Jhenaidah
AL’s candidates, rebels mostly dominate 3rd phase municipal polls
Candidates of the ruling Awami League have been unofficially elected from majority of the municipalities that went to polls on Saturday in the third phase, according to partial results.
Six workers killed, 4 injured in Jhenaidah road crash
At least six construction workers were killed and four others injured after a Kushtia-bound truck and a construction machine-laden vehicle collided head-on in Madandanga area of Shailkupa in Jhenaidah on Wednesday evening.
Train service through Khulna resumes after 10 hrs
Train communication between Khulna and other parts of the country were restored after ten hours of suspension on Tuesday after a collision between two freight trains at Safdarpur Rail Station in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah.
9 Bangladeshis held while going to India illegally
Nine Bangladeshis, including women and children, were arrested by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) while they were trying to go to India illegally through the Jhenaidah border on Saturday night.
7 arrested in Jhenaidah while trespassing into India
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested seven people including women and children who were trying to go to India illegally through Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah on Thursday.
Villages in Jhenaidah, Lalmonirhat, Laxmipur celebrate Eid
In keeping with Saudi Arabia, residents of a number of villages in Jhenaidah, Laxmipur and Lalmonirhat are celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest festival of the Muslims.
Minor girl raped in Jhenaidah
A nine-year-old girl was raped at Shahabazpur village in Shailakupa upazila early Thursday.
Rana Hossain, 22, son of Golam Kuddus of the village, violated the girl at night, said Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge of Shailakupa Police Station.
Noticing the girl’s serious condition Rana fled away. The girl is now taking treatment at Faridpur Medical College and Hospital.
Minor girl raped ‘by step father’ in Jhenaidah
An 11-year-old girl was violated allegedly by her step father at her home at Kalahata in Kaliganj upazila on Tuesday.
Police arrested rapist Rezaul Islam after getting complaint from victim’s mother at night.
Mahfuzur Rahman Mia, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station, said victim’s mother was married to Rezaul Islam, a hotel worker by profession, one year back. Since then the couple used to live at the house with their three children.
Rezaul violated the girl while she was alone at her home early Tuesday.
When the victim’s mother came to know the incident she filed a case with Kaliganj Police Station in the afternoon.
Later, police arrested the rapist.
AL factional clash leaves one dead, 20 injured in Jhenaidah
A man was killed and 20 others were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League at Khajura village in Jhenaidah municipality area on Wednesday night.
Woman hacked to death in Jhenaidah
A housewife died at Jashore General Hospital after she was hacked by some miscreants at her house in Boddipur village of Maheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah on Saturday.