Jamalpur
Wild elephant tranquilised yet again
The stranded wild elephant, recently rescued and named as Bangabahadur, has been tranquilised yet again this morning.
14 August 2016
Two killed by wild elephants
Wild elephants killed two people when villagers were trying to drive them away from Purbo Pathorerchar village in the district's Dewanganj upazila yesterday.
8 June 2016
Wild elephants kill 2 in Jamalpur
At least two people are killed by a herd of wild elephants in Dewanganj upazila of Jamalpur district.
8 June 2016
Accused dies after arrest
An arrestee was allegedly tortured to death in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur early yesterday, barely within a week of the Supreme Court's upholding a High Court verdict against police torture in custody.
30 May 2016
Death of murder accused hours after arrest
A murder case accused has died in police custody in Jamalpur’s Sharishabari upazila, hours after he was arrested from capital Dhaka.
30 May 2016
BGB man ‘kills himself’ in Jamalpur
A member of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) commits suicide by shooting himself with his gun in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur, police say.
7 May 2016
Mother confesses killing her kids: Rab
Mother, Mahfuza Maleq alias Jesmin, confesses to killing her two minor children who were found dead in Dhaka’s Banasree area on February 29, according to Rapid Action Battalion.
3 March 2016
Siblings’ death: Court allows cops to carry out DNA, chemical tests
Rab is bringing the parents and an aunt of two minor siblings -- who, autopsy suggests, might have been murdered -- to Dhaka from Jamalpur. Meanwhile, no case has been filed yet over the incident. Police say they will lodge a case if the family doesn’t do so.
2 March 2016
Acid smuggling attempt at Jamuna Fertiliser Factory, man held
One person is detained for attempting to smuggle out three tonnes of sulphuric acid from Jamuna Fertiliser Factory (JFF) in Jamalpur.
23 January 2016
AL leader shot dead in Jamalpur
A local Awami League leader is shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Rajarhat in Sharishabari upazila.
18 December 2015
3 Mymensingh, Jamalpur war crimes suspects sent to jail
A tribunal in Dhaka sends three war crimes suspects to jail for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity in Mymensingh and Jamalpur during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
10 December 2015
4 war crimes accused held
Police arrest four war crimes accused from different districts for their alleged involvement in crimes committed in Mymensingh and Jamalpur during the 1971 Liberation War.
9 December 2015
Jamalpur cops come under attack, convict snatched
Relatives attack cops and snatch a drug case convict in Sharishabari of Jamalpur. They also snatched a pistol, which was recovered later. 2 cops injured.
7 November 2015
6 killed as train hits three-wheeler in Jamalpur
At least seven people, including three of a family, are killed as a commuter train rams a battery-run three-wheeler in Melandah upazila of Jamalpur.
26 October 2015
8 Jamalpur 'Al-Badr men' indicted
A tribunal in Dhaka frame five charges against eight Jamalpur “Al-Badr men” for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
26 October 2015
3 of a family killed in Jamalpur microbus plunge
Three of a family killed, four injured as a microbus plunges into a roadside ditch in Bakshiganj upazila of Jamalpur.
29 August 2015
6 Jamalpur war crimes suspects to be tried in absentia
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 decides to try six accused from Jamalpur in absentia for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
11 August 2015
Advertise asking 6 Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr' men to surrender: ICT
A tribunal today ordered authorities concerned to advertise in newspapers asking six Jamalpur war crimes accused to surrender before it.
22 July 2015
Heavy rains halt train service in Mymensingh
Train service on Mymensingh-Jamalpur route disrupts for three hours as rail tracks went under water in Mymensingh after the city experienced the highest rainfall.
13 June 2015
Charges accepted against Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr men’
A special tribunal in Dhaka accepts five war crimes charges leveled against eight suspects of Jamalpur, who had links with Al-Badr during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
29 April 2015