Habiganj
9 charged with killing 4 kids in Habiganj
Police press charges against nine persons including the prime accused in a case filed for killing four schoolboys in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj.
5 April 2016, 07:57 AM
Jubo Sanghati activist found dead in Habiganj
An activist of Jubo Sanghati, the youth wing of Jatiya Party, was found dead in Habiganj.
28 February 2016, 10:52 AM
6 workers burnt in Habiganj factory fire
Six workers of a factory are burnt in a fire triggered by a gas cylinder explosion in Sadar upazila of Habiganj.
28 February 2016, 07:33 AM
Accused killed in 'gunfight'
An accused in the Habiganj four-kid murder case was killed in a "gunfight" with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the district's Chunarughat upazila early yesterday, eight days after law enforcers allegedly picked him up.
The dead, Bachchu Mia, was a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver who had been traceless since being “detained by plainclothes officials” on February 17, according to his family members.
25 February 2016, 18:00 PM
4-kid murder: Body formed to see cop’s negligence
A Habiganj court places two accused on remand each over the murder of four children in Habiganj’s Bahubol upazila.
22 February 2016, 09:59 AM
More than 7 involved
More than seven people were involved in the killing of the four children at Sundartiki of Bahubal in Habiganj, said accused Jewel Mia in his confessional statement before a magistrate yesterday.
21 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Another held over Habiganj 4-kid murder
Police arrest another person for his alleged link to the killing of four schoolboys, who had gone missing from Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila on February 12.
20 February 2016, 07:15 AM
Killers of 4 Habiganj kids to be tried at special tribunal: Minister
The trial of those accused in the killing of four kids in Habiganj two days ago will be held at the special tribunal, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki says.
19 February 2016, 10:01 AM
All they want is justice
Minara Begum could hardly speak to anyone since villagers dug her son's body out of a sand pile on Wednesday. Shell-shocked, she just shed tears silently, holding the boy's clothes tight.
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM
4 Habiganj kids strangled, says doctor after autopsy
The four children whose bodies were found buried under sand in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj yesterday are strangulated to death, says a doctor.
18 February 2016, 06:03 AM
Four kids murdered
Five days ago, four children went out to a nearby playground, telling their parents they would return before sundown. Little did the parents know that it would be their kids' last outing.
As the four did not come back home, families mounted a search that night at Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj. But they found no trace of the children.
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Bodies of 4 missing children found in Habiganj
Bodies of four children are found from Bahubal upazila of Habiganj, five days after they went missing.
17 February 2016, 05:41 AM
Raped second time for seeking justice
A housewife of a Hindu family has allegedly been raped twice by the same man in the span of just three days in Baniarchang upazila of Habiganj.
21 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Tea workers in fear of attack
Around five thousand families of agitating tea garden workers in Chandpur of Habiganj are passing their days in fear of attack by Chunarughat upazila chairman men who allegedly roughed up three protesters on Saturday.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Chasing off upazila chairman, tea workers withdraw blockade
Tea workers of Habiganj chase away a muscle showdown of Chunarughat upazila chairman and block a highway for nearly three hours protesting a special economic zone in the area.
16 January 2016, 10:15 AM
3 killed in Habiganj road crash
At least three day labourers are killed and another one critically injured as a goods-laden truck ran over them on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj.
15 January 2016, 05:37 AM
Cancel move by Jan 25
Tea garden workers in Habiganj yesterday issued a 16-day ultimatum to the government to cancel the move towards setting up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Chunarughat upazila.
9 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Habiganj tea workers go on strike against SEZ
Thousands of tea workers in Habiganj abandon work and gather for a mass rally against government plans for a Special Economic Zone in the area.
9 January 2016, 04:56 AM
Kibria murder: Charges against 32 including Babar, Hannan accepted
Habiganj court accepts the charges against 32 people including former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar in a case filed under Explosive Substances Act over a grenade attack that killed ex-finance minister SAMS Kibria.
5 January 2016, 11:17 AM
War crimes evidence found against 8 suspects
The investigators of International Crimes Tribunal say they found evidence of war crimes against eight fugitives accused in two war crimes cases.
27 December 2015, 07:24 AM