Chapainawabganj

BSF kills Bangladeshi at Johorpur frontier

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shoot dead a Bangladeshi national near Johorpur frontier in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila.
2 March 2016, 05:04 AM

JMB man held in Chapainawabganj

Police have arrested an active member of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Nachol upazila in Chapainawabganj today.
2 January 2016, 09:56 AM

2 killed in separate 'gunfights'

Two alleged criminals are killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Chapainawabganj and Jessore.
2 December 2015, 05:19 AM

41 Biranganas get recognition as freedom fighters

Forty-one Biranganas (war heroines) are recognised as freedom fighters for their contribution in the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
12 October 2015, 08:50 AM

2 Rab men hurt in Chapainawabganj bomb attack

At least two Rab members are hurt when assailants threw cocktail bombs at the law enforcers at Chapainawabganj.
20 August 2015, 13:36 PM

Mob beat 4 robbers to death in Chapainawabganj

Mob beat four alleged robbers to death in Mokrompur Bridge area of Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj.
19 August 2015, 16:15 PM

War criminal Mahidur challenges his jail sentence

Convicted war criminal Mahidur Rahman files an appeal with Supreme Court challenging a tribunal verdict that had sentenced him to jail till death.
17 June 2015, 08:45 AM

Big gunpowder cache seized in Chapainawabganj

BGB cracks down on a smuggling operation and seize 8.5kg of gunpowder from Shibganj frontier of Chapainawabganj.
29 May 2015, 07:31 AM

Charges against Chapainawabganj ‘Razakars’

Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain, alleged members of Razakar force of Chapainawabganj, have been facing three war crimes charges including mass killing, torture, arson and looting.
20 May 2015, 04:57 AM

2 war criminals get life until death

A tribunal in Dhaka sentences Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain to life until death on one charge of crimes against humanity committed in Chapainawabganj during the Liberation War in 1971.
20 May 2015, 04:13 AM

Verdict on 2 Chapainawabganj ‘Razakars’ tomorrow

A tribunal in Dhaka will deliver its verdict tomorrow in a war crimes case against Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain Chutu of Chapainawabganj.
19 May 2015, 05:41 AM

BNP, Jamaat's politics aimed at destruction: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami carried out politics of destruction in the country during their tenure.
16 May 2015, 08:56 AM

It’s almost MANGO time! (video)

The wait for soft and juicy fleshed mango is coming to an end. The super fruit has reached its full shape while the green ones have already hit the markets. The green skin will soon take a saffron colour.
11 May 2015, 07:15 AM

War crimes trial: Mahidur, Afsar verdict any day

A tribunal in Dhaka concludes hearing arguments in a war crimes case against Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain alias Chutu of Chapainawabganj and delivers its verdict any day.
22 April 2015, 07:17 AM

2 killed in Chapainawabganj mud collapse

Two people, hailing from Babupur village are killed as a big chunk of earth fell on them in Shibganj upazila on Chapainawabganj, Moinul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shibganj Police Station says.
19 April 2015, 05:16 AM

BSF beat dead 2 Bangladeshis in C’nawabganj

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has allegedly beat dead two Bangladeshi nationals in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.
16 April 2015, 08:58 AM

22 crude bombs found in Chapainawabganj

Law enforcers recovered 22 crude bombs from a graveyard in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj
31 March 2015, 06:51 AM

4 killed in Chapainawabganj lightning incidents

At least four people including two women and a minor girl were killed in separate lightning incidents in Chapainawabganj
30 March 2015, 16:08 PM

BSF kills 1 in Chapainawabganj

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guns down a Bangladeshi cattle trader along Charpanka frontier in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj; deceased was Torikul Islam, 35, of Jamaipara village
23 March 2015, 04:26 AM

Chapainawabganj arson victim dies

A truck helper, who suffered burns in an arson attack on a truck in Chapainawabganj, dies at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
5 March 2015, 14:31 PM