Jashore

8-yr-old girl’s life taken 'for gold jewellery'

Police in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore arrested a woman on charges of strangling an eight-year-old girl to death to steal her gold earrings and necklace.
13 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Jail cells can never be appropriate grounds to hold exams

On July 31, the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jashore, released a public notice announcing that two detained HSC 2024 examinees would have to appear for their upcoming exams from Satkhira District Jail.
3 August 2024, 13:25 PM

Custodial Death: Victim’s family ‘leaves home fearing reprisal’

The family of the woman, who died in Jashore police custody on Sunday morning, locked their house and moved to a relative’s home after the incident, said a neighbour.
3 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Woman dies in police custody in Jashore, family alleges torture

A woman died in police custody in Jashore's Abhaynagar upazila yesterday morning, hours after she was picked up from her residence
3 June 2024, 06:29 AM

Chittaranjan Das - the palm tree planter of Jashore

When everyone else runs for cover from the scorching sun, 67-year-old Chittaranjan Das can be seen tending to palm trees on his broken bicycle. Neither scorching heat, torrential rains, nor biting cold can deter him from his mission.
21 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Robi subsidiary launches commercial data centre

Axentec PLC, a subsidiary of Robi Axiata Ltd., has recently launched Cypher, a Tier-IV commercial data centre at Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jashore. The data centre pledges an uptime guarantee of 99.995%. 
25 February 2024, 08:58 AM

Where anyone can eat: ‘House of free food' in Jashore’s Shyamla Gachi village

Food is being cooked and arranged on the table. Street children, people with disabilities, and homeless people come from nearby areas for a decent meal. This is seen every day on the premises of Shyamla Gachi Model Madrasa in Sharsha upazila of Jashore.
20 August 2023, 07:49 AM

Jashore Half Marathon held

Jashore Runners Community organised this half marathon for the first time in the southwestern city of the country
17 February 2023, 13:58 PM

Top 6 places to visit in Jashore

Like every other region in Bangladesh, Jashore, formerly spelled Jashore, located in the southwestern part of the country, contains a treasure trove of places to visit and explore. From housing the country’s largest flower garden to being home to one of the pioneers of Bengali literature — Jashore has a lot to offer, from both natural and historical aspects. Here is a list of the 5 must-visit places in Jashore.
14 January 2023, 10:05 AM

BGB detains 2 hundi traders with $5,00,000 in Jashore

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained two hundi traders with USD 5,00,000 from Sharsha upazila in Jashore today.
20 December 2020, 09:49 AM

‘Timely treatment could have saved the boys at Jashore correction centre’

The three boys, who were tortured in Jashore Correction Centre, could have survived if they had been taken to the hospital on time, observed the probe committee from by the Social Service Department.
16 August 2020, 15:12 PM

Man gunned down in broad daylight in Jashore

A former leader of the banned East Bengal Communist Party was shot dead by unknown criminals in broad daylight in Monirampur upazila of Jashore this afternoon.
9 July 2020, 14:16 PM

Jashore Rape: Fear of backlash held me back

The Jashore woman who was allegedly raped by a police officer and his “source” in the early hours of Tuesday has said she did not name the cop for fear of repercussions.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Criminal’ killed in Jashore ‘gunfight’

A suspected criminal is killed in a reported gunfight with police in Manirampur upazila of Jashore.
9 January 2019, 07:06 AM