Patuakhali

10-yr-old boy killing: Prime accused confesses involvement

The prime accused in the 10-year-old boy murder case in Barguna gives confessional statement before a court.
6 August 2015

6 killed, 6 missing in cyclone ‘Komen’

At least six people have been killed and six missing in Cox’s Bazar, Patuakhali and Bhola, coastal areas of Bangladesh, with cyclone ‘Komen’ waiting at Bay to make landfall.
30 July 2015

JCD chief shifted to Dhaka jail

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan is shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Patuakhali.
27 July 2015

‘Drug trader’ killed in Patuakhali ‘gunfight’

An alleged drug peddler was killed in “gunfight” with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Patuakhali town.
27 July 2015

4 of a family electrocuted in Patuakhali

Four members of a family die from electrocution at Bauphal upazila in Patuakhali.
24 July 2015

JCD president denied bail

Patuakhali court rejects bail prayer of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan and sends him jail in a case filed for alleged possession of yaba tablets.
21 July 2015

JCD president, 5 others sent to jail

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal central President Rajib Ahsan and five of his associates are sent to jail in connection with a case filed for possessing yaba tablets.
20 July 2015

Forkan Mallik gets death for war crimes

ICT-2 finds Patuakhali war criminal Forkan Mollik guilty in 3 out of 5 charges of war crimes during 1971, awards death for two of the charges.
16 July 2015

Patuakhali ‘Razakar’ verdict Thursday

A tribunal in Dhaka will deliver its verdict on Thursday on Forkan Mallik, an alleged Razakar from Patuakhali, for his alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
14 July 2015

War crimes trial: Forkan verdict any day

A tribunal in Dhaka concludes trial proceedings of war crimes suspect Forkan Mallik and keep the case waiting for verdict delivery. He faces five war crimes charges.
14 June 2015

Prothom Alo journo denied bail again

A Patuakhali court again rejects bail prayer of ABM Mizanur Rahman, Baufal upazila correspondent of the daily Prothom Alo, today.
24 March 2015

HC questions cops’ torture of journo

The High Court questions the legality of “police torture” on ABM Mizanur Rahman, Baufal correspondent of Bangla daily Prothom Alo
24 March 2015

Youth killed for protesting stalking

A youth is stabbed to death for protesting against the stalkers of his cousin in Baufal upazila of Patuakhali
7 March 2015

Robbers attack 6 fishing trawlers, shoot 8 fishermen in Bay of Bengal

Robbers shoot eight fishermen in the Bay of Bengal, 50 kilometres off Rangabali of Patuakhali
16 February 2015

‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight' with Barguna cops

An alleged robber killed in a “gunfight” with police in Amtali upazila of Barguna
14 February 2015