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JP to nominate AL supporters with clean image if they join party: Mostafa

Jatiya Party co-chairman Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa said on Saturday that individuals with a clean image and no record of violence or legal cases,  even if they previously supported the Awami League, would be considered for party nominations if they join the JP ahead of the national election likely to be held in February next year...

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Army raids RpMCH on multiple allegations 

A Bangladesh Army team on Thursday conducted a raid at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on the grounds of multiple allegations of brokers’ abuse of patients and their relatives, ambulance syndicate and extortion in the name of ‘Tips’.

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Some BRUR students end hunger strike

Some of the students of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, who began hunger strike three days ago, demanding a clear roadmap for the central student union election, continued their fast unto death protest on Tuesday...

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Four BRUR students fall ill amid hunger strike

Four students of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur reportedly fell ill on Monday as they began indefinite hunger strike on Sunday, demanding a clear roadmap for the Central Students’ Union election at the institution...

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Bank Asia hosts SME workshop at Rangpur

Bank Asia PLC organised a daylong entrepreneurship development workshop for small and medium enterprise entrepreneurs at the RDRS auditorium in Rangpur recently...

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NRBC Bank holds town hall meeting in Rangpur

NRBC Bank on Saturday organised a town hall meeting in Rangpur to review operational progress and discuss strategic priorities for its branches in the northern region, said a press release...

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Rangpur journalist Selim put on three-day remand

A Rangpur court on Monday placed Habibur Rahman Selim, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in inciting violence during an attack on the homes of the minority community in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur, on a three-day remand...

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JCD leader dies at DMCH after being stabbed in Rangpur

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night, eight days after he was stabbed allegedly by a relative over a land-related dispute in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur...

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5 sent to jail over attack on Hindu homes

A Rangpur court sent five men to jail on Wednesday in connection with attacks on the homes of Hindu families in the district’s Gangachara upazila on July 26–27...

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Reconstructing spaces of violence through counter-forensics

ABU Sayed, a student activist at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, was killed on July 16, 2024. The death became a flashpoint in what would grow into the July uprising. While the Awami League government, toppled in the uprising,  then claimed that Sayed had been killed with bricks and firearms by other protesters, video footage shared widely on social media...

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Power crisis hits north

Multiple problems hit the publicly-owned 525MW coal-based Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant, accounting for almost half of the installed power generation capacity to meet the electricity demand in Rangpur zone, with its production dropping below 50 MW on Tuesday...

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Abu Sayeed murder deliberate extrajudicial killing

The murder of Abu Sayeed, a student at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, during the 2024 mass uprising was a deliberate extrajudicial killing by the police, according to a counter-forensic investigation jointly conducted by Drik Picture Library and Forensic Architecture, a London-based research agency...

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Seven people killed in one month

A four-kilometre stretch of the Rangpur-Dhaka Highway, passing through the Mithapukur upazila, has turned into a deadly zone, claiming at least seven lives in the past month alone...