Bangladesh Army detains journalist for instigating violence in Rangpur
Bangladesh Army has arrested a local journalist for allegedly inciting violence during an attack on the homes of the minority community in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur...
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Teesta crosses danger level, floods low-lying areas in Rangpur
The River Teesta has once again crossed the danger mark at the Dalia point in Rangpur, flooding low-lying areas along its banks following continuous heavy rainfall and gushing waters from the upstream...
Five placed on two-day remand over attacks on Hindu homes
A Rangpur court on Thursday afternoon placed five people on two-day remand聽in connection with attacks on the homes of Hindu families in the district鈥檚 Gangachara upazila on July 26 and July 27...
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...
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鈥檚 Gangachara upazila on July 26鈥�27...
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,聽 then claimed that Sayed had been killed with bricks and firearms by other protesters, video footage shared widely on social media...
Protesters plant paddy seedlings on Rangpur road demanding repairs
The residents of Rangpur district town have staged a symbolic protest by planting paddy seedlings and displaying red cards on a severely damaged road, demanding its immediate repairs...
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...
1 killed, 20 injured as tanker explodes at Rangpur LPG station
At least one person was killed and 20 others were injured in an explosion at a filling station in Rangpur city on Saturday...
Swechchhasebak League leader arrested in Rangpur
Police have arrested Awami Swechchhasebak League leader Iftekharul Islam Shuvo, 35, in four attempted murder cases filed during the anti-discrimination student movement...
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...
Three people killed, 50 others injured in Rangpur road accident
Three people including a child were killed and 50 others were injured after a bus plunged into a pond at Deuti Beltola in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur district on Wednesday night...
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...
Female college student rescued, kidnapper arrested in Rangpur
The Rapid Action Battalion rescued a kidnapped female college student and arrested the main suspect, Md Rizvi, 24, at a residential hotel of Payra Chatwar in Rangpur on Monday...
3 teenagers drown in Rangpur
Three teenagers, including two madrassah students, drowned while bathing in two separate rivers in Rangpur on Sunday afternoon...
Bodies of 3 students recovered from rivers in Rangpur
The bodies of three students were recovered from two rivers in Rangpur鈥檚 Badarganj Upazila on Sunday after they went missing while bathing, the police said...
Neutral election impossible in current situation: Jamaat amir
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman said on Friday that a neutral election was not possible in Bangladesh under the current situation.
Formal charges pressed against ex-BRU VC, several others in Abu Sayeed murder case
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday submitted formal charges against 30 individuals, including former Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid, eight police personnel, and several ruling party student leaders, over the killing of university student Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 mass uprising in Rangpur.
Hasina among 30 named in ICT probe
The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday submitted a probe report accusing 30 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, of crimes against humanity committed during the July 2024 mass uprising in Rangpur...
Woman raped on moving train
A woman was allegedly raped by a temporary railway employee on a moving train in Dhaka Wednesday morning...
Flash flood advisory for Rangpur as heavy rain forecasted
Low-lying areas along the River Teesta in the Rangpur division may encounter flash floods due to heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to occur over vast swathes of land expanding from northern Bangladesh to upstream places across the borders in India, Bhutan and Nepal...
ACC sues ex-Rokeya Univ VCs Kalimullah, Nur-un-Nabi
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against five people, including former Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur vice-chancellors Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah and AKM Nur-un-Nabi, on charges of embezzling Tk 4 crore from a development project through corruption...
ABU SAYEED, 2 OTHER MURDER CASES:聽ICT extends investigation deadlines
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday granted more time to the Investigation Agency to complete its probe into the killing of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur student Abu Sayeed and two other murder cases related to the 2024 mass uprising.
Case filed over attack on GM Quader鈥檚 Rangpur residence
A case was filed on Friday night against 22 individuals over the attack on the residence of Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader in Rangpur city on Thursday night...
JP demands arrest of attackers
Jatiya Party leaders on Friday demanded arrest of the attackers who allegedly vandalised the house of the party鈥檚 chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader in his residence in Rangpur in his presence on Thursday night.
Thousands of school drop-out children return to education with BRAC support
Nearly 25,000 out-of-school and learning-lagged children who had dropped out during the Covid-19 pandemic have returned to mainstream primary education through BRAC鈥檚 Returning to Learning project, which provided accelerated learning in 1,005 one-room schools...
5 killed in road accidents
At least five people, including a Secondary School Certificate examinee, were killed in road accidents in Rangpur, Dhaka and Satkhira on Tuesday...
Krishi Bazar app launched for safe produce
The Krishi Bazar Ltd mobile app has been inaugurated in Rangpur city aiming at building a healthy nation by producing safe agricultural products, including vegetables, and delivering those to consumers at fair prices...
Nor鈥檞ester sweeps across Rangpur
Acres of cropland including paddy, maize, and mango orchards have been affected by the nor鈥檞ester that swept through different upazilas in Rangpur on Saturday night...
RAB arrests Rangpur rape case accused in Dhaka
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested the accused on charges of forcibly raping a girl at Pirganj in Rangpur from Azimpur area in Dhaka on Friday...
