Thakurgaon
3 get life for raping girl in Thakurgaon
A tribunal here on Thursday convicted three people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment in a case filed over gang-rape of a young girl in 2008.
Thakurgaon man humiliates wife in public
A woman has reportedly been forced to swallow urine after her head was shaved by her husband at Mistripara in Baliadangi upazila for her refusal to engage in anti-social activities.
Police arrested victim’s husband Amirul Islam, son of Fateh Ali of the village, from Dangibazar on Tuesday after a case was filed in this regard.
Habibul Haque Pradhan, officer-in-charge of Baliadangi Police Station, said they arrested Amirul soon after the victim, aged around 40, filed the case.
Police said Amirul, a kabiraj (herbal practitioner), married multiple times and all of his wives left him due to his inhuman torture.
Amirul married the victim 12 years ago and had been torturing her over trifling matter since then.
For the last two years, he had been forcing his wife to have physical relations with a number of people which she refused to comply with.
Following repeated refusal, Amirul got furious and dragged her out of the house on Saturday last.
Later, he beat her up mercilessly and shaved her head. She was also forced to swallow Amirul’s urine.
At one stage, she managed to flee and took shelter in the house of one of her relatives at Phultala village in the upazila, and filed the case.
Man found dead in Thakurgaon
A man was found dead at a mango orchard in Shibganj Chikandoba area under Sadar upazila on Tuesday.
Cattle trader found dead in Thakurgaon
Police recovered the body of a cattle trader from a wheat field at Gogor Jharbari village in Ranisankail upazila on Sunday.
Man killed, 9 hurt in Thakurgaon boiler blast
A man was killed and nine others , including two children, were injured as a boiler of a rice mill went off in Chowrongibazar area of Sadar upazila on Sunday.
3 jailed for supplying copies during SSC exam in Thakurgaon
A mobile court in Thakurgaon on Tuesday sentenced three people to one month’s imprisonment for supplying copies to an examination centre of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination in Baliadangi upazila.
BSF kills Bangladeshi along Thakurgaon border
A Bangladeshi was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force along Paria border in Baliadangi upazila on early Saturday.
Bone-chilling cold disrupts normal life in north
A shivering cold has hit the northwestern districts of the country as a mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over some regions of the country, forcing people to stay indoors.
Thakurgaon woman burned to death while warming in fire
An elderly woman was burned to death while warming herself in a fire at Bhomradaha village in Pirganj upazila on Wednesday.
Cattle trader killed by BSF in Thakurgaon
A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) of India at Betna in Haripur upazila here on Sunday.