Five IU students suspended over bus vandalism
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia suspended five of its students over vandalising a bus in the campus area in January this year...
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Two killed in Kushtia villagers鈥� clash
AT LEAST two people were killed and four others injured in a clash between two rival groups over establishing supremacy at Daulatpur in Kushtia early Wednesday...
Girl commits suicide in Kushtia classroom
A 13-year-old student died by suicide in the classroom at JMG Secondary School of Pragpur under Daulatpur in Kushtia on Tuesday...
Rice mill association leader arrested
The police arrested Abdur Rashid, central president of the Bangladesh Auto Major and Husking Mill Owners鈥� Association and one of Kushtia鈥檚 most influential rice traders on Tuesday evening in connection with a fresh fraud case, adding to at least 19 pending cases against him...
Two people killed in Kushtia clash
Two people were killed and four others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over establishing dominance at village Bagoan Kandipara in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia on early Wednesday...
IU reconstitutes probe body after 13 years
Islamic University authorities in Kushtia have reconstituted a fact-finding committee to investigate the disappearance of two of its students, Waliullah and Al-Mukaddas, who went missing more than 13 years ago...
Committee formed to draft IUCSU constitution
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia formed an 11-member committee to draft the constitution for its central student union and hall parliament...
Students鈥� platform launched at IU demanding IUCSU formation
A student-led initiative, the 鈥業UCSU formation movement鈥�, was launched at the Islamic University in Kushtia, demanding the formation of the long-awaited Islamic University Central Students鈥� Union and the announcement of a clear roadmap for its establishment...
IU issues show-cause notices to 33 BCL leaders
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have issued show-cause notices to 33 students affiliated with the university unit of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League following an investigation into their alleged involvement in activities against the July鈥揂ugust student-led mass uprising...
Show-cause notices served on 19 IU teachers
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have issued show-cause notices to 19 teachers following an investigation into their alleged involvement in activities against the July鈥揂ugust student-led mass uprising which ousted the authoritarian Awami League regime on August 5 past year...
Kushtia Officers鈥� Welfare Forum holds reception to new committee
The reception ceremony of the newly elected advisory and executive committee of the Greater Kushtia Officers鈥� Kallyan Forum, Dhaka for the year 2025鈥�2026 was held at the National Archives Auditorium of Agargaon in Dhaka on Saturday...
Two held with drugs, weapons
The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested two suspected drug peddlers along with drugs and weapons worth Tk 10.4 crore from Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia on Saturday morning...
50,000 marooned as Padma floods chars in Kushtia
Nearly 50,000 people along the riverbanks of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia were marooned on Friday as the water level of the Padma river continued to rise, fuelled by relentless monsoon rains and heavy upstream flow...
Child found dead in Kushtia
THE police recovered the floating body of a seven-year-old child from Bahadurpur Arokandi village of Bheramara upazila in Kushtia on Friday...
Journalist comes under attack in Kushtia
A journalist of a Kushtia-based newspaper came under attack by a group of people at the BGB Sector area under Mirpur upazila in Kushtia Monday morning...
4 drown in Cumilla, Kushtia
At least four people, including two minor girls, drowned in Cumilla and Kushtia districts on Tuesday...
IU issues public notice for aid in student鈥檚 death probe
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia issued a public notice seeking information to aid the continual investigation into the death of a student, Sajid Abdullah, of the Al-Quran and Islamic studies department...
Death of student sparks protests at IU
Students of Islamic University in Kushtia staged a demonstration on Saturday, demanding a fair investigation and justice for their fellow student whose body was found floating in a pond on the campus...
Body formed to probe assault on 3 IU journalists
Islamic University formed a five-member body to investigate the assault of three journalists on the campus in Kushtia...
Swechchhasebak Dal activist鈥檚 house set on fire in Kushtia
The house of a Swechchasebak Dal activist was set on fire by some miscreants at village Jamalpur of Bheramara upazila in Kushtia on early Saturday...
National Tree Plantation Campaign, Tree Fair preparatory meeting held in Kushtia
Kushtia District Administration and Social Forestry Department jointly held a preparatory meeting to organise the National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair at the deputy commissioner conference room in Kushtia on Monday...
Four jailed, fined for illegal sand extraction in Kushtia
A mobile court in Kushtia鈥檚 Kumarkhali upazila has sentenced two people to one month in jail for illegally extracting sand from the Padma River...
Police constable suspended over Facebook post 鈥榙efaming鈥� July movement
A traffic police constable in Kushtia has been suspended over a Facebook post allegedly defaming the July movement...
Youth stabbed to death over VGF card dispute
A young man was stabbed to death in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia, following a dispute over the government鈥檚 Vulnerable Group Feeding welfare cards Wednesday night...
IU teacher barred from academic activities over sexual harassment
A teacher of the Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering of Islamic University in Kushtia has been barred from attending academic activities for his alleged involvement in sexually harassing 22 female students of the department...
Man鈥檚 bullet-hit body found at his house in Kushtia
The bullet-hit body of a man was recovered from his house in Kushtia Sadar upazila on Sunday morning...
Top crime suspect Jahangir Kabir Lipton arrested in Kushtia
The Bangladesh Army arrested Jahangir Kabir Lipton, one of the top crime suspects in the country, along with three of his close associates during an operation in Durbachara village under Islamic University police station in Kushtia district Friday morning...
Bangladesh Army arrests top crime suspects Subrata Bain, Molla Masud
The Bangladesh Army on Tuesday arrested top listed crime suspects Subrata Bain alias Fatheh Ali and his close associate Molla Masud alias Abu Rasel Mahmud at a house on Sonar Bangla Road under Sadar upazila in Kusthia...
35 IU students win Dean鈥檚 Award
A total of 35 meritorious students from different departments under various faculties of Islamic University in Kushtia on Saturday were given Dean鈥檚 Award for their excellent academic results in BSS honours examinations under 2018-2019 session...
Govt should go tough against threats to traditional fairs
A FAIR, Gazi Kalu-Champabati Mela, having been held for about two hundred years, at Jagannathpur of Kumarkhali in Kushtia has remained suspended since May 20 after it began on May 17. A clash between the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which wanted a permanent end to the holding of the fair, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which wanted the fair to continue, has...