Keraniganj
Domestic help found dead at cop’s house in Keraniganj
Police on Monday evening recovered the body of a teen domestic help from the residence of the Kolatia police outpost in-charge, inspector Ashikuzzaman, in Kolatia area of Keraniganj.
Bangladeshi national dies in Kuwait
A Bangladeshi national died at a government hospital in Kuwait on Friday.
Buriganga launch capsize 'surviror' flees from hospital
The man who was 'miraculously rescued' 13 hours after the tragic Buriganga launch capsize, has reportedly fled his hospital while receiving treatment after media reports and analysis triggered much debate over the incident.
Two workers die from electrocution in Nawabganj
Two workers died and another was injured from electrocution in Bhawalia area of Nawabganj upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
Denied treatment at two hospitals, Keraniganj FF dies in ambulance
A freedom fighter of Keraniganj’s Rohitpur area died in an ambulance on Wednesday as at least two hospitals allegedly refused to treat him.
7 unions go under lockdown in Keraniganj
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Keraniganj continues to rise, the local administration has enforced a lockdown in seven unions of the upazila from Friday after declaring the areas as red zone.
The nine unions are Jinjira, Shubhaddya, Aganagar, Shakta, Kalindi, Konda and Rohitpur in the upazila.
Besides, the local administration has marked Kalatia, Basta and Taranagar unions as ‘yellow zone’ while Hazratpur and Teghuria union parishads under ‘green zones.’
Keraniganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Amit Debnath, said general holidays have been declared till June 30 in the red zone areas.
The army personnel were seen urging people to abide by the directives of the local administration through loud speakers in the morning while police set up check-posts in Babubazar Bridge and Postogola Bridge areas for monitoring people’s movement strictly.
The chairmen of the seven union parishads have been asked to provide all-out support to the residents, said the UNO.
A total of 784 Covid-19 patients have been detected from the upazila till Thursday with the detection of 34 new cases in the span of 24 hours . Besides, 21 people have died from the highly contagious disease.
Two held with arms, ammo in Keraniganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested two suspected criminals along with arms and ammunition from Keraniganj.
‘BCL leader’ held over rape in Keraniganj
Police arrested a man identifying himself as a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League over the rape of a girl in Talepur area of Keraniganj upazila on Friday.
Five with cold, fever die in four districts
Five people suffering from cold, fever and respiratory problems died in Sirajganj, Satkhira, Keraniganj and Manikganj districts on Monday.
Coronavirus: AC Land among 20 infected in Keraniganj
Twenty people, including an Assistant Commissioner (Land) and her husband, were diagnosed with coronavirus on Tuesday in Keraniganj in Dhaka.
Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Mir Mobarak Hossain said total coronavirus cases rose to 327 in the upazila.
The newly infected people have been asked to stay in home quarantine, Dr Mobarak said.
Among the total infected people in the upazila, 114 are from Jinjira, 68 from Teghuria, 58 from Suvadda, 25 from Aganagar, 25 from Shakta, 15 from Konda, 11 from Kalindi, four from Kalatia, five from Basta and five are from Rohitpur area, he said.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Amit Debnath said so far nine people have died from COVID-19 while 35 made full recovery in the upazila.
Bangladesh has so fir reported 239 deaths and 15,691 coronavirus cases till Monday.
The country on Monday reported the highest number — 1,034 -- of confirmed new coronavirus cases.
Meanwhile, a total of 1,756 police members got infected with coronavirus as of Monday and amont them 810 are of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) alone.