Lightning strikes kill 2 in Kushtia

Two people, including a schoolboy, were killed in separate lightning strikes in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia yesterday afternoon.

2w ago

Idols vandalised in Kushtia temple

Miscreants vandalised two idols at the Shwarupdah Palpara Sri Sri Rakkha Kali Temple in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on Sunday night and stole a security camera and its memory card.

2w ago

'Opposing July uprising': IU serves show-cause notices to 19 teachers

Probe committee identifies 61 individuals opposing student movement

1m ago

Car, believed to be owned by ex-MP Anar, recovered from Kushtia building

A Land Cruiser Prado was found in the parking area of a multi-storey building in Kushtia town yesterday

3m ago

Two bikers run over by bus in Kushtia

Two motorcyclists were killed after being run over by a bus in the Bottail area of Kushtia Sadar upazila yesterday morning, prompting locals to protest and block the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway.

5m ago

Man, nephew killed as private car hits motorcycle in Kushtia

The accident took place around 1:30am on the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway

6m ago

2 ASIs go missing after jumping into Padma river

Two policemen went missing as they jumped into the Padma river during an alleged attack by miscreants in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia early today

11m ago

Freak road crash: 4 schoolchildren die on their way home

Four children, aged between 11 and 12, were killed and another injured when they were hit by a microbus on the Kushtia-Rajbari regional highway in Kushtia’s Khoksha upazila yesterday morning.

1y ago

Ex-Kushtia MP Selim Altaf George placed on 3-day remand

A Dhaka court today placed Selim Altaf George, former Awami League lawmaker from Kushtia-4, on a three-day remand in case filed over death of auto-rickshaw driver Md Roni in Dhaka's Mohammadpur during the quota reform movement on July 19

1y ago

BGB, BSF meeting decides to return 200 acres of land to Bangladesh

Bangladeshi landowners are set to regain around 200 acres of land previously lost to India due to the erosion of the Padma River along the Daulatpur border in Kushtia

1y ago