Pabna

3 mobile courts formed to avert violence at Nizami’s home district

Three mobile courts have been formed in Pabna, the home district of death row convict Motiur Rahman Nizami, to avert violence centering the proceedings of his execution.
10 May 2016, 07:23 AM

Man killed in Pabna post-polls clash

A man aged around 60 has been killed in BGB firing when angry mob attacked a polling centre due to “delay in announcing election results” in Pabna’s Chatmohar Upazila, police say.
23 April 2016, 14:40 PM

High-powered panel formed for Rooppur nuke plant

The government forms a high-powered panel for the Rooppur nuclear power in Pabna’s Ishwardi that will monitor the project’s overall safety and completion.
17 April 2016, 13:07 PM

Star editor gets bail

Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, secured bail in a defamation case in Pabna yesterday.
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Star editor gets bail in Pabna

The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam secures bail in a defamation case in Pabna.
24 March 2016, 06:22 AM

1 killed in Pabna pre-UP polls clash

A man is killed and 12 others injured in a clash between supporters of Awami League-backed and rebel candidates over campaigns for the upcoming union parishad (UP) election in Bera upazila of Pabna on Saturday night
20 March 2016, 06:51 AM

Teacher jailed for molesting girl student

A schoolteacher was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday after he was found guilty of molesting a female student at a school in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Pabna court summons Star editor

A Pabna court summons The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam to appear before it on March 24 in a defamation case.
25 February 2016, 10:07 AM

Dhaka's rail link with 19 dists snapped for 8 hours

Disruption in railway communications of Dhaka with 19 northern and southern districts became normal after around eight hours yesterday.
12 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Train derails in Pabna, Dhaka cut from north

Dhaka’s rail links with northern and southern districts of Bangladesh are severed from this afternoon after an inter-city train derailed in Pabna.
12 February 2016, 12:06 PM

Jubo Dal leader stabbed to death in Pabna

A local Jubo Dal leader is stabbed to death by miscreants at Nechrapara in Faridpur upazila of Pabna.
3 February 2016, 15:51 PM

Workers Party leader shot dead in Pabna

A local leader of Workers Party of Bangladesh is shot dead allegedly by outlaws in Atghoria upazila of Pabna this evening.
20 January 2016, 15:55 PM

Victim families call for quick execution

For more than 44 years, Abdur Rouf Montu has been waiting for justice.
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM

The nightmare named Nizami

On a summer morning of 1971, he invited the villagers of Bausgari in Santhia upazila of Pabna for a meeting.
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM

TIB concerned over Rooppur nuke plant’s safety

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expresses concerns over safety and reliability of Russian nuclear reactors to be set up at Rooppur nuclear power plant project.
28 December 2015, 10:16 AM

4 killed as bus, truck collide in Pabna

At least four people are killed and 20 others injured after a bus-truck collision on Dhaka-Pabna highway in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna.
21 December 2015, 07:57 AM

Pabna ‘JMB chief’ held

Pabna regional chief of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is arrested from Tebunia of the district, law enforcers claim.
28 October 2015, 12:39 PM

Train service thru Kushtia resumes after 5hrs

Rail communication of Goalando in Rajbari with Rajshahi and Khulna is restored five hours after a train derailed in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia.
17 October 2015, 08:37 AM

Pastor attack: 4 ‘JMB men’ on 5-day remand

Four out of five suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, who were arrested yesterday over the attack on a pastor in Pabna, are placed on a five-day remand.
13 October 2015, 07:19 AM

5 ‘JMB men’ held over pastor murder attempt

Five alleged members of banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its Pabna chief have been arrested over the murder attempt on Pastor Luke Sarkar. They said to have confessed plotting to stir up instability in the country.
12 October 2015, 06:20 AM