Kurigram

Airwaves of change

If it's afternoon, chances are assistant teacher Ataur Rahman from Uttar Ramna village in Kurigram's Chilmari upazila is happily listening
15 October 2017

Hope for the helpless

Khalilur Rahman, 36, from Gaburjan village in Hatia union of Kurigram's Ulipur upazila used to have a home on nine decimals of his own land.
5 August 2017

BSF men kill Bangladeshi

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader near the Khetar Char frontier in Roumari upazila of Kurigram early yesterday.
9 August 2016

BSF kills Bangladeshi in Kurigram

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members guns down a Bangladeshi cattle trader inside the Indian territory opposite to Roumari border in Kurigram early today.
9 August 2016

India to bring back washed away elephant

India is to bring back a wild elephant which was washed away by the Brahmaputra last month and reached a sandbar in Kurigram district, reports The Times of India.
21 July 2016

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Kurigram

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guns down a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Roumari border in Kurigram.
18 April 2016

No headway

Investigators are yet to make any headway in the gruesome killing of Christian convert Hossain Ali in Kurigram although two days have passed.
23 March 2016

IS claims Christian convert killing in Kurigram: SITE

Islamic State claimed responsibility of yesterday’s murder of a Christian convert in Kurigram, “terror monitoring” body SITE Intel Group says.
23 March 2016

Christian convert brutally murdered

Unidentified assailants slit the throat of a Christian convert at Garialpara in Kurigram town yesterday.
22 March 2016

Freedom fighter killed in Kurigram

A freedom fighter is killed allegedly by unidentified miscreants in Garialpara area of Kurigram town.
22 March 2016

Felani killing: Justice denied, border killings continue

It has been five years in the passing that Bangladesh woke up to the horrendous photo of a teenage girl hanging from the barbed fence at the India border. Promises of justice to the killing have gone by ignored as indiscriminate killings at the border continue unabated.
7 January 2016

Everything to be done for ex-enclave dwellers’ welfare: PM

Terming former enclave dwellers as the sons, citizens and, near and dear ones of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assures them that her government would do whatever necessary for their overall welfare.
15 October 2015

3 die in Bogra road crash

Three people including two garment workers are killed and 10 injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Shibganj upazila of Bogra.
24 September 2015

Cattle influx from India resumes as Eid-ul-Azha gets close

The cattle influx from India has resumed along the border in Kurigram ahead of Eid-ul-Azha after months of fall in its supply since April this year.
11 September 2015

Indian govt asked to pay Rs 5 lakh to Felani’s family

National Human Rights Commission of India asks the Indian government to pay Rs 5 lakh in compensation to the family of Felani Khatun, who was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) in January 2011.
31 August 2015

Enclave: GPA-4.78 achiever chose India over Bangladesh (video)

As an enclave resident, 20-year-old Aasma had no choice but to fake her identity as a student.Aasma lived in an Indian enclave within Bangladesh. So she faked her identity as a Bangladeshi; studied hard and appeared in the recent HSC exam, and she scored an “A”.
12 August 2015

Writ filed with Indian SC over Felani verdict

Amnesty India files a writ petition with Indian Supreme Court, saying human rights were violated in Felani murder and confusion is created surrounding the trial process.
13 July 2015

Felani killing: Amnesty India to challenge acquittal of BSF man

Amnesty India will move to the Indian Supreme Court challenging acquittal of a BSF man in Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun murder case.
8 July 2015