Ex-IGP, ex-KMP commissioner sued in Khulna
Ex-IGP, ex-KMP commissioner sued in Khulna

A court here on Thursday filed charges against 19 police officers, including former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun and former Khulna Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mozammel Haque, reports BSS. Al Amin, judge of the Khalishpur Contingency Metropolitan Magistrate Court,...

3 DB officers injured in Khulna
3 DB officers injured in Khulna

Three members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police were injured in an attack by suspected drug peddlers during an anti-narcotics operation in Terokhada upazila of Khulna on Wednesday night, reports UNB. The injured officers have been identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Moinuddin, and...

Khulna police detain youth with gold bars
Khulna police detain youth with gold bars

A suspected smuggler was detained with eight pieces of gold bars in the Sachibunia area of Khulna city late Wednesday, said police. The detainee is Abdul Awal, 36, son of Khalilur Rahman of Bhadarpur village under Chandina Upazila of Cumilla, reports UNB. Md Touhiduzzaman, officer-in-charge...

10-foot python released in Sundarbans
10-foot python released in Sundarbans

A 10-foot python was rescued from an area in Koyra upazila of Khulna on Sunday and later released into the Sundarbans. According to local sources, the python was spotted behind the house of Samad Gazi in Maheshwaripur village in the afternoon. After receiving the alert, a patrol team from the...

Business downturn collapses dockyard industry
Business downturn collapses dockyard industry

The Dockyard industry in Khulna has collapsed in Khulna as around 2,000 specialists of 44 private dockyards are confronting monetary misfortune because of absence of work while the dockyard proprietors are experiencing the disturbance of hoodlums, coercion and consistent load-shedding. Those...

Sundarbans bandits release fishermen after ransom.
Sundarbans bandits release fishermen after ransom.

Forest bandits kidnapped five fishermen at gunpoint from the coastal Khalkhali canal in the Sundarbans, demanding ransom. The incident occurred Thursday afternoon. While three of the five fishermen were freed after paying the demanded ransom, two are still being held. The two remaining...

Five awarded death sentence over Jahid murder case in Khulna
Five awarded death sentence over Jahid murder case in Khulna

A Khulna court has awarded a death sentence to five people in a case filed over the murder of Zahid in the Khalispur area of the city. The court also fined each of the convicts Tk1,00,000. Justice Md Jewel Rana, a judge of the Tribunal for Prevention of Offenses Disturbing Public Safety in...

Train derailment disrupts rail communication with Khulna
Train derailment disrupts rail communication with Khulna

Eight tankers of an oil-laden train derailed near the Ansarbaria railway station in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga, causing a complete halt to rail communication between Khulna and the rest of the country. Consequently, hundreds of passengers are experiencing difficulties, stuck on various trains...

BPL teams finalize rosters as Mashrafe, Mahmudullah returns
BPL teams finalize rosters as Mashrafe, Mahmudullah returns

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mahmudullah Riyad, two former Bangladesh captains, have found their teams for the upcoming 11th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), with franchises finalizing players for their rosters after the player draft, reports UNB. Featuring 7th teams, BPL is set to...