Sirajganj

Anthrax infects 40 more people

Forty more people are reported to have been infected with anthrax in last 24 hours in a single village at Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj, according to the upazila health office.
16 May 2016

35 infected with anthrax

At least 35 people have been infected with anthrax in Sirajganj in the last couple of weeks, according to health officials in the district.
13 May 2016

Tagore's legacy in Bangladesh

Rabindranath Tagore's 'Shilaidah Kuthibari' and ‘Shahzadpur Kachharibari’ inspired some of his most celebrated literary works ranging from poetry to spiritual songs, which includes the translation of Gitanjali around 1912.
8 May 2016

The light of education is yet to shine at Rabindra University

When Rabindranath Tagore took his first steps in bringing his education philosophies to life he started small. In 1901, with no
7 May 2016

Tagore's Kachharibari

The once-vibrant Kachharibari of Rabindranath Tagore still stands at the heart of Shahjadpur Bazaar in Sirajganj.
5 May 2016

UP polls: Woman killed in Sirajganj violence

A woman dies during chase and counter-chase between supporters of 2 member candidates after vote counting in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj.
22 March 2016

15 Jamaat, BNP men get life term

A Rajshahi tribunal yesterday awarded life-term imprisonments to 15 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, Jamaat-e-Islami,
2 February 2016

3 family members killed as truck ploughs into their house

At least three members of a family are killed as a truck ploughs through their house in Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj.
26 January 2016

9 killed as lorry hits three-wheeler in Sirajganj

At least nine people are killed and 9 others injured as an oil-carrying lorry rammed a shallow-engine driven three-wheeler at Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj. Critically injured victims have been sent to Bogra Medical College Hospital.
15 December 2015

41 Biranganas get recognition as freedom fighters

Forty-one Biranganas (war heroines) are recognised as freedom fighters for their contribution in the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
12 October 2015

‘Robber’ killed in Sirajganj ‘gunfight’

An alleged robber was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion members in Sirajganj.
9 October 2015

4 killed in Sirajganj road crash

Four people are killed and another is injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run three-wheeler on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj.
22 September 2015

Bangladesh U-19 cricketer Nihaduzzaman injured in bus crash

Bangladesh Under-19 cricketer Nihaduzzaman was one of nearly 40 individuals to suffer injuries in a bus accident near Sirajganj,
11 September 2015

5 killed in Sirajganj road crash

Five people are killed and over 50 injured in a road accident involving two buses and a truck on Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Tarash upazila in Sirajganj.
8 September 2015

2 kids, father drown in Chalan Beel

Bodies of a man and his two children are recovered from Chalan Beel in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj.
11 August 2015

Sirajganj road crash again, 5 dead

Five people, including two of a family, are killed and another injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashes into a bus at Mulibari level-crossing on the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge approach road in Sirajganj.
21 July 2015

16 killed in Sirajganj road crash

16 people are killed and around 40 injured as two passenger buses collided head-on in the west side of of Bangabandhu bridge in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj.
19 July 2015

Road crashes kill 9 in Sirajganj, Manikganj

Nine people are killed and eight injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Manikganj.
14 July 2015

Road crash kills 3 in Sirajganj again

Three people are killed and two injured in a collision between two trucks in Kamarkhanda upazila of Sirajganj early Sunday.
24 May 2015

Bus-truck collision kills 10 in Sirajganj

At least 10 people are killed and 30 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at the west end of Bangabandhu Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge in Sirajganj.
23 May 2015