Thakurgaon

Thakurgaon maize trader rescued after 7 hours of abduction; 8 arrested

Police rescued a maize trader from Sirajganj early today, 7 hours after his abduction from Thakurgaon Sadar upazila last evening.
No trace of Akash yet

Family members of Akash, who has allegedly been missing since early Saturday, yesterday said they were still clueless about the whereabouts of him.
Fakhrul condemns deaths in BGB firing

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses strong condemnation to the incident of killings of three people by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in Thakurgaon's Baharampur village.
Country keeps shivering in bitter cold

The cold wave continued to disrupt life across the country yesterday.
Raped and blackmailed, teenage girl takes her life

A female secondary school student has died from suicide, as two youths, after raping the girl, threatened to release the video clips of the incident on the internet.
BNP to join JS polls if level-playing field ensured: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says his party will participate in the next general election if level-playing field is ensured for all parties.
2 kids die after ‘taking pesticide mistakenly’

Two children of a family die and four others fall sick after they “mistakenly take pesticide instead of tea” in Thakurgaon Sadar, police say.
2 polls officials killed in Thakurgaon road crash

Two assistant presiding officers are killed when a bus rams a motorcycle they riding towards a poling centre on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.
UP poll violence: 2 injured victims die

Two persons, who were injured in separate clashes in Thakurgaon and Gaibandha during the fourth union parishad elections, die.
UP polls: Violence claims 5 lives in 4 districts

Four persons, including a 17-year-old, have been killed during clash among supporters of Union Parishad election candidates and police in Rajshahi, Thakurgaon and Comilla districts while a sexagenarian man was killed in Narsingdi by alleged supporters of a pro-Awami League candidate as he protested casting of his vote by others.
Rakub’s Thakurgaon branch guard stabbed dead

Miscreants allegedly stab a night guard to death at Thakurgaon branch of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank.
Hindu temple vandalised in Panchagarh

A temple belonging to the Hindu religious community is vandalised in Atoari upazila of Panchagarh, locals found out.
No bar to Ranisankail, Gafargaon municipal polls

The Supreme Court clears way for holding elections to Ranisankail and Gafargaon municipalities of Thakurgaon and Mymensingh districts.