road crash: Minister's son among 6 killed on Bangabandhu bridge

Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s son is one of the nine victims of the separate road crashes on the Bangabandhu bridge in Tangail and Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district.
Irresponsibility of cops blamed

“Irresponsible attitude” of cops mainly led to the killing of four of the locals protesting the brutality on a woman and her son at Kalihati upazila in Tangail in September last year, said an enquiry report of police.
3 ‘PBCP outlaws’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Tangail Rab

Three alleged Purba Bangla Communist Party (PBCP) outlaws killed in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) says gunfight in Tangail Sadar upazila.
Torture on woman: SC upholds stay on shifting case to military court

Supreme Court upholds High Court order that stayed a move to transfer a case filed against an army officer allegedly for torturing his wife to a military court from a special tribunal.