A 53-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by the guards while stealing mango from an orchard at Khandura in Nachole upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Shukuddi, 53, son of Faizuddin of the upazila. Read more: Elderly man beaten to death in Kurigram, sister dies of shock Mintu Rahman, officer-in-charge of Nachole Police Station, said Sukuddi went to the mango orchard on Tuesday night for stealing mango of ‘Katimon’ variety. Two guards—Shamim and Hasan—who were on duty at the orchard, caught Shukuddi and gave him a good thrashing, leaving him dead. Read more: Man beaten to death in Natore, 2 held On information, police recovered the body on Wednesday morning and arrested the two guards.

About 100 houses were put under lockdown in Chapainawabganj after a rickshaw puller died in the district town on Wednesday.   The deceased was identified as Mofazzal Hossain, 62, son of Lal Mohammad of Natunbazar in Sadar upazila.   Sub-Inspector Abu Raihan of Sadar Police Station said Mofazzal died while sitting on his rickshaw around 11am.   A team from the health department collected samples of the deceased for coronavirus test.   His family members claimed that Mofazzal was not suffering from cold, cough or fever but he had high blood pressure.   Civil Surgeon Jahid Nazrul said they put the houses under lockdown as a precaution.

Police on Thursday arrested 14 suspected leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with cocktails and gunpowder from a madrasa hostel in the municipality area of Sadar upazila.

A mobile court here on Monday night sentenced 13 people to 15-day imprisonment each for selling fake lottery tickets in Nachole upazila.

Police arrested a young man along with 1,200 contraband Yaba pills from Belal Bazar area in Gomostapur upazila of the district early Friday.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned militant outfit, from, Char Raninagar in Sadar upazila early Friday.

 A tribunal here on Thursday sentenced three members of banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 15 years imprisonment in a case filed under Anti-Terrorism Act.

Chapainawabganj, Oct 25 (UNB) – Dozens of people were admitted to the Sadar Hospital with diarrhoea in the last two days.

Chapainawabganj, Sept 29 (UNB)-Over 2,000 families in Sadar and Shibganj upazilas have been marooned due to flashflood caused by on rush of water from the upstream and rise of water levels in the Padma and the Mahananda rivers.

Chapainawabganj, Sept 2 (UNB)- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a drug peddler along with 2,960 yaba tablets at Nimtala Fakirpara  in the twon on Sunday night.