Both groups scheduled events at the same venue; administration suspended programmes citing law and order concerns

WDB, however, says there is no immediate flood risk

For residents of 25 villages in Sirajganj and Jamalpur, the muddy stretch has remained an annual obstacle for over half a century

At least 16 villages in Kazipur affected as rising river levels continue to consume homes, cropland and roads

Discover the rich heritage of Sirajganj mishti through legendary sweet shops like Subrata Sweets and Khan Mishtanna Bhandar. Taste authentic obak shondesh and rajbhog crafted from pure ghee and organic milk by generational confectioners.

At least five youths go missing as a boat of a picnic party capsized near China Ghat point in Jamuna river in Sirajganj Sadar upazila.

A man is hacked to death by rivals in a clash following a dispute over the lease of a government pond in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila.

At least four people died and five others were injured after an under-construction gate of a college collapsed at Sirajganj’s Tarash upazila this afternoon.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Sirajganj, and another one in what police claimed was an encounter between two groups of drug peddlers in Cox’s Bazar, while, In Chapainawabganj, a body was recovered by police early yesterday.

Three people were killed as Dhaka-bound international passenger train Maitree Express rammed a mini-truck at an “unauthorised” level crossing in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj yesterday afternoon.

2 suspected drug peddlers are killed in separate “gunfights” in Tangail and Sirajganj districts while police recovered the body of a suspected drug peddler in Chuadanga.

A man allegedly killed himself by jumping under a running train in Sirajganj's Kamarkhand yesterday, two days after his daughter was murdered.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader directs the authorities concerned to withdraw Chief Engineer of Road and Highway Department (RHD) of Sirajganj Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal for his alleged negligence in road management.

A young man was sentenced to 10 months in prison for beating up his parents at Sirajganj's Raiganj upazila yesterday.

Fresh floods hit at least 30 villages of Sirajganj after a portion of an embankment eroded while the Jamuna in Gaibandha and Brahmaputra in Kurigram were flowing above the danger level yesterday, bringing misery to people in the districts.

A physician and a nurse of a local hospital die of “food poisoning” in Sirajganj.

Two alleged criminals are killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Kamar Kanda upazila of Sirajganj early today.

Train communications of Dhaka with Rajshahi, Khulna and Rangpur divisions are restored after six hours of disruption following a derailment of a wagon at Sayedabad Rail Station in Sirajganj.

At least four people are killed and 20 others injured as a bus and a truck collided head-on near west zone of the Bangabandhu bridge in Sirajganj.

Fifteen more people have been reported infected with anthrax in Sirajganj's Shazadpur and Kamarkhand upazilas bringing the total number of human infections to an alarming 106 within a month in the district.