Panchagarh

US envoy condemns Debiganj priest murder

The United States have condemned the "cowardly acts" in which a Hindu priest was killed and another person injured in Panchagarh on February 21.
23 February 2016, 10:21 AM

Khaleda condemns Debiganj priest murder

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has condemned the attack on Debiganj temple and murder of its priest and demanded immediate arrest of the attackers.
23 February 2016, 10:13 AM

Priest killing: 3 suspects remanded in 2 cases

A Panchagarh court places three suspects on different terms of remand in two cases filed in connection with the murder of a priest in Debiganj upazila.
23 February 2016, 08:09 AM

Police still clueless

Although the police arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of a priest at a temple in Debiganj of Panchagarh, they were still clueless about the motive behind the gruesome murder.
22 February 2016, 18:00 PM

3 JMB, Jamaat men held over Debiganj priest killing

Police have claimed detention of three people in connection with the Debiganj temple attack in Panchagarh where a Hindu priest was killed and a devotee shot yesterday. Two among them are said to be members of banned militant outfit JMB and the other a Jamaat-e-Islami activist.
22 February 2016, 05:14 AM

Priest killed, devotee shot

Criminals slit the throat of a Hindu priest at a temple in Debiganj of Panchagarh just after dawn yesterday and fled the scene firing shots and exploding homemade bombs, which injured two devotees. Deceased Jogeswar Dasadhikari, 50, is the latest victim of a recent string of attacks on clerics and prayer houses of minorities in Bangladesh over the last few months.
21 February 2016, 18:00 PM

IS claims Panchagarh priest murder: SITE

Terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for murdering a Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.
21 February 2016, 16:36 PM

Attack on Hindu temple: Priest killed, devotee shot

A priest has been killed and a devotee is shot as miscreants attack a Hindu temple in Deviganj upazila of Panchagarh.
21 February 2016, 03:48 AM

Banglabandha opens immigration services

Immigration services at Banglabandha land port in Panchagarh and the corresponding Phulbari land port in Jalpaiguri of West Bengal began yesterday amid festivity and hope that it would boost trade and tourism between the two countries.
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM

2 killed as bus hits bike in Panchagarh

Two motorcyclists are killed as a bus knocked down their vehicle in Pradaner Haat area of Debiganj upazila in Panchagarh.
19 January 2016, 04:46 AM

6 killed in Panchagarh road crash

At least six including three of a family are killed and one other injured after a truck rams a battery-run auto-rickshaw head-on in Panchagarh Sadar upazila.
22 May 2015, 05:36 AM

‘We will have true identity, finally’ (video)

It is the looming reality of implementation of the enclave swap that has triggered a wave of delight through the stranded Indian lands inside Bangladesh’s Panchagarh.
9 May 2015, 15:24 PM

BSF kills Bangladeshi in Panchagarh

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guns down a Bangladeshi cattle trader along Ghagra border in Panchagarh Sadar upazila. Samiul Haque, 35, son of Samij Uddin, was a resident of Shampara village of Haribhasa union, said Ariful Haque, commanding officer of Border Guard Bangladesh battalion-18 of Panchagarh.
25 April 2015, 04:44 AM

5 vehicles torched

Miscreants set fire to at least five vehicles in Dhaka, Panchagarh and Moulvibazar, the fourth consecutive day of the 120-hour countrywide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
4 March 2015, 13:25 PM